Weapon Finesse

Weapon Finesse

• Usage: Passive
• Prerequisite: +1 Base attack bonus, Dexterity 13

Description

You can use your Dexterity bonus instead of Strength bonus to determine bonus to attack with certain weapons if it is higher.

This feat applies to attacks made by a Dagger, Handaxe, Handwraps, Kama, Kukri, Light hammer, Light mace, Light pick, Rapier, Short Sword, Sickle, or while Unarmed or in a Druid animal form.

Notes

• The feat applies to light weapons, and additional to Rapiers, unarmed strikes and in a Druid animal form.
• The highest of the strength and dexterity modifiers will be used for attack rolls with qualifying weapons.
• The strength modifier is still used as bonus to the damage roll, however.
• Fighters may select this feat as one of their fighter bonus feats.
• Monks may select this feat as one of their martial arts feats.

See also

The PnP version of Weapon Finesse applies the armor check penalty of your shield to attack rolls made with Weapon Finesse, but DDO does not do this.