Cestus and capabilities of the wielding hand

[Veldebrand]

I did a search and found some threads from a couple years ago with no real definitive answers.

Cestus:

Quote:

Benefit: While wearing a cestus, you are considered armed and your unarmed attacks deal normal damage. If you are proficient with a cestus, your unarmed strikes may deal bludgeoning or piercing damage. Monks are proficient with the cestus.

Drawback: When using a cestus, your fingers are mostly exposed, allowing you to wield or carry items in that hand, but the constriction of the weapon at your knuckles gives you a –2 penalty on all precision-based tasks involving that hand (such as opening locks).

So my questions are:

Can the hand wielding a Cestus...

1) hold a bow?
2) fire a bow?
3) use gloves of storing?
4) cast spells?
5) throw throwing weapons?

[PSY850]

I'd say yes to all, though possibly with the minus 2 for throwing weapons and maybe with a concentration check for casting spells. You should ask your DM in question to be sure, but thats my opinion. Now that I think about it the glove of storing would not work on the same hand. if it's tight enough to restrict movement even a little a leather glove wont fit very comfortably at all, and wearing it over would result in some harsh damage to the item.

Asta
PSY

[blackbloodtroll]

It is worded to give you a -2 on things like craft and disable device. It is not worded to imply that you suffer a -2 on attacks with held weapons.