If so, how come not a dagger?
Because the iron brush is better. It is an Eastern weapon after all. They are always better.
;P
Anybody out there using an iron brush from Ultimate Combat? If so, how come not a dagger?At current no, however if I did it would most likely be for reasons of flavor or fun.
And that character would be a geisha bard.
Well, lets see. How many other brushes can I beat/stab people to death with? I mean, it is a calligraphy brush that deals damage and counts as a weapon. It is seven kinds of "not a real combat weapon" but at the same time, using this thing for calligraphy is just one of those "I am always prepared to fight" things. Kind of like keeping a club on hand when bathing.
Other than that, Ravingdork is right. Just take any weapon, and look at its eastern counterpart and it will be better, even if they deign to make it cost an exotic feat to use. I kid, I kid, about everything other than the nodachi/greatsword, and tetsubo/greatclub.
Anybody out there using an iron brush from Ultimate Combat? If so, how come not a dagger?
I could definitely see a paladin of Shelyn using one as a backup weapon. They often study calligraphy as an art form as supposedly the movements of the pen or brush mirror that of Shelyn's favored weapon the glaive.
When your favored weapon is a reach polearm you definitely want something you can carry in a more civilized setting! Ever try to take a glaive into a high society event, opera or dance recital?
Ah... 3.5, when hidden was a weapon property. I had a barbarian that rocked the hell out of fighting fans.