Specific Weapon Proficiency

[Crefar]

Hey Paizo people,

I'm making an inquisitor who uses a bastard sword, and a race that was proficient with it, but am thinking of going tiefling(oni-spawn) for more effective ability scores. Now i cant use a bastard sword, and i want to use it one handed. So, i need proficiency with it. Should i burn a feat on it, or is there a better way? I dont want the heirloom trait thing, kinda dumb after a couple levels. Help me figure this out.

Thanks
Aakavir

[Zahir ibn Mahmoud ibn Jothan]

Aakavir wrote:

Hey Paizo people,

I'm making an inquisitor who uses a bastard sword, and a race that was proficient with it, but am thinking of going tiefling(oni-spawn) for more effective ability scores. Now i cant use a bastard sword, and i want to use it one handed. So, i need proficiency with it. Should i burn a feat on it, or is there a better way? I dont want the heirloom trait thing, kinda dumb after a couple levels. Help me figure this out.

Thanks
Aakavir

Why is Heirloom Weapon trait "kinda dumb after a few levels?"

Are you concerned with it not being MW and thus not able to enchant?

You can make it MW with a 2nd level Cleric/Wizard spell (even in PFS) and 300gp, and then start enchanting it as normal.

[Imbicatus]

Worship Shiziru, and change Bastard Sword to Katana. Katana is a better version of the bastard sword anyway.

[Theconiel]

The only possible snag with Heirloom Weapon is if you want a feat that depends on proficiency with the weapon (Weapon Focus, for example). In that case, I don't think the trait would qualify.

[phatbac]

Inquisitors get their God's favorite weapon as a proficiency so worship Ragathiel whose favorite weapon is the bastard sword.

[Crefar]

Imbic, the katana.. eh. I just am a person who likes the way things look. And you know this guy is gonna be dual wielding(this was the tengu inquisitor). So bastard swords look way more epic. I do understand 5%(10% with keen) better critical chance is great. But 1d10 instead of 1d8 and the look is why not. and yah, forgot about deities thing. going with ragathiel.