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Hey everyone,
I was wondering about the interaction between holding a one handed weapon with two hands and the swashbuckler's panache restoration. The ability reads:
"Critical Hit with a Light or One-Handed Piercing Melee Weapon: Each time the swashbuckler confirms a critical hit with a light or one-handed piercing melee weapon, she regains 1 panache point. Confirming a critical hit on a helpless or unaware creature or a creature that has fewer Hit Dice than half the swashbuckler’s character level doesn’t restore panache.
Killing Blow with a Light or One-Handed Piercing Melee Weapon: When the swashbuckler reduces a creature to 0 or fewer hit points with a light or one-handed piercing melee weapon attack while in combat, she regains 1 panache point. Destroying an unattended object, reducing a helpless or unaware creature to 0 or fewer hit points, or reducing a creature that has fewer Hit Dice than half the swashbuckler’s character level to 0 or fewer hit points doesn’t restore any panache."
Adding to this the starting ability of the Falcata Swashbuckler:
"Falcata Emphasis (Ex)
At 1st level, a falcata swashbuckler is proficient with falcatas and can treat a falcata as a one-handed piercing melee weapon for the purposes of the swashbuckler’s finesse as well as all feats and class abilities that refer to such a weapon."
If I used a falcata held with both hands and either scored a crit or a killing blow with it, would I regain penache? If I read the rule correctly, I only need to make the attack with a light or one-handed piercing melee weapon, but I wouldn't have to hold the weapon with one hand to make the attack. Specifically, this would benefit strength-based swashbucklers since it would allow them to add 1.5x str to their attacks while still regaining penache.
If it requires you to have a free hand or hold the weapon in one hand, it would have said so. You can look at the Magus' spell combat, as it requires a light or one handed weapon AND a free hand.
Nothing in the Swashbuckler text requires a free hand, so you can two-hand your weapon while regaining panache.
Yup, it works.
It's generally only of use for those who dip into swashbuckler, as you won't get the benefit of Precise Strike if you two-hand your weapon.