hello, I came to y'all with a huge dilemma:
I built an homebrew setting\world for my PF campaigns...nothing too fancy, but one of its pillars is a group of "knights" (not by class, but by "title", if that makes any sense). They're basically a group of magic-less witchers with faint USMC\Navy Seals influences...they go around the world killing monsters. Their combat style focuses solely on dodges\parries and swift attacks and they're trained on the use of the longsword (ONLY the longsword. Nothing else. This is a fundamental thing about them, since I pictured them to fight using a somewhat "HEMA" style stance\grip.)
Now, I recently discovered that it's not feasable for a swashbuckler to use a longsword by holding it with both hands, since they loose the benefit from Precise Strike. Having them using a longsword with a single hand is not an option, since their combat would look off...and they would look like this:
https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-983eb5e47c7e467e2f619f953f9caeb0-lq
Anyway, they're still swashbuckers, so they have dexterity as their main attack statistics (thanks to Slashing Grace and Swashbuckler Finesse)...
So, I have some questions:
- Is there any way at all to have Power Attack to use dexterity instead of strength? (maybe with an "agile" weapon?)
-Is there ANY WAY AT ALL to compensate the low damage output caused by the loss of Precise strike? Even 3rd parties feats will do...but please, NO MAGIC STUFF.
Let's say that, if i can't fix them, my world and subsequent campaigns are doomed, so please, help me if you can!
P.S.: changing the class would be a no-go, sadly...I NEED them to use the vast majority of swashbucler's deeds...