Question about the Feat "Dervish Dance"

[WascallyWabbit]

According to the Feat description.......When wielding a scimitar with one hand, you can use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier on melee attack and damage rolls.

This is a feat that has a prerequisite of "Weapon Finesse".

And yet, a scimitar is NOT a weapon that can be used with "Weapon Finesse"

What it sounds like it's saying is that you need to have Weapon Finesse, and be using a Scimitar, to be able to use the feat, and yet you can't use a scimitar for the feat because you can't use Weapon Finesse with scimitars. And you can't use Dervish Dance with any weapon except a scimitar. Sounds to me like a feat has been created that cannot be used without violating another rule.

Any opinions?

[Name Violation]

Dervish Dance (Combat)

You have learned to turn your speed into power, even with a heavier blade.

Prerequisites: Dexterity 13, Weapon Finesse, Perform (dance) 2 ranks, proficient with scimitar.

Benefit: When wielding a scimitar with one hand, you can use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier on melee attack and damage rolls. You treat the scimitar as a one-handed piercing weapon for all feats and class abilities that require such a weapon (such as a duelist’s precise strike ability). The scimitar must be for a creature of your size. You cannot use this feat if you are carrying a weapon or shield in your off hand.

weapon finesse is a feat tax. you can "finesse" a scimitar (and better yet add dex to damage) with this feat

[Name Violation]

or you need to know how to hit with dex to use dex to hit with a scimatar

[Skerek]

is this a meme now? i swear i've seen come up a few times now

If you're implying that you need to have Weapon Finesse(scimitar), it actually doesn't work like that, Weapon Finesse applies to all Finesseable weapons.

You don't actually need to be using the prerequisites of feats to use the feat itself, you just need to have the feat. For instance Cleave needs Power Attack, to Cleave you don't need to use Power Attack. So to use Dervish Dance you need to have Weapon Finesse, not be currently using it with your scimitar