3 Answers. Weapon Focus is absolutely a bad feat. In fact, it’s even possible that this was intentional on the part of the system’s designers. It is frequently used as a “tax” for stronger feats or prestige classes.
Is Weapon Focus good Pathfinder?
Weapon Focus is a fairly weak feat. It’s a roughly 5% increase in EDV (a bit better with good crit weapons).
Who created the weapon focus effect?
Pickel
Pickel (1998) postulated that “weapon” focus could be caused by any object other than a weapon, as long as it is unusual within a given context. She defined unusualness in terms of something being “unexpected or out of place given the business establishment setting” (Pickel, 1999 , p. 301).
What is Weapon Focus psychology?
Weapon Focus. This refers to an eyewitness’s concentration on a weapon to the exclusion of other details of a crime. In a crime where a weapon is involved, it is not unusual for a witness to be able to describe the weapon in much more detail than the person holding it.
Do you need a focus for a spell?
Using a spellcasting focus, you do not need these components. There is an important exception, though. Major components to a spell will have a GP cost listed in their description. These are still necessary even when using a spellcasting focus.
Can you use a weapon as a focus?
Ruby of the war mage will let you use a weapon as a spellcasting focus. Casting a spell with a somatic or component requirement demands you to have at least one hand free (you can have any other thing in the other hand like a two-hand weapon or a shield).
Can a cleric use his weapon as a spellcasting focus?
No, but given that they can use a shield emblazoned with their holy symbol as a spellcasting focus, there would be basically no negative impact to allowing them to do the same with a weapon instead. Imbuing a weapon with a spell, that will be automatically cast when they hit with it?
Can a spell focus be an arcane focus?
Though I can definitely see it being interpreted as such, in “reality” anything could be an arcane focus as long as magical energy can be channeled through it. Just like how a magic weapon is usually more durable than a normal weapon, a spell focus would also have higher properties to it than its normal equivalent.
