Warpriest, Weapon Focus, and Alchemical Weapons

[logan grayble]

I'm sorry if this was answered somewhere and I just missed it,

But can you take Weapon Focus in an alchemical weapon like Alchemist's Fire or a Flask of Acid? I'm curious if my idea of a Warpriest with the Halfling racial weapon style feats would be viable.

[Cavall]

From the PSRD: 
" Thrown splash weapons require no weapon proficiency, so you don't take the –4 nonproficiency penalty."

You would need proficiency in them to take focus. These you don't get, as they don't need them. So I'd say you're invalid for taking the focus feat. But I can see an argument for the other side, I just think it's a weaker argument.

[Imbicatus]

If you want to use warpriest sacred weapon damage with alchemical weapons, that is not allowed.

Sacred Weapon (Su) wrote:

At 1st level, weapons wielded by a warpriest are charged with the power of his faith. In addition to the favored weapon of his deity, the warpriest can designate a weapon as a sacred weapon by selecting that weapon with the Weapon Focus feat; if he has multiple Weapon Focus feats, this ability applies to all of them. Whenever the warpriest hits with his sacred weapon, the weapon damage is based on his level and not the weapon type. The damage for Medium warpriests is given on the table above; see the table below for Small and Large warpriests. The warpriest can decide to use the weapon's base damage instead of the sacred weapon damage—this decision must be declared before the attack roll is made. (If the weapon's base damage exceeds the sacred weapon damage, its damage is unchanged.) This increase in damage does not affect any other aspect of the weapon, and doesn't apply to alchemical items, bombs, or other weapons that deal only energy damage.

[logan grayble]

Imbicatus wrote:

If you want to use warpriest sacred weapon damage with alchemical weapons, that is not allowed.

Sacred Weapon (Su) wrote:

At 1st level, weapons wielded by a warpriest are charged with the power of his faith. In addition to the favored weapon of his deity, the warpriest can designate a weapon as a sacred weapon by selecting that weapon with the Weapon Focus feat; if he has multiple Weapon Focus feats, this ability applies to all of them. Whenever the warpriest hits with his sacred weapon, the weapon damage is based on his level and not the weapon type. The damage for Medium warpriests is given on the table above; see the table below for Small and Large warpriests. The warpriest can decide to use the weapon's base damage instead of the sacred weapon damage—this decision must be declared before the attack roll is made. (If the weapon's base damage exceeds the sacred weapon damage, its damage is unchanged.) This increase in damage does not affect any other aspect of the weapon, and doesn't apply to alchemical items, bombs, or other weapons that deal only energy damage.

Yeah, I just read that myself. Looks like doubling up on the Sacred Weapon damage with Slipslinger Grenadier was a pipe dream from the start.