Note: This is associated with a specific deity.
You know how to balance a polearm perfectly, striking with artful, yet deadly precision.
Prerequisite(s): Weapon Focus (glaive), must be a worshiper of the associated deity.
Benefit(s): You can use the Weapon Finesse feat to apply your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier to attack rolls with a glaive sized for you, even though it isn’t a light weapon. When wielding a glaive, you can treat it as a one-handed piercing or slashing melee weapon and as if you were not making attacks with your off-hand for all feats and class abilities that require such a weapon (such as a duelist’s or swashbuckler’s precise strike).
As a move action, you can shorten your grip on the glaive, treating it as though it lacked the reach weapon property. You can adjust your grip to grant the weapon the reach property as a move action.
Emphasis mine.
So yeah. I'm working on a Reach Cleric of Baphomet and would like to use the Glaive, as its Baphomet's favored weapon. I found this feat, which seems like a great fit but I don't know if I could use it as a Str. based melee. It seems to me like it would.
I chose Baphomet for flavor but also because he gives his Cleric followers every single Monstrous Physique spell available and has some cool Boons. My aim is to cast my Monstrous Physique spell, get into position and either melee attack or cast and wait for AoO. Although most forms I am looking at have some kind of gore or bite, it would be pretty cool to use the Glaive to threaten if need be.
Kind regards,
Bram
It is a feat specific to followers of Shelyn, but other than that... go for it, assuming you already have Weapon Focus.
Argh. Why does PFSRD differ from Nethys? Baphomet has the Glaive as his favored weapon so I thought I was golden...
Edit: Never mind. PFSRD just doesn't give the full info. I get it now.
so does shelyn so just worship her..
(lore-wise she had a difrent fav weapon, but after her brother Zon-Kuthon went to the dark side she disarmed him from his galive and claimed it as her own)
so does shelyn so just worship her..
Sounds like the OP was looking forward to Baphomet's domain spells and possibly deific boons... which I am sure differ from those of Shelyn.
idk he didn't point out to his other given abilities beside the glaive. also shelyn got both protection and luck domain - some of the nicer ones around.
idk he didn't point out to his other given abilities beside the glaive...
I chose Baphomet for flavor but also because he gives his Cleric followers every single Monstrous Physique spell available and has some cool Boons...
To the OP, I'm not sure I understand. What was your plan with Bladed Brush, exactly? The strategy you outlined world just fine without it.
idk he didn't point out to his other given abilities beside the glaive...I chose Baphomet for flavor but also because he gives his Cleric followers every single Monstrous Physique spell available and has some cool Boons...To the OP, I'm not sure I understand. What was your plan with Bladed Brush, exactly? The strategy you outlined world just fine without it.
I was going to invest quite a bit into that Glaive, using Holy Vindicator and some feats to make it sing. It would have been nice if I could use it to threaten the squares around me through this feat, but alas...
what about the spear dancing line of feats? will those help the idea?
As a reach cleric I am gonna be quite starved for feats, two-weapon fighting chain is not gonna work unfortunately. Also, most of my attacks should be happening through my AoO anyway, so TWF doesn't help there.
Weapon Focus + Weapon Trick =
Haft Bash
You can accept a –2 penalty on attack rolls with a reach polearm for which you have Weapon Focus in order to treat the weapon as if it lacked the reach quality until the start of your next turn. If you do, the polearm functions as a club. Any qualities such as trip) or special abilities such as keen) of the weapon that a club could not have, and any feats or abilities you can’t apply to a club, don’t apply to attacks with the weapon during this time.
I was going to invest quite a bit into that Glaive, using Holy Vindicator and some feats to make it sing. It would have been nice if I could use it to threaten the squares around me through this feat, but alas...
Oooh, I see. Forgot about the third part of the feat.
Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it too much. I don't think the "can't take a 5ft step away" situations are as common as most people seem to think.For the few times you need it, you could always just attack them with your armor spikes or a big ol' gauntlet; you won't be threatening with your glaive or using all those sweet abilities/feats/spells/etc, but it's *something*. Plus, I've always felt that having to actually pay the price for a choice that grants benefits elsewhere can be rewarding in it's own way.