Playing around with a character concept of a Flame Dancer Ifrit Bard using a Whip for ranged feints (up to 25 ft with Improved Whip Mastery and Lunge).
Though now I need to know if there are more ways to increase a weapon's fire damage (specifically ways for a Bard to do it). Flaming weapon is obvious, but I can't seem to find anything else.
Ideas?
Burn Burn Burn doesn't work with magical flames.
What you want is some way to gain proficiency with Torches. You can either take Firebrand (Asmodeus feat) for higher base damage with the torch or the Rough And Ready trait with 1 point in Profession (spelunker) or something like that. I prefer Rough and Ready because it gives attack.
If you go with Rough and Ready, consider also the Surprise Weapon trait, which is another +2 to attack with Improvised Weapons.
Goblins have a similar feat called Fire Hand.
This doesn't stack with Scorching Weapons, but you could feasibly enchant a torch with the flaming property.
Oh yeah, there's another trait that can deal fire damage, and it's a faith trait for that deity whose name I can never spell (Sunanrae?) which adds 2 fire damage on crits with scimitars. It's called Flame of the Dawn. There's another that's also very thematic - Sun Striker is a feat that lets you mow through zombies with fire damage and a scimitar, but not sure your build has the feats.
Another thing I have to recommend is replacing the Flame Dancer archetype with the Dervish Dancer. This is because you can eventually take the Unblinking Flame Feint feat and combine it with the Dance of Fury feature to move, feint and full-attack on the same round.