Cleric Quick Draw Pros / Cons?

[KawasakiNinja]

Is there a downside to letting a Cleric take Quick Draw (as a Class feat) for their Deity's favoured weapon? Aside from "it takes away from Ranger/Rogue/Gunslinger!" It would be like Quick Bomber, giving a specialized Quick Draw based on class. (specifically thinking about this for darts and a cleric of Irez)

[Teridax]

I'd allow it, or at the very least try to accommodate it by orienting your character towards one of the many archetypes that have the feat through FA. Alternatively, if I wanted to enable your build without homebrew I'd make sure your Cleric of Irez quickly gets their hands on a thrower's bandolier and a returning rune. Darts are such an infamously unwieldy weapon group that I think it's okay to take special measures to accommodate them.

[KawasakiNinja]

Teridax wrote:

I'd allow it, or at the very least try to accommodate it by orienting your character towards one of the many archetypes that have the feat through FA. Alternatively, if I wanted to enable your build without homebrew I'd make sure your Cleric of Irez quickly gets their hands on a thrower's bandolier and a returning rune. Darts are such an infamously unwieldy weapon group that I think it's okay to take special measures to accommodate them.

The archetypes for the most part don't work though. Duelist the most common pointed to, but it's all based around one handed melee, not thrown. Having raw options not work thematically and/or locking one into an archetype that is otherwise pointless just feels bad, imo. I did look at the returning rune though, that one's good.

[Teridax]

I was thinking more Eagle Knight or Vigilante, but you're right, most archetypes with Quick Draw aren't necessarily great with darts either. The better option may simply be those magic items instead.

[NorrKnekten]

The other option would be exemplar dedication with a Shadow Sheath for free weapon draw.

Gives the options for Vow of mortal defiance and Lightning Swap as your 4th and 6th level feats. But yeah.. otherwise you are looking at Returning or Throwers. Especially in a non-FA game