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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nyeshet" data-source="post: 3028076" data-attributes="member: 18363">I'm guessing that they are normal bolas that deal piercing damage instead of bludgeoning damage? Something like: 1d4 (med) X2 (crit) 10 ft (range) 2 lb (wt) Piercing, and: You can use this weapon to make a ranged trip attack against an opponent. You can’t be tripped during your own trip attempt when using a set of bolas.If this is the case, I do not see the problem. He's just trading out bludgeoning for piercing type damage. Actually, with the stated range, he'll almost certainly have to take Far Shot to do much with it. That, in turn, requires Point Blank Shot. And this is not even taking into consideration that he will need Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Barbed Bola) to use them without a hefty penalty. So he'll have to take at least three feats to make adequet use of this weapon. Note that once thrown it is no longer useable the following round unless it has the Returning weapon property - and I'm not even sure that will work if it has successfully tripped a creature - as it trips by basically entangling the legs. If the rope connecting the bolas (instead of the bolas themselves) is barbed, then perhaps the damage would be higher (1d6?), but otherwise I cannot see how this would be a major concern. Trading out bludgeoning for piercing is a minor quibble in nearly all instances (some DR works against one and not the other, and vice versa). Increasing the damage to 1d6 while also trading out the damage type is a bit iffy, but considering it only has a range of 10 ft, cannot be used for multiple attacks in a single round, and (unless it has the Return property) cannot even be available for any use the following rounds (until the PC goes and fetches it), I do not see how focusing on this type of weapon could be an issue - except, perhaps, if the damage is increased.</blockquote>

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