feat Weapon Focus (General)

Weapon Focus (General)

Choose one type of weapon. You can also choose unarmed strike or grapple (or ray, if you are a spellcaster) as your weapon for purposes of this feat.

• Prerequisites: Proficiency with selected weapon, base attack bonus +1.
• Benefit: You gain a +1 bonus on all attack rolls you make using the selected weapon.
• Special: You can gain this feat multiple times. Its effects do not stack. Each time you take the feat, it applies to a new type of weapon.

A fighter may select Weapon Focus as one of his fighter bonus feats. He must have Weapon Focus with a weapon to gain the Weapon Specialization feat for that weapon.

How Weapon Focus Works

Weapon Focus grants +1 on attack rolls made with one selected weapon type. Unarmed strike, grapple and ray attacks can also be selected where the feat’s rules allow. The bonus improves accuracy, not damage.

Choosing the Weapon

• Choose a weapon the character expects to use in most important combats.
• The character must already be proficient with the selected weapon and have base attack bonus +1.
• Taking Weapon Focus again applies it to a different weapon; multiple selections for the same weapon do not stack.

Weapon Focus Example

A fighter with a +6 total attack bonus using a longsword selected for Weapon Focus attacks with that longsword at +7. Attacks with an unselected weapon remain at their normal bonus.

Feat Chain

For fighters, Weapon Focus is also a gateway to Weapon Specialization with the same weapon. See the Feats index for more weapon options.