Behold the ungody power of the light pick! [Archive] - Wizards Community

Behold the ungody power of the light pick! [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Boshi
12-06-05, 07:02 AM Although it has a lowly 1d4 damage, the light pick has the interesting distinction of being the best criting weapon around with it's 18-20 crit range and it's x4 crit damage multiplier. But for some reason it doesn't get as much love as other weapons that pack a lot of critting power, but if you can tack on a lot of bonuses to damage that get multiplied when you crit, the light pick can do some very fun damage, especially if you dual-wield a pair of them. The only problem is you can't power attack with it :(

Assuming 16 Str, 16 Int, decent wisdom and a pair of +2 light picks at 8th level (not too hard to do) you could do the following:

1st Swashbuckler (two-weapon fighting)
2nd Swashbuckler
3rd Swashbuckler (int to damage)
4th Fighter (power critical)
5th Fighter
6th Fighter (improved two-weapon fighting)
7th Fighter (weapon specilization, light pick)
8th Psi-warrior (improved critical and psionic power prescience, offense for +2 damage)

So you'd have a crit range of 15-20 and +4 to confirm crits
and you'd do damage of 1d4+12 with prescience, offense on your main hand and 1d4+10 on your offhand. That means you could theoretically deal 240 damage with a full attack at level 8, not too bad for a light weapon. And this also works fairly well with weapon finesse builds...

And that's without doing anything especially cheesey and doing everything legally (I think). Any other ideas of how to play with this?
Woodstock_01
12-06-05, 07:08 AM Where do you get the 18-20 crit range? In my SRD it is only 20... :confused:
Boshi
12-06-05, 07:10 AM Where do you get the 18-20 crit range? In my SRD it is only 20... :confused:
My PHB, checked the errata and didn't see anything mentioned there...
FabulousRex
12-06-05, 07:12 AM The Light Pick is listed just below the Kukri. Could be a ossible misprint, go to d20.org (http://www.d20.org) and check the latest updated free 3.5 SRD.
Boshi
12-06-05, 07:13 AM Too bad it's only 20/x4.

I don't care if the weapon was 1d2 Medium-sized damage, with an 18-20/x4 crit it would be insanely powerful.
*doh*
Think I misread my PHB. Oh well :(
FabulousRex
12-06-05, 07:15 AM A Light Pick still has it's uses though, despite it's somewhat lackluster stats. It makes a great Coup de Gras weapon for a charecter that fights with a Rapier or a similar weapon normally.
WombleHunter
12-06-05, 07:45 AM A Light Pick still has it's uses though, despite it's somewhat lackluster stats. It makes a great Coup de Gras weapon for a charecter that fights with a Rapier or a similar weapon normally.
Why not use a Warpick instead? ;)
FabulousRex
12-06-05, 09:33 AM Because for a PC specializing in light weapons, a Light Pick is far more accessable. Besides, on a similar vein, why not use a Scythe?

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Boshi 12-06-05, 07:02 AM	Although it has a lowly 1d4 damage, the light pick has the interesting distinction of being the best criting weapon around with it's 18-20 crit range and it's x4 crit damage multiplier. But for some reason it doesn't get as much love as other weapons that pack a lot of critting power, but if you can tack on a lot of bonuses to damage that get multiplied when you crit, the light pick can do some very fun damage, especially if you dual-wield a pair of them. The only problem is you can't power attack with it :( Assuming 16 Str, 16 Int, decent wisdom and a pair of +2 light picks at 8th level (not too hard to do) you could do the following: 1st Swashbuckler (two-weapon fighting) 2nd Swashbuckler 3rd Swashbuckler (int to damage) 4th Fighter (power critical) 5th Fighter 6th Fighter (improved two-weapon fighting) 7th Fighter (weapon specilization, light pick) 8th Psi-warrior (improved critical and psionic power prescience, offense for +2 damage) So you'd have a crit range of 15-20 and +4 to confirm crits and you'd do damage of 1d4+12 with prescience, offense on your main hand and 1d4+10 on your offhand. That means you could theoretically deal 240 damage with a full attack at level 8, not too bad for a light weapon. And this also works fairly well with weapon finesse builds... And that's without doing anything especially cheesey and doing everything legally (I think). Any other ideas of how to play with this?
Woodstock_01 12-06-05, 07:08 AM	Where do you get the 18-20 crit range? In my SRD it is only 20... :confused:
Boshi 12-06-05, 07:10 AM	Where do you get the 18-20 crit range? In my SRD it is only 20... :confused: My PHB, checked the errata and didn't see anything mentioned there...
FabulousRex 12-06-05, 07:12 AM	The Light Pick is listed just below the Kukri. Could be a ossible misprint, go to d20.org (http://www.d20.org) and check the latest updated free 3.5 SRD.
Boshi 12-06-05, 07:13 AM	Too bad it's only 20/x4. I don't care if the weapon was 1d2 Medium-sized damage, with an 18-20/x4 crit it would be insanely powerful. doh Think I misread my PHB. Oh well :(
FabulousRex 12-06-05, 07:15 AM	A Light Pick still has it's uses though, despite it's somewhat lackluster stats. It makes a great Coup de Gras weapon for a charecter that fights with a Rapier or a similar weapon normally.
WombleHunter 12-06-05, 07:45 AM	A Light Pick still has it's uses though, despite it's somewhat lackluster stats. It makes a great Coup de Gras weapon for a charecter that fights with a Rapier or a similar weapon normally. Why not use a Warpick instead? ;)
FabulousRex 12-06-05, 09:33 AM	Because for a PC specializing in light weapons, a Light Pick is far more accessable. Besides, on a similar vein, why not use a Scythe?