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Offered as a FAQ candidate, as the title says:
Do I still threaten with a worn Cestus outside my turn when I use an item in that hand on my turn?
Examples of items held in the hand wearing the cestus include:
Wand; Can I activate a wand on my turn and still threaten adjacent squares with the cestus?
Dagger; Can I attack with a dagger on my turn and threaten with both the dagger and the cestus? (perhaps a target has DR/bludgeoning and another has DR/slashing).
Reach weapon; Can I attack 10ft out with the reach weapon and still threaten adjacent with the cestus?
A current discussion can be found here. Comments can be directed there. This thread is primarily to FAQ it and bring it to the attention of the Devs. Please hit FAQ if you'd like to know. And if you're sure you DO know, still hit FAQ for the rest of us ignorant lot. :p
As I see it what you do on your turn is irrelevant as long as you change your grip so that the cestus is ready to use.
@FAQ: I do not FAQ things anymore. Out of experience generally FAQs from Paizo make the game worse.
The description of the Cestus leads some to think that you don't need to change your grip...that the cestus is already ready to use even if the hand is occupied with something else.
Cestus: The cestus is a glove of leather or thick cloth that covers the wielder from mid-finger to mid-forearm. The close combat weapon is reinforced with metal plates over the fingers and often lined with wicked spikes along the backs of the hands and wrists. While wearing a cestus, you are considered armed and your unarmed attacks deal normal damage. If you are proficient with a cestus, your unarmed strikes may deal bludgeoning or piercing damage. Monks are proficient with the cestus. When using a cestus, your fingers are mostly exposed, allowing you to wield or carry items in that hand, but the constriction of the weapon at your knuckles gives you a –2 penalty on all precision-based tasks involving that hand (such as opening locks).
...as a point of reference to that view...
Hence the question.
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The description of the Cestus leads some to think that you don't need to change your grip...that the cestus is already ready to use even if the hand is occupied with something else.
Cestus: The cestus is a glove of leather or thick cloth that covers the wielder from mid-finger to mid-forearm. The close combat weapon is reinforced with metal plates over the fingers and often lined with wicked spikes along the backs of the hands and wrists. While wearing a cestus, you are considered armed and your unarmed attacks deal normal damage. If you are proficient with a cestus, your unarmed strikes may deal bludgeoning or piercing damage. Monks are proficient with the cestus. When using a cestus, your fingers are mostly exposed, allowing you to wield or carry items in that hand, but the constriction of the weapon at your knuckles gives you a –2 penalty on all precision-based tasks involving that hand (such as opening locks)....as a point of reference to that view...
Hence the question.
Yeah, the description of the item doesn't say anything about not being able to use it if you're also holding something.