Dancing weapon and strength

[Kae'Yoss]

Dancing: As a standard action, a dancing weapon can be loosed to attack on its own. It fights for 4 rounds using the base attack bonus of the one who loosed it and then drops. While dancing, it cannot make attacks of opportunity, and the person who activated it is not considered armed with the weapon. In all other respects, it is considered wielded or attended by the creature for all maneuvers and effects that target items.

The question is: Does the activator's strength bonus figured into the attack bonus? Into damage?

 

[gtJormungand]

It fights for 4 rounds using the base attack bonus of the one who loosed it and then drops.

You've quoted the relavent part; it only uses the Base Attack Bonus of the person who loosed it. It does not say that it uses that creatures strength, so therefore it should not.

 

[Liquidsabre]

Righto, only the BAB is used for the weapon's attacks.

 

[Reis_Thunderwood]

What about the comment about maneuvers? Does that mean relevant feats from the virtual wielder apply?

Reis.

 

[Methos of Aundair]

In all other respects, it is considered wielded or attended by the creature for all maneuvers and effects that target items.

This is the line that gets me, it states "it is considered wielded or attended". In a way that sounds like it would imply it would be no differenct than if it were in the hands of the wielder, both strengthwise and feats/skills/whatever.

Moving on to the last part of the sentence, where it states "that target items" seem to say otherwise. Oh, so confusing.

 

[Celtavian]

re

I don't think Strength or feats apply. I think it is just BAB and the magical bonus of the weapon. It would be far too powerful otherwise doubling your number of attacks with all bonuses would be insane.

 

[Liquidsabre]

A spell cast at the dancing item receieves a saving throw as if attended for example. So the item acts as if wielded or attended as far as anything that targets items.