Acquiring other race's racial trait? (Not race trait, racial)

[DeanHavok]

Hey all,

I'm hoping to build a swashbuckler for an upcoming campaign, and utilizing the radical feat Slashing Grace. I'm trying to use a bastard sword one handed with this feat in mind, but the only race I see that gets exotic weapon proficiency is the tengru. While it's a cool race, I want to explore other options. At first I thought the adopted trait would do the trick, but somehow there are both Racial Traits and Race Traits, and adopted helps with the latter when I desire the former. Any suggestions?

[Eltacolibre]

Half-elf can get bastard sword with their racial trait ancestral arm.

[Imbicatus]

Yup. Your options are being a half-elf, tengu, or human and use your human bonus feat on proficiency.

You used to be able to have proficiency in a specific weapon via the Ancestral Weapon trait, but that was nerfed to martial weapons only.

[Mathius]

Heirloom weapon will make you proficient with any one weapon.

Also Half elves switch out Adaptability (skill focus) for Ancestral arms (EWP).

[DeanHavok]

Heirloom weapon is EXACTLY what I was after. Thank you all for your help and advice, much obliged.

[Theconiel]

Heirloom Weapon is probably not what you want. A bastard sword is treated as an exotic weapon if you use it one-handed; Heirloom Weapon is specifically limited to simple and martial weapons. If you used Heirloom Weapon for a bastard sword, I think you would be limited to using it two-handed (the only way it qualifies as a martial weapon). A kind GM might allow you to have EWP with the weapon, but it is not RAW. Plus, you are not proficient with any other bastard word in the world - only that specific one.

Ancestral arms avoids that limitation, allowing simple, martial or exotic weapon proficiency.

[DeanHavok]

You're absolutely right, I didn't see the simple or martial qualifier on heirloom. Thanks for clearing that up.

[Bandw2]

Theconiel wrote:

Heirloom Weapon is probably not what you want. A bastard sword is treated as an exotic weapon if you use it one-handed; Heirloom Weapon is specifically limited to simple and martial weapons. If you used Heirloom Weapon for a bastard sword, I think you would be limited to using it two-handed (the only way it qualifies as a martial weapon). A kind GM might allow you to have EWP with the weapon, but it is not RAW. Plus, you are not proficient with any other bastard word in the world - only that specific one.

Ancestral arms avoids that limitation, allowing simple, martial or exotic weapon proficiency.

actually a bastard sword is simply a exotic weapon that can be wielded without proficiency with anyone with martial weapon proficiency as a two-handed weapon.

it is in-fact never actually a martial weapon.

[Jodokai]

DeanHavok wrote:

Heirloom weapon is EXACTLY what I was after. Thank you all for your help and advice, much obliged.

Understand with that trait, it's that specific weapon. You can't pick up any bastard sword and use it, you have to pick up that bastard sword. And you have to buy it, it's not free. So that means unless your GM is nice to starting characters, it will never be adamantite or mithral.