Tengu and Bladed Objects

[technarken]

As my first character's level increases I am starting to think about what my second character is going to be. Thinking knifemaster tengu, but have a question: does the tengu racial trait Sword trained apply to starknives and kukris?

[Quendishir]

Swordtrained: Tengus are trained from birth in swordplay, and as a result are automatically proficient with swordlike weapons (including bastard swords, daggers, elven curve blades, falchions, greatswords, kukris, longswords, punching daggers, rapiers, scimitars, short swords, and two-bladed swords).

[technarken]

The main question is whether or not starknives are sword-like or not.

[BigNorseWolf]

Kukri is on the list, so definitely.

Despite the name I'd say a star knife is something else entirely.

[Skerek]

I always ruled it as being proficient with anything in the Blades, Light and Blades, Heavy weapon groups, which the starknife falls under.

[RainyDayNinja]

Wakizashi would be even better than kukri, if you want to go that route.

[technarken]

The knife master archetype doesn't include wakizashis, so kukris are used. I've always thought the starknife was a hilarious and interesting weapon, so if I can get proficiency with them, that would be great

[The Morphling]

A starknife is basically as different from a sword as you can get without removing the blades. I wouldn't give them proficiency in it.

[Majuba]

It sounds like you're talking about PFS characters. Unless clarified, the safe bet for PFS is that it only includes the items on the list Quendishir quoted.

Separately, I agree with the posters above - Starknife is a great weapon, but a sword it is not.

[Zhayne]

Majuba wrote:

Separately, I agree with the posters above - Starknife is a great weapon, but a sword it is not.

It's FOUR swords. :)

[lemeres]

Zhayne wrote:

Majuba wrote:

Separately, I agree with the posters above - Starknife is a great weapon, but a sword it is not.

It's FOUR swords. :)

No, of course it isn't a sword. It is obviously a glaive.

God, does anyone even remember Krull for anything other than its ridiculous weapon?

[James Jacobs]

Starknives are not "swordlike" weapons for tengu.

[Fomsie]

lemeres wrote:

Zhayne wrote:

Majuba wrote:

Separately, I agree with the posters above - Starknife is a great weapon, but a sword it is not.

It's FOUR swords. :)

No, of course it isn't a sword. It is obviously a glaive.

God, does anyone even remember Krull for anything other than its ridiculous weapon?

" I am Ergo the magnificent. Short in stature, tall in power, narrow of purpose and wide of vision. And I do not travel with peasants and beggars. Goodbye!"

Maybe just a little.