Can an Oracle take a Religion trait? The description for the Religion traits says specifically
Quote: Religion traits indicate that your character has an established faith in a specific deity; you need not be a member of a class that can wield divine magic to pick a religion trait, but you do have to have a patron deity and have some amount of religion in your background to justify this trait. Unlike the other categories of traits, religion traits can go away if you abandon your religion, as detailed below under Restrictions. However the fluff for Oracle's says that they do not worship one specific god.. Quote: Instead of worshiping a single source, oracles tend to venerate all of the gods that share their beliefs.That text in the rules for the Oracle class seems at odds with the guide to PFS play which says Quote: Characters can elect to worship any deity listed in the table of gods in the... (list of sources) ..but must always be within one alignment step of their chosen deity. Could an Oracle who takes Heavens as their Mystery, which lists "Dieties: Desna, Gozreh, Pharasma, Sarenrae" take the Blade of Mercy trait which is associated with following Sarenrae (goddess of the dawn) ? Or would that not be allowed as the Oracle is not said to be worshiping a single diety?
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Nefreet wrote:
yeah I think I see the morass that is the 'handedness' stuff. perhaps best to just steer clear of that entirely in this case. Of course in combat we clearly act with more than just our hands.. martial kicks etc clearly violate that paradigm. And attacking with armor spikes (outside of a grapple) seems a bit like using your entire body, a bit like 'checking' someone in hockey. Myself I would look at this more like 'types of actions' one of which is called 'off-hand attack' but clearly despite the name does not always have to use the actual off-hand itself given there are other actions like attacking with armor spikes, which also qualify as an 'off-hand attack. If they had termed that something like 'secondary attack' (gods help me if that is already a term in the game) which included 'attack with off-hand weapon', shield bash with off-hand, attack with armor spikes, etc.) I wonder if we would be having the same discussion? (given gamers, probably yes I sadly suppose)
Kalindlara wrote: Armor spikes and shield spikes are two different things. ^_^ for some reason, in reading this I got obsessed on the sheild spikes etc and all the discussion about attacking with the shield. so to quote Emily Litella "Never Mind" so yeah, as long as you have the proficiency for the Martial weapon 'Armor Spikes'] the rules clearly say you can attack with them instead of an off-hand weapon, they count as a light weapon, and preclude you attacking with another offhand weapon (and vice versa) So yeah I see no reason with armor spikes that you could not carry a shield, and make your 'offhand' attack with armor spikes when TWF, taking the penalty for a light weapon. why is this thread 10 pages long?
OK so pardon the newbie (to pathfinder) in his first post, but I'm not seeing how there is any question about this. Core Rulebook, page 153 Shield Spikes: wrote: "These spikes turn a shield into a martial piercing weapon and increase the damage dealt by a shield bash... ...Otherwise, attacking with a spiked shield is like making a shield bash attack OK, so to attack with a shield spike is not some special kind of attack but is clearly making a shield bash, and all the rule around that would apply to it. Core Rulebook, Page 152 Shield, Light/Shield Bash Attacks: AND Page 152 Shield, Heavy/Shield Bash Attacks: (same wording in both places) wrote: "If you use your shield as a weapon, you lose its AC Bonus until your next turn" Bold in both quotes is my own, added for emphasis on the same page it says a light shield is treated as a light weapon for the purposes of penalties on attack rolls, and a heavy shield is a one handed weapon (but clearly not 'light') So yes you can use the shield as your 'off hand' weapon when TWF. You could (see this thread) even use it in your primary hand, and some other weapon in your off hand and TWF. (yeah, weird but allowed) but unless you have the Improved Shield Bash feat, you are going to lose the shield's AC bonus for the round if you attack with the shield, spiked or not, TWF or not. |