catch off guard i believe is the feat you want or something similar like improvised weapon? All the pertinent info should be found in core rulebook
One of my players used a silver punch ladle as a improvised club...the were rats treated it a club with a -1 to hit and to hurt...he still has that silver ladle.
As per the rules, using anything as a weapon that wasn't specifically designed as a weapon means it is improvised and you take a -4 penalty to attack with it (some leeway with weapons like clubs, which are pretty much just hefty chunks of wood, but I digress).
Now, if you went to a smith and paid for a heavy/light mace and said "By the way, I also want to be able to fry bacon with it," you might get a GM to say it's a weapon designed with a secondary use, and as such gets no penalty.
There are several traits that can help.
Humble Beginnings (Region trait) seems to be the simplest. Let's you act as if you have Catch Off-Guard with the frying pan. Not the best though imo.
Rough and Ready (Equipment trait) allows you to attack with a frying pan without the -4 improvised weapon penalty (without needing the Catch Off-Guard feat) AND gives a +1 trait bonus to attack rolls, but will require you to have profession (cook) or something like that. Whatever profession you can think of that uses a frying pan.
Surprise Weapon (Combat trait) gives a +2 trait bonus to attack rolls with improvised weapons. This is pretty sweet if you did pick up the Catch Off-Guard feat.
Stylistically, Improvised Defense (Combat trait) would be pretty cool. But only useful when you aren't attacking.
And hey... If you thump someone with the frying pan, it will be even more fun if it is currently full of boiling cooking oil...
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I kinda just want to be like Rapunzel in Disney's Tangled (which is visual fantasy proof that it is a legitimate weapon).
Have you ever read Dragons of Autumn Twilight? In the hands of Tika Waylan, the frying pan is truly mightier than the sword.
If they're not worshiping a specific God, let them take the Favored Weapon of the deity as Frying Pan (or even improvised weapons).
Having swung around my cast iron pans for fun, I can tell you from experience that they'd make lousy weapons for a fight beyond a surprise attack. The handles aren't built to get a good grip and they're terribly unbalanced. They'd hurt when they hit, for sure, but recovery from the swing would be slow. No real way to get a two-handed grip unless you've got small hands.
Having swung around my cast iron pans for fun, I can tell you from experience that they'd make lousy weapons for a fight beyond a surprise attack. The handles aren't built to get a good grip and they're terribly unbalanced. They'd hurt when they hit, for sure, but recovery from the swing would be slow. No real way to get a two-handed grip unless you've got small hands.
Ah, but the restaurant frying pans have long enough handles and have a great handles for sparring, we used to have duels every saturday night after service:)
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If they're not worshiping a specific God, let them take the Favored Weapon of the deity as Frying Pan (or even improvised weapons).
If they're not worshiping a specific god, they should be pantheists.
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I played a character that was a chef once, and in a moment of desperation I grabbed a soup pot off the stove and up-ended it over a bad guys head. It was the most statisfying natural 20 I've ever rolled(close second was when a summoned earth elemental tossed a wagon at a flying boss we couldn't get to)
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You rolled a critical hit with soup?
Bravo!
Warpriest. Let them taste the might of your frying pan that deals 2d6 damage.