kelkorkesis
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You are a magus, you are not really bound by weapon progression. Also, you will get Lion's Claw right after dealing with Vordakai iirc, it is a 18-20/x3 weapon. You won't be needing any weapon after that.The reason that I have chosen Scimitar so far is that it has a smooth progression throughout, as evidenced in my previous playthroughs. In my current (Wizard) playthrough, I am taking down detailed notes for the progression of all weapons throughout the game. If the weapons you are mentioning prove to progress smoothly, I may rethink it. (This is also why I am not considering Estocs, for example. Terrible progression.)
Game adds 1.5 times your damage stat modifier if you are striking with two hand. Yes, this works for slashing grace for some reason. All your need is an empty hand. Prime eurojank, but I have a suspicion that these divergence from pnp ruleset are actually intended. If there were, congrats Owlcat on sensible changes.- Fundamentally, I will be a 1-handed DEX melee. Do DEX melees attack with both hands? I know STR melees do, but DEX?!
Even if you dump STR, a stat item fixes it. Even if you have 7 STR you will get an +6 stat belt sooner or later. Before stacking to hit modifiers I wouldn't rely on Power Attack anyways. However, if you equip the belt, get the feat, and later remove the belt you won't be able to use the feat. You will still qualify for things that require Power Attack though.- Also, Power Attack needs STR, which I am planning to neglect.
Slashing Grace is completely separate thing from Power Attack.- I did not expect to hear that Power Attack works in combination with Slashing Grace. Are we sure about this?
Power attack is something independent from STR and DEX. It doesn't matter if you are DEX or STR or (CHA, see Desna's Shooting Star) based . It is also prereq for some neat stuff (Cornugon Smash, Dreadful Carnage if you want to that route) compared to completely irrelevant Piranha Style.- Even if I did not completely neglect STR and could take Power Attack, I would still have much greater DEX than STR, since DEX is my main attribute. Is Power Attack still superior?
Edit:
If you cheese your path to Lonely Barrow Boss fight you can get Bloodhound. I assume he is talking about itParabalus, I know Dueling Swords have a very good progression, but their other bonuses look underwhelming to me (unless I failed to pay attention to a really good one somewhere). +5 where?! I have not used them this far and I do not remember it. Are you sure?