| Alexander Augunas Contributor |
Select one group of weapons from the list of fighter weapon groups. You gain proficiency with all weapons in this group. If you possess a feat such as Weapon Focus that requires you to choose a kind of weapon, you can instead apply the effects of that feat to all weapons from that weapon group. When wielding a weapon from that group, add a number equal to your tier to your CMD against disarm and sunder attempts made against that weapon. You can select this ability more than once. Each time you select this ability, it applies to a different weapon group.
The Path ability states that you can [instead] apply the effects of that feat to all weapons from the chosen weapon group. My question is simple:
Does Mythic Weapon Training replace your previous weapon selection for feats such as Weapon Focus?
For example, if I took Weapon Focus: Katana and then later select Mythic Weapon Training: Thrown Weapons as a Champion path ability, do I still add +1 on attack rolls with my katana? The word instead in the description seems to imply that my katana no longer benefits from my Weapon Focus feat, but then the ability states you can select the Path ability multiple ties to apply its effects to multiple weapon groups, which seems like it implies that the feat can be applied to multiple things at once. What do you think it is?
| Alexander Augunas Contributor |
D'aw, Owen, you didn't have to come all the way out to the forums to reply to me! *Blushes.*
I agree with the wording, someway, but it seems very oddly designed in my opinion. For one, the wording of "can instead."
Taken as just instead, it would mean that you replace your previous choice with a new one, but the word "can" suggests that you have an option. That you are able to do it, but are you required? Could I continue to keep my feats keyed the way I want and instead gain a bucket of Weapon Proficiency? If there wasn't a choice, it would be worded as such:
If you possess a feat such as Weapon Focus that requires you to choose a kind of weapon, apply the effects of that feat to all weapons from that weapon group instead. But that pesky word "can" is in there. So if I can make the choice, when do I make it? Can I switch it?
Without getting too nit-picky (I'm well aware that I'm dancing on the Rules Lawyering line now), forcing the Mythic Champion to give up something he already had for something new seems cruel, especially if he's only grabbing Mythic Weapon Training for oodles of new Weapon Proficiencies.