A question I should already know about touch attacks

[theRogueRooster]

I've got a very low strength wizard I'm creating and had a question about melee touch attacks. Namely, are melee touch attacks keyed off of Strength or Dexterity? I figure the answer is Strength since it's a melee touch attack, but I don't get it conceptually, since I'm merely touching the opponent, and using Spectral Hand to boot.

-tRR

 

[werk]

Melee is strength, ranged is dexterity.

It is finessable, but would require that you actually have weapon finesse.

 

[theRogueRooster]

You can apply Weapon Finesse to melee touch attacks? I wasn't aware of that. That's what I'll do then.

Thanks for the help!
-tRR

 

[werk]

You can finesse all light weapons in 3.5. "An unarmed strike is always considered a light weapon." - PHB - Strike, Unarmed, pg. 121 (but it looks like I may have a .pdf of an older version PHB.) Oh how I wish they didn't block the SRD at work

I didn't bring up AoO, Imp. unarmed strike or any of that, assuming you know.

 

[Bad Paper]

I throw the Strength bonus to melee touch attacks out the window. All touch attacks are Dexterity-based.

It is absurd that a creature of Str 1000 and Dex 1 and BAB 0 (a glacier, essentially) would be able to hit anyone's touch AC.

 

[gnfnrf]

I throw the Strength bonus to melee touch attacks out the window. All touch attacks are Dexterity-based.

It is absurd that a creature of Str 1000 and Dex 1 and BAB 0 (a glacier, essentially) would be able to hit anyone's touch AC.

But such a creature is inherently absurd anyway.

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gnfnrf