Blessed Hammer

[LoneKnave]

Inner Sea Gods wrote:

BLESSED HAMMER

Your god's power radiates from your warhammer.
Prerequisites: Ability to cast 3rd-level divine spells,
proficient with warhammer, worshiper ofTorag.
Benefit: You can use any warhammer you wield as a holy
symbol when casting spells that require a divine focus or
when you channel energy.
Furthermore, as a swift action when you cast a divine
touch spell, you can choose to have the warhammer carry
the charge of the spell instead of your hand. When you
deliver a touch spell with your warhammer you can do
so as part of melee attack made with the war hammer. If
you drop the warhammer or the warhammer is disarmed
while carrying a charge, the charge is lost.

Is this a swift action Spellstrike essentially? The wording is weird, so I'm not 100% sure you can deliver the spell with a melee attack using the touch attack granted by casting the spell.

[blahpers]

All the text grants is the ability to hold the charge in your hammer instead of your hand and deliver it by touching the opponent with the hammer (either as a touch attack or a regular weapon attack). There's nothing stopping you from making the udual free touch attack with your hammer, though it wouldn't do any damage or benefit from the hammer's bonuses. If you want to strike + deliver, you'll have to attack the regular way; there's no free weapon (i.e., non-touch) attack.

[LoneKnave]

But it says when you deliver the usual touch you can do so with a basic melee attack.

Quote:

When you deliver a touch spell with your warhammer you can do

so as part of melee attack made with the war hammer.

[Kyoko Hitomu]

I'm a bit confused by this Feat. The player must worship Torag, which is LG, and the feat allows you to place a touch spell into the hammer... Wouldn't inflict spells be off limits here as your deity is LG? If so then I only see this as being beneficial to store Bestow Curse, Poison, and Cure spells (cure spells to deal extra damage versus undead). Am I missing any other good Divine touch spells or am I wrong that Inflict spells are off limits with this Deity?

[shadowkras]

Well, it means he can heal people by touching his hammer on them, even when carrying a shield on his offhand, without losing the shield bonus.

[Natural Magic]

You can still cast Inflict spells if you are good. They are not considered evil spells, so a good cleric is not prohibited from casting them, you just wouldn't be able to spontaineously cast them.

[Tryn]

Kyoko Hitomu wrote:

I'm a bit confused by this Feat. The player must worship Torag, which is LG, and the feat allows you to place a touch spell into the hammer... Wouldn't inflict spells be off limits here as your deity is LG? If so then I only see this as being beneficial to store Bestow Curse, Poison, and Cure spells (cure spells to deal extra damage versus undead). Am I missing any other good Divine touch spells or am I wrong that Inflict spells are off limits with this Deity?

Only spells with the "evil" or "Chaotic" type are forbidden for LG clerics, "inflict.." spells have neither.

http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/spells/inflictLightWounds.html#_inflict- light-wounds