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Right now, I am working on a character who uses cloak-and-rapier style fighting. The quick of it is that a renaissance-time-period duelist would occasionally use a cloak in one hand and a rapier in the other to entangle and confuse his opponent.
So I am trying to make a build out of that, using a net to substitute the cloak. The character will be a Switch-Hitting controller Alchemist with a Fighter dip that uses his mutagen to raise his dexterity (or his strength as the case might be).
So what I am looking for in this character build is hold a net in one hand and a rapier in the other. I don't use two-weapon fighting full-attacks, I typically just use my rapier if I want to make an attack. However, my net has a 10-foot reach which threatens opponents, so I can make attacks of opportunity while I am holding it.
The trouble that I am now finding, though, is making a (snag)-net finessable. I am reading threads about it and I keep reading that "it's probably finessable" but no description of how to do it. Is it fair if I used Effortless Lace to make it into a light-weapon for the purpose of Weapon Finesse. After all, a snag net can deal piercing damage, but only 1. Then again, the entire weapon is made out of rope, so if it has effortless lace weaved into it, doesn't that just make sense? Then AGAIN, normally, a net is a TWO-handed throwing weapon. So, does that mean that I can now throw it like a one-handed weapon without penalty? Especially since I'm an alchemist with the Throw Anything feat?
Also, can I enhance the damage done by a snag net? The weapon roster lists as damage "see text", so that would make it seem, to me, that it has listed damage.
Finally, what kind of weapon abilities can I enhance a weapon that is normally a ranged weapon, but in the right hands (someone with Net Adept) is treated as a melee weapon?