Wood Sword

[technarken]

With the approach of Pathfinder Unchained I've started thinking about rogues again, specifically starting a cliche wooden sword-using delinquent type character. Then I realized that wooden swords do not actually exist in PF materials. What would be a finessable equivalent?

[Nohwear]

One thing is to just call it a club. Another idea is to gain the ability to use improvised weapons.

[BartonOliver]

There is a wooden sword in the Melee Tactics Toolbox, though I don't know if it actually has weapon stats (I believe it gives some other bonus as a practice sword, I can't remember exactly and don't have a copy with me)

[pH unbalanced]

Sword cane where you don't remove it from the cane?

[BartonOliver]

Also, the combat scabbard can be left on and make attacks (not exactly a wooden sword but close-ish)

[Nefreet]

I have a couple practice wooden swords. They certainly don't deal piercing or slashing damage. I'd think a club would fit the bill quite nicely.

[Sebastian Hirsch]

Nefreet wrote:

I have a couple practice wooden swords. They certainly don't deal piercing or slashing damage. I'd think a club would fit the bill quite nicely.

I do own a couple of wodden training swords (mostly bokken), in the Jade Regent adventure path, paizo actually mentions a character who has to use one shaped like a katana since his real sword is unavailable.

It deals damage like a club for his size, but does benefit from all his feats and class abilities that specify katana use (like weapon focus/weapon specialization).

It is burried in the AP text, but I would love to get it PFS legal.

[technarken]

technarken wrote:

What would be a finessable equivalent?

Clubs are not legally finessable. If they were I wouldn't have bothered posting, as the problem wouldn't exist.

[Imbicatus]

The Hanbo is PFS legal, a wooden staff-like weapon that can easily fill in as a wooden sword, and is finessable.

[technarken]

My thanks

[Protoman]

Sebastian Hirsch wrote:

Nefreet wrote:

I have a couple practice wooden swords. They certainly don't deal piercing or slashing damage. I'd think a club would fit the bill quite nicely.

I do own a couple of wodden training swords (mostly bokken), in the Jade Regent adventure path, paizo actually mentions a character who has to use one shaped like a katana since his real sword is unavailable.

It deals damage like a club for his size, but does benefit from all his feats and class abilities that specify katana use (like weapon focus/weapon specialization).

It is burried in the AP text, but I would love to get it PFS legal.

Agreed! Been wanting one of those for a PFS character. Weapon Versatility feat to make it useful against slashing/piercing DR.