Swashbuckler [Precise Strike] with more then 2 arms


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Ok so I noticed with Precise Strike Deed
Precise Strike (Ex) : At 3rd level, while she has at least 1 panache point, a swashbuckler gains the ability to strike precisely with a light or one-handed piercing melee weapon (though not natural weapon attacks), adding her swashbuckler level to the damage dealt. To use this deed, a swashbuckler cannot attack with a weapon in her other hand or use a shield other than a buckler. She can even use this ability with thrown light or one-handed piercing melee weapons, so long as the target is within 30 feet of her. Any creature that is immune to sneak attacks is immune to the additional damage granted by precise strike, and any item or ability that protects a creature from critical hits also protects a creature from the additional damage of a precise strike. This additional damage is precision damage, and isn't multiplied on a critical hit. As a swift action, a swashbuckler can spend 1 panache point to double her precise strike's damage bonus on the next attack. This benefit must be used before the end of her turn, or it is lost. This deed's cost cannot be reduced by any ability or effect that reduces the amount of panache points a deed costs (such as the Signature Deed feat).

The Italicized part is important, but the bolded part is the key wording.

If a Kasatha is a Swashbuckler, and he is using 3 blades and none in his 4th other hand.. could he use Precise Strike? I mean yes it is clearly abusing the loophole of them not thinking of a Kasatha during class design.


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Assume that's other hand(s)


Any time you ask about Kasathas, the answer pretty much comes down to "talk to you DM because the game was not built for these shenanigans".


I was just wondering if it could work via raw or rai due to the loophole.


There aren't really any rules written to cover multi-armed creatures, at least not enough to definitively give a RAW answer. RAI thoughI would go with SlimGuage and say all your off hands need to be empty.

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The Storm of Swords wrote:

I was just wondering if it could work via raw or rai due to the loophole.

As a rule of thumb, any time you're referring to something as a "loophole" you can assume its not RAI :)


Well to be fair it says you cannot attack with weapons in your other hand, or have something more then a buckler.

I was just noticing it does not say your Off-hand, it says your other hand. Which is a little odd.


For every hand you attack with you have 3 "other hands".
Nothing says that you declare which hand is the other hand.
If you attack with the sword in your top right hand and the dagger in your bottom right hand the dagger is still in an other hand.

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