Stone Oracle Rock Throwing Power - Proficient?

[Garden Tool]

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PFSRD wrote:

Rock Throwing (Ex): You are an accomplished rock thrower and have a +1 racial bonus on attack rolls with thrown rocks. You can hurl rocks up to two categories smaller than your own size. The range increment for a rock is 20 feet, and you can hurl it up to 5 range increments. Damage for a hurled rock is 2d4 for a Medium creature or 2d3 for a Small creature, plus 1-1/2 your Strength bonus.

Question: is an oracle with this revelation proficient with rocks? By RAW, wouldn't the oracle still suffer a nonproficiency penalty for a rock attack? Does this ability just grant a +1 and change the damage for improvised rock attacks? Is that the RAI as well, do you think?

Thanks in advance,
Rake the Garden Tool

[Roac]

Well the language kinda suggests that the Oracle would be proficient. I have a hard time seeing someone who's an accomplished sword fighter not being proficient with swords.

[Drejk]

I always assume that ability that grants character some sort of attack makes him proficient with that attack unless noted otherwise.

[SuperUberGeek]

Note to self, watch for flying rocks.

[blackbloodtroll]

Does this mean you can take weapon focus(rock)?

[cartmanbeck]

blackbloodtroll wrote:

Does this mean you can take weapon focus(rock)?

I would say definitely.

[blackbloodtroll]

Combine with breaker barbarian and rage prophet. Sweetness.

[Lokie]

blackbloodtroll wrote:

Combine with breaker barbarian and rage prophet. Sweetness.

Another option might be RageChemist/Barbarian. Think of the strength bonus to damage...

[blackbloodtroll]

Lokie wrote:

blackbloodtroll wrote:

Combine with breaker barbarian and rage prophet. Sweetness.

Another option might be RageChemist/Barbarian. Think of the strength bonus to damage...

That sorta defeats the purpose of utilizing the revelation, if you don't have it.

[Lokie]

blackbloodtroll wrote:

Lokie wrote:

blackbloodtroll wrote:

Combine with breaker barbarian and rage prophet. Sweetness.

Another option might be RageChemist/Barbarian. Think of the strength bonus to damage...

That sorta defeats the purpose of utilizing the revelation, if you don't have it.

I meant to say ... in addition to the oracle level/levels.

[blackbloodtroll]

Ah. That's a bit MAD though.

[Lokie]

blackbloodtroll wrote:

Ah. That's a bit MAD though.

Indeed... but if your rolls are good enough its an interesting option. Seeing as how you do add your STR mod to damage with the rock.