It refers to the regular Gauntlet (and not Spiked Gauntlet), which uses Bludgeoning as its damage type rather than Piercing like the ranged attack so it's better than the initial Piercing damage would suggest. 'A gauntlet bow can be used to make melee attacks like a standard gauntlet' It loses out to modular, but read the second sentence: But at that point, you'd be better served by a proper ranged weapon. A lot of weapon setups that don't already specialize in ranged combat could benefit from both free-hand parry and the free-hand ranged attack option, as the four shots you get aren't likely to be a limiting factor unless you're making five or more ranged attacks. No agile or finesse, but it's a free hand weapon with parry that lets you attack from 60ft. Looking at it now, the Gauntlet Bow seems kinda nuts. Still, since this is a sword it qualifies for Tengu Weapon Familiarity, which might help tip the scales of favor-ability to it I can foresee some going the extra mile to use this weapon, perhaps a Tengu barbarian or something, but frankly, I can see getting more use out of the broadspear, which is a reach d10 advanced weapon. Nodachi A d8 weapon with deadly d12 and reach. Crit fishing fighter build anyone? If anyone is wondering how to get advanced weapon proficiency, there are a number of ways including Tengu Weapon Familiarity and being a battle Oracle that chooses Swords as your weapon group. This weapon (which has parry for added defense, and agile!) is great for swashbucklers, investigators, dex based maguses, I really enjoy this weapon.įalcata Straight up, possibly the highest damage dealing one-handed item to date in pathfinder. Whipstaff One of my new favorite weapons, I've been wanting a finessable bow-staff ever since 3.0 hit the scene. It just doesn't seem to fill a niche that we didn't already have a weapon filling, that's all. a d6 sweep that goes to d10 when two-handed. On the other hand, they have finesse, agile, and free hand, so there really is no downside to wearing a pair. Tekko-Kage On the one hand, they are small d4 weapons. The only really nice thing about it is that it is in the flail group, so if you can get the critical effect, automatic knock prone.

This d8 two-handed monk weapon has disarm and backswing. Sansetsukon One of the better weapons for monks in 1e is brought down a peg. Trades in the extra damage die for sweep and disarm. Rope Dart Just an inferior version of the Combat Lure IMHO. Heck, because it is agile, strength-based Rogues proficient with it can even sneak attack with it (Tengu rogue anyone? After all, it is a sword!) The small D6 die is a bit hard to work around, but not insurmountable. And, bonus, clerics of Casandalee are automatically proficient in the weapon as well. And since it is agile, Strength-based swashbucklers can make use of it. Polytool Always loved the polytool, the ability to do any damage type is really good. Maybe decent for a crit-fishing fighter build? Only real upshot is that deadly d8, making this pretty good if you crit with it.

Slashing versatile P isn't as good as getting bludgeoning in on the action and it is a d8 weapon like most polearms. Naginata As much as I love Japanese Polearms, the Naginata is just kinda meh. If you are from the Mwangi and you want a decent throwing weapon, solid choice. Little less range than a javalin but you can use it in melee in a pinch and it has deadly d8. Mambele Solid throwing weapon if you have access to it. It also doesn't help that the people discussing and developing tiers can't seem to agree on what metrics they should be measuring. It's easier to rate something when it has a singular focus (like casting, support, or blasting) than when it can do a lot of everything. That's probably because their roles aren't as well defined as other casters and classes. I think it might be due to a lack of variety in Wisdom based caster archetypes,but I'm a newb. They aren't down in the bottom of the barrel with the witch, but no one picks them for their A-team,even when they are only picking one caster.

I like what I know of them, because they seem very magical by default but the tier discussion Im following no one puts them in the top tier. 3 out of 4 of those players would absolutey say 'yes.'Įven in this edition druids remain one of the most versatile casters in the game. I host games for approximately 20 players. The Ronyon wrote: Are druids so much better than other casters that their maximum AC should be limited?

32 damage polytool