Quickdraw Feat=Useless

[kreynolds]

Hmm...you may be right. Since she has a Heward's Handy Haversack as well, the point is moot, but now that you mention it, we may have been handling the feat incorrectly. Still, even without being able to draw wands, I'd say it's a feat worth taking.

Oh, absolutely it's worth taking! For someone who has 4 attacks with their primary and 2 with their secondary, and they use thowing axes or daggers, Quickdraw rocks!

Yeah, ya' gotta watch it though. One of my player's tried to use Quickdraw to get a potion as a free action. Needless to say he was shocked when he couldn't move afterwards.

 

[kreynolds]

Ah, so the natural follow-up question:

Should "Quick Sheath" be a separate feat?

It sure could be...in the house rules thread, anyways.

 

[jontherev]

Just thought of a good tactic using this feat. A TWF rogue or even fighter monkey gripping a great sword. Assuming you had a foe within 10' (so if needed you could just 5' step), you could make all of your iterative attacks with the great sword using 2 hands, getting 1.5Xstrength bonus. Then, quickdraw your short sword or whatever and unload with your one, two, or three offhand attacks (depending on whether you have Improved TWF or Greater TWF). NICE!

Then drop the short sword and repeat next round, as long as you carry multiple back-up weapons, that is.

Other than that, the haversack + gloves of storing is a viable alternative, but still not a complete replacement.

 

[Tiberius]

For the life of me I can't find the rule about drawing a weapon while moving as a free action. Could someone point me in the proper direction to find this? Thanks!

-Tiberius

 

[CRGreathouse]

For the life of me I can't find the rule about drawing a weapon while moving as a free action. Could someone point me in the proper direction to find this? Thanks!

PH, page 128, column 2; about 2/3 down. "If you have a base attack bonus of +1 or higher..."

 

[Crothian]

For the life of me I can't find the rule about drawing a weapon while moving as a free action. Could someone point me in the proper direction to find this? Thanks!

-Tiberius

It's not as a free action, that would be quickdraw. It's part of your move action. You can move and draw your weapon at the same time.

 

[Rowenstin]

Useless until you have BAB +6, a level of ranger, surprise a foe, are surprised by a foe, use a polearm/sword combo, or throw daggers or other weapons.

Did I miss anything?

And if you use a shield.

 

[Tiberius]

It's not as a free action, that would be quickdraw. It's part of your move action. You can move and draw your weapon at the same time.

IMO drawing a weapon as a free action during a move action == drawing a weapon while moving as one action. Anyway, what page number of the PH is it?

-Tiberius

 

[kreynolds]

IMO drawing a weapon as a free action during a move action == drawing a weapon while moving as one action. Anyway, what page number of the PH is it?

Oh yeah? Well if your spaghetti doesn't have any sauce on it, is it still spaghetti?

 

[Jack Haggerty]

Oh yeah? Well if your spaghetti doesn't have any sauce on it, is it still spaghetti?

Certainly!

Spaghetti is the noodle, not the sauce... There is a vast variety of sauces to pour over your spaghetti (contrary to what most people think).

Just as there are a wide variety of weapons that can be drawn during your movement.

From the SRD:
Draw a weapon [Move Equivalent][AoO: No]

Description: If a combatant has a base attack bonus of +1 or higher, a combatant can combine one of these actions with a regular move. If a combatant has the Two-Weapon Fighting feat, a combatant can draw two light or one-handed weapons in the time it would normally take a combatant to draw one.

Crothian is correct.