Startoss Style and other thrown things


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Startoss Style wrote:

Your thrown weapons become more deadly.

Prerequisite(s): Dex 13, Point-Blank Shot, Weapon Focus with the chosen weapon.

Benefit(s): Choose one weapon from the thrown fighter weapon group. While using this style and the chosen weapon, you gain a bonus on damage rolls made with the weapon equal to 2 + 2 per style feat you possess that lists Startoss Style as a prerequisite (maximum +6 damage).

You cannot use this ability if you are carrying a weapon or a shield in your off hand (except for a buckler).

Special: In addition to the chosen weapon, a character with this feat and the weapon training (thrown) class feature can use Startoss Style with any thrown weapons that she wields in one hand.

So if I were, say, a Suli with the Energy Strike (Fire) alternate racial trait, then if I took Startoss Style and had Weapon Training (Thrown), I could use Startoss Style with the Firehand racial ability? Or just any random junk I could throw with one hand?


"That she wields in one hand". I'd call that implied in Firehand, other GMs might object. "Wielding" is, for very stupid reasons, a contentious term in PF rules.

Also, the argument might be made that "thrown" refers to "the Fighter Weapons Group" and not to "weapons that are thrown".

But I'd allow it and not consider it a house rule.


The language in the "Special" category is intended to open up Startoss Style to Throw Anything, so I think the same logic applies to Firehand. You're not exactly breaking the ability since this doesn't make it possible to build around Firehand (you're still only getting it once per round and once per day without feat investment).

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