Hardlight Handwraps and Ranged Unarmed Attacks


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Second Seekers (Luwazi Elsebo)

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I'm pretty sure this works, but, just want to make sure this carries water:
If I had a ranged unarmed attack, for example from being the right kind of shirren, contemplative, recipient of the wicked OP Eldritch Bond spell, or whatever - can that ranged unarmed attack be upgraded using the Hardlight Handwraps?
Hardlight Handwraps specifically say they work with other, non-fist, unarmed attacks, and they don't specifically exclude ranged attacks, so I'm pretty sure this works. Just want to make sure I'm not missing something? The in-game flavouring gets a bit funky, but, that's a solvable issue, as long as the RAW support this.


As they are basically the tech version of the PF2 handwraps they should work fine on all unarmed attacks including ranged ones.


Wow, Eldritch Bond as "wicked OP"? I'm kinda curious to why you think that, I didn't even think it was as good as the Primal Bond one you can get at the same level.


Eldritch Bond has the Polymorph trait and heightened Ranks of the spell have damage dice progression of their own. That one won't be compatible with Handwraps.

The Ancestry unarmed attacks are compatible with Handwraps. Including ranged unarmed attacks.


Finoan wrote:
Eldritch Bond has the Polymorph trait and heightened Ranks of the spell have damage dice progression of their own. That one won't be compatible with Handwraps.

If I have Elite Hardlight Handwraps and Kishmo uses a 4th rank Eldritch Bond to give me a tentacle attack and 10' reach, the only thing I don't benefit from is the die increase from the bond because the handwraps already give me a superior bonus.

I personally don't think handwraps should benefit ranged unarmed because they are treated as melee weapons, but that's another topic.

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