I'm making an investigator rogue for a campaign we're about to start playing and was checking out some different equipment and remembered Blade Boot and Switchblade Knife from the Adventurers Vault.
Both seemed to be very good backup weapons for a rogue to me (at least makes more sense for a rogue to carry hidden blades than a straight up fighter) but they are listed as martial weapons (thought light ones). Meaning my rogue can't use them that well.
Sure, I could spend a feat to get the proficiency, but it seems to me that they would likely be an exception for the rogue, like rapier or short sword. The AV was also written after the Core book so it makes sense that it's not among those. But I'd prefer something more conclusive than what would essentially be cherrypicking before going with it and maybe have better attack modifiers than I should,
My DM and I kinda agree that it'd make more sense for a rogue to use them than most other classes (an exception being the bard). I've searched the boards and looked in the erratas and can't find something to either support or dismiss this, so what do you guys think/know?
RAW, the Switchblade Knife is "treated as a dagger," so by definition Rogues are automatically proficient with them, since they have proficiency with daggers.