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Question 1:
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Weapon Finesse errata wrote:
Weapon Finesse: If I have this feat, can I apply my Dex bonus to my combat maneuver checks instead of my Strength bonus?
It depends on what combat maneuver you're attempting. Disarm, sunder, and trip are normally the only kinds of combat maneuvers in which you’re actually using a weapon to perform the maneuver, and therefore the weapon’s bonuses apply to the roll. Therefore, if you're attempting a disarm, sunder, or trip maneuver, you can apply your Dex bonus instead of your Str mod on the combat maneuver check (assuming you're using a finessable weapon, of course). For other combat maneuvers, you use the normal rule for determining CMB (Str instead of Dex).
The Agile Maneuvers feat applies to all combat maneuvers, not just disarm, sunder, and trip, so it is still a useful option for a Dex-based creature that uses combat maneuvers.
White-Haired Witch wrote:
In addition, whenever the hair strikes a foe, the witch can attempt to grapple that foe with her hair as a free action* without provoking an attack of opportunity, using her Intelligence modifier in place of her Strength modifier when making the combat maneuver check.
A white-haired witch can grapple with a weapon: her hair. Can she use Weapon Finesse to use her Dex mod instead of her Strength mod when attempting to maintain this grapple? Can she use the enhancement bonus on an amulet of mighty fists (or one with the dueling ability) to add to the check?
Question 2:
PRD grapple rules wrote:
If you successfully grapple a creature that is not adjacent to you, move that creature to an adjacent open space (if no space is available, your grapple fails).
White-Haired Witch wrote:
When a white-haired witch grapples a foe in this way, she does not gain the grappled condition.
A white-haired witch has to move the grappled target adjacent to her when the grapple starts. Does she have to stay adjacent, or can she move around, possibly to the limits of her reach? In other words, can a 4th-level white-haired witch take a 5-foot step away from a non-reach victim after her check to grapple succeeds?
question 1 is a clear NO. You are already using your INT instead of your STR, so even if you replaced STR with DEX, you'd still be using your INT for calculating the CMB
The reason the hair would benefit from finesse is its a natural weapon attack. If you did trip disarm or sunder finesse would apply.
However white haired witch uses its int when grappling with the hair. As far as amf goes I'm not surr the general rule is amf only applies to weapon attacks with uas or natural weapons. It seems the use of grab with the hair lets you use the amf.
If this is for a home game ask your dm if you can do attack and damage with the hair using int.
A white-haired witch **sigh** only uses Int on CMB to initiate a grapple made during a 'not-grab' (the free grapple attempt you get when you hit).
In order to maintain a grapple using hair, or in order to make a grapple check without using hair (of course), a white-haired witch has to use Strength. Let me restate question 1:
If a white-haired witch managed to start a grapple using her hair, does the Weapon Finesse feat (which allows Dex instead of Str for other combat maneuvers involving weapons) allow her to use Dex instead of Str to maintain this grapple?
(If a victim used their action to become the controlling grappler, then clearly the witch has stopped using her hair to grapple, and is now stuck with Strength on CMB unless she has the Agile Maneuvers feat).
As for an amulet of mighty fists, it's the same question. A light flail +1 adds +1 to a wielder's disarm or trip attempts with that weapon. Does an amulet of mighty fists +1 add +1 to a witch's grapple attempt with hair?
Answer to question one is whenever you would normally have to use strength to grapple with your hair, weapon finesse would allow you to use dexterity (this is only because your hair has the grab ability).
As for the amulet of mighty fists, yes, it does help your grapples that use your hair. A recent PDT post made it clear that AoMF does not normally apply to grapples, however it is commonly accept that if your natural attack has the grab ability, AoMF would add to the grapple checks.
If you want to go for a visual, get an AoMF with flaming, shock, and frost on it. They literally cover the weapon (in this case, your hair) with flames, electricity, and ice all at once!
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