So, I'm wondering if there is any support, in Pathfinder, for a character that makes there own weapons and modifies them. I was thinking of things like the artisan craftsman feat from Faerun, which let you create a weapon with a basket hilt, etc.
Any ideas? My google-fu has failed me.
as far as i know it just falls under craft (weapons, armor, bowyer, fletching),a dn you fluff what the weapon's appearance is. it doesnt change the weapons statistics any, so a rapier with a basket hilt is still a rapier.
there's weapon accessories in the adventurer's armory (the weapon cord sees a lot of use in gunslinger circles), if memory serves. you could craft those with the weapons and offer/use them as a package deal i guess.
How do you mean "modify"?
Flavor, or mechanical?
A bit of both, really. Change the appearance of the weapon, but offer a mechanical bonus at a cost, and require ranks in Craft (Weaponsmithing) to make.
Nope. Just a good only melee character who likes to smack things with the weapons that he makes.
Beware, it takes a long time to make masterwork items. And working with special materials like mithral and adamantine takes even longer.
I have a player in my campaign playing a blacksmithing fighter, and, because of all the inconvenient interruptions, it has taken him almost seven weeks to create a masterwork bastardsword.