<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=278585.msg13697349#msg13697349">Quote from: snowdrop on 24-11-2017, 11:42:37</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hmm. Potentially dumb question about Pathfinder: do all melee weapons use Strength bonus? There are no Dexterity-based weapons like in 5E? Or what am I missing ^_^;<br/><br/>Also, what are some basic equipment I should absolutely have? I'm so overwhelmed here D:<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Yes, by default, all melee weapons use Strength and only Strength. With light weapons and a few other special cases (Rapier, for instance), you can take a feat called Weapon Finesse that lets you use Dexterity for attack rolls but, you would still normally use Strength for damage, which kinda sucks. There are a few ways to get Dexterity for damage as well: Unchained Rogues get it as a class feature, as Kathyan mentioned, but there's also a weapon enchantment called Agile that can do the same thing, as well as a few feats (Fencing Grace, Slashing Grace and Dervish Dance, for example, all of which you can find on the SRD).<br/><br/>As for basic equipment, the SRD has a page with a number of pre-designed kits: http://www.d20pfsrd.com/equipment/goods-and-services/tools-kits/ (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/equipment/goods-and-services/tools-kits/), which may be worth taking a look at. The Pathfinder's Kit, for instance, includes a lot of the mudane things one would need to survive while camping, and the Dungeoneer's Kit comes with a lot of things that're useful in, y'know, dungeons and stuff.<br/><br/>It might also be of some interest to know that people have written numerous guides for classes and equipment and so on. There's a big list of them here: http://zenithgames.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-comprehensive-pathfinder-guides.html (http://zenithgames.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-comprehensive-pathfinder-guides.html), and there's also an equipment guide out there which lists a bunch of things: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hmrwf8TyVD07OjSLdZi492aOaBlScjG8eVgBQEUYgTs/edit (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hmrwf8TyVD07OjSLdZi492aOaBlScjG8eVgBQEUYgTs/edit). Might still be a little overwhelming, but I think most of the guides out there do a really good job of singling out all the numerous not-so-great options from the halfway-decent ones.<br/><br/>