Dwarf clan dagger

[JoelF847]

In the overview p. 24, it says dwarves "Few dwarves are seen without
a clan dagger, a weapon forged just before an individual dwarf’s birth and bearing the gemstone of the clan"

Where did this come from? Seems very out of place in established Golarion lore. Furthermore, in the equipment chapter, it's an uncommon weapon costing 25 sp. If few dwarves are seen without one, do dwarves get a clan dagger as a bonus piece of equipment, because I don't see many choosing this weapon with their limited starting money. And by making it uncommon, rather than a regular dagger with special significance to dwarves, most dwarven characters can't even use it effectively.

[Doktor Weasel]

Yeah, for something few are seen without, it seems to be both expensive and hard to come by for dwarven characters, and a rather sudden addition to the world considering I don't think they were ever mentioned in an PF1 source.

There's also the question, just what are they like? They're piercing with versatile bludgeoning. How does that work? A heavy spike that can whack people with? The gemstone making for good pommel strikes? Does it even have a cutting edge, or is it more like an icepick?

[Elleth]

Doktor Weasel wrote:

Yeah, for something few are seen without, it seems to be both expensive and hard to come by for dwarven characters, and a rather sudden addition to the world considering I don't think they were ever mentioned in an PF1 source.

There's also the question, just what are they like? They're piercing with versatile bludgeoning. How does that work? A heavy spike that can whack people with? The gemstone making for good pommel strikes? Does it even have a cutting edge, or is it more like an icepick?

"Dagger" is just a fancy dwarven word for a special type of chisel

[Bardarok]

Elleth wrote:

Doktor Weasel wrote:

Yeah, for something few are seen without, it seems to be both expensive and hard to come by for dwarven characters, and a rather sudden addition to the world considering I don't think they were ever mentioned in an PF1 source.

There's also the question, just what are they like? They're piercing with versatile bludgeoning. How does that work? A heavy spike that can whack people with? The gemstone making for good pommel strikes? Does it even have a cutting edge, or is it more like an icepick?

"Dagger" is just a fancy dwarven word for a special type of chisel

A flesh chisel!

[Elleth]

Bardarok wrote:

Elleth wrote:

Doktor Weasel wrote:

Yeah, for something few are seen without, it seems to be both expensive and hard to come by for dwarven characters, and a rather sudden addition to the world considering I don't think they were ever mentioned in an PF1 source.

There's also the question, just what are they like? They're piercing with versatile bludgeoning. How does that work? A heavy spike that can whack people with? The gemstone making for good pommel strikes? Does it even have a cutting edge, or is it more like an icepick?

"Dagger" is just a fancy dwarven word for a special type of chisel

A flesh chisel!

Thank you, resident dwarf.

[Palinurus]

JoelF847 wrote:

In the overview p. 24, it says dwarves "Few dwarves are seen without

a clan dagger, a weapon forged just before an individual dwarf’s birth and bearing the gemstone of the clan"

Where did this come from? Seems very out of place in established Golarion lore. Furthermore, in the equipment chapter, it's an uncommon weapon costing 25 sp. If few dwarves are seen without one, do dwarves get a clan dagger as a bonus piece of equipment, because I don't see many choosing this weapon with their limited starting money. And by making it uncommon, rather than a regular dagger with special significance to dwarves, most dwarven characters can't even use it effectively.

I didn't mind the addition to Golarion lore, but getting proficiency was an issue. One of my characters had a Dwarf wizard and wanted it as his arcane focus, but even after spending a fear for racial proficiency he didn't get proficiency with the clan dagger. I house ruled it, but it could with some explicit proficiency support if it is so integral to clan identity.