Ectoplasmatist's Lash feat questions


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Sovereign Court

Hi folks,

Looking for a rules clarification. Can I take Weapon Focus for the Ectoplasmatist's manifested lash.

I'd like to then take Slashing Grace and have a question about how that it interacts with Spiritual Combat.

Spritual combat does not stipulate that the free hand is being used to cast the spell the same way Spell Combat stipulates. Can I use Slashing Grace with a one handed lash and channel a spell through Spiritual Combat?

Sczarni

Excellent questions, wrong forum.

I'll go ahead and flag your post to be moved over to the Rules Questions Forum where you'll have the best opportunity to get the answers you're seeking ^_^

Sovereign Court

ah, so sorry. thanks.


OG3 wrote:

Hi folks,

Looking for a rules clarification. Can I take Weapon Focus for the Ectoplasmatist's manifested lash.

I'd like to then take Slashing Grace and have a question about how that it interacts with Spiritual Combat.

Spritual combat does not stipulate that the free hand is being used to cast the spell the same way Spell Combat stipulates. Can I use Slashing Grace with a one handed lash and channel a spell through Spiritual Combat?

The ectoplasmic lash explicitly is a weapon, so it qualifies for Weapon Focus.

Re: Slashing Grace, my read is yes, it's legal. This FAQ talks about the issue a bit via bucklers, which can be used with SG since they don't occupy the hand. Spiritual Combat never references the hand being occupied and Spiritualists use psychic magic, which lack somatic components. Spiritual Combat also never references any of the banned combat forms, such as two-weapon fighting. While Spiritual Combat is similar to Spell Combat, they are not the same and neither references the other. Expect table variation, though.

Sovereign Court

here's snag i picked up. It doesn't explicitly state that you are proficient with the Lash, so taking any of those feats seems illegal. thoughts?

The Concordance

If you're not proficient with the lash, you'd be taking the standard –4 non-proficiency penalty on attack rolls.

Sovereign Court

i hear you. i just think it'd be silly to have a class ability exclusive to that class be a weapon that you're not proficient in.

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