Hello all, I am looking for clarification on the Dervish Dance feat because I want to make a Dervish Dance bard. However everything I find seems to say that I should pump dex, take Weapon Finesse, and then get Dervish Dance for the mad Scimitar dmg.. But Scimitar isn't finesse-able, as it isn't a light weapon. Am I missing something? It seems every post related to it seems to miss that fact and I am confused. The character I am trying to make is for PFS, so it must be legal and not home-ruled. Please halp.
A scimitar isn't compatible with Weapon Finesse, but it doesn't have to be if you have Dervish Dance. The feat lets you use Dexterity instead of Strength for both attack and damage rolls while you wield a scimitar in one hand. You only need Weapon Finesse because it's a prerequisite for Dervish Dance.
An alternative is Dawnflower Dervish, which grants Dervish Dance as a bonus feat. It's even a bard archetype, and it's a lot of fun.
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^ That.
Except, I house rule that a scimitar allows finesse just like a rapier. I don't know why the finesse concept is hung up so much on piercing weapons.
Part of that is the element of realism. A rapier is a weapon that really doesn't work to its fullest capacity without finesse. It's a weapon for somebody with high agility. And it isn't just piercing weapons. Any light-class weapon can be finessed, even if it's a hammer. :D
Yeah, Dervish Dance breaks the normal rule about Scimitar not being a Finesse-able weapon. The only reason it's a prereq for the feat is because you need to be "trained" in fighting with finesse before you can apply that to a weapon that isn't designed for such an attack.
Oh my, well I feel silly, I completely missed the "melee attack rolls" part of dervish dance (>.<)
Thanks for the clarification guys, I swear I read it like 20 times lol