Slam Attacks and Bludgeoning Weapons


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Liberty's Edge

Feat in question:

Sap Master:

Benefit: Whenever you use a bludgeoning weapon to deal nonlethal sneak attack damage to a flat-footed opponent, roll your sneak attack dice twice, totaling the results as your nonlethal sneak attack damage for that attack.

Does a slam attack count as a bludgeoning weapon in regards to the specifics of feats?

Liberty's Edge

Shar Tahl wrote:

Feat in question:

Sap Master:

Benefit: Whenever you use a bludgeoning weapon to deal nonlethal sneak attack damage to a flat-footed opponent, roll your sneak attack dice twice, totaling the results as your nonlethal sneak attack damage for that attack.

Does a slam attack count as a bludgeoning weapon in regards to the specifics of feats?

Cancel this. Found my answer in the rules. For reference, I will list the relevant part here.

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Snipit from Sneak Attack class feature:

With a weapon that deals nonlethal damage (like a sap, whip, or an unarmed strike), a rogue can make a sneak attack that deals nonlethal damage instead of lethal damage. She cannot use a weapon that deals lethal damage to deal nonlethal damage in a sneak attack, not even with the usual –4 penalty.

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Scarab Sages

You'd have to be able to make your Natural attack deal non-lethal damage. That Merciful Weapon quality would work, but you'd have to find a way to apply it to a natural weapon. Not sure offhand, but you could probably find a way.

Scarab Sages

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Merciful amulet of mighty fists would do it, as would the bludgeoner feat.

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