Vanguard Entropic Strike Weapon

[CaptainBacon]

Quite confused as to the exact rules surrounding the Vanguard's entropic strike. Think I've got it (mostly) figured out, but just to make sure:

I find the wording "you can apply any weapon special property to your entropic strike as long as the effect can be applied to a one-handed advanced melee weapon that deals acid or bludgeoning damage " a bit confusing. For instance, could I use a Pike and apply reach to the Entropic Strike? No one-handed weapon has reach (as far as I know), but RAW there's nothing that explicitely says you couldn't apply reach to a one-handed weapon, circumstances permitting.

Which brings me to my second question: can you apply your entropic strike to a thrown weapon, say a Starknife? They are considered melee weapons, after all (going off THIS LINK, but that was for the playtest). Likewise, could you apply the returning weapon fusion to said Starknife and use Entropic Strike with it?

Thanks!

[HammerJack]

Yes, you can ES with a pike. Also, there are absolutely 1 handed weapons with reach.

Yes, you can ES with a thrown weapon. Note that the operative property only affects melee attacks, so you will use STR to hit.

[CaptainBacon]

HammerJack wrote:

Yes, you can ES with a pike. Also, there are absolutely 1 handed weapons with reach.

Yes, you can ES with a thrown weapon. Note that the operative property only affects melee attacks, so you will use STR to hit.

I stand corrected. Thank you very much for the clarification!

[Naarg]

To follow up on this, Entropic Strike has the Operative property. So if I take a level of Operative, can I Trick Attack with a Pike-delivered Entropic Strike?

[HammerJack]

Absolutely.