# Finesse

**Source** [_Core Rulebook pg. 282_](https://2e.aonprd.com/Sources.aspx?ID=1) [4.0](https://2e.aonprd.com/Sources.aspx?ID=1)  
You can use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier on attack rolls using this melee weapon. You still use your Strength modifier when calculating damage.

## Monk Unarmed Attacks

[Cobra Fang](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1738), [Crane Wing](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=430), [Fire Talon](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=2269), [Flowing Wave](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=2980), [Lashing Branch](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=461), [Stinging Lash](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=4077), [Stumbling Swing](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=1735), [Tiger Claw](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=436), [Wolf Jaw](https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=437)

## Weapons

[Aldori Dueling Sword](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=256), [Bayonet](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=186), [Bladed Diabolo](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=115), [Bladed Gauntlet](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=253), [Bladed Hoop](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=116), [Bladed Scarf](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=273), [Bow Staff](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=344), [Butterfly Sword](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=275), [Chain Sword](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=276), [Claw Blade](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=124), [Combat Grapnel](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=139), [Combat Lure](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=277), [Corset Knife](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=278), [Dagger](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=3), [Dagger Pistol](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=216), [Dancer's Spear](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=279), [Dogslicer](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=49), [Dueling Spear](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=236), [Elven Branched Spear](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=237), [Elven Curve Blade](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=50), [Explosive Dogslicer](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=224), [Exquisite Sword Cane](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=132), [Exquisite Sword Cane Sheath](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=133), [Fangwire](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=143), [Feng Huo Lun](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=283), [Fighting Fan](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=284), [Filcher's Fork](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=51), [Fire Poi](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=117), [Fist](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=1), [Flying Talon](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=255), [Flyssa](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=285), [Forked Bipod](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=184), [Karambit](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=289), [Kris](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=264), [Kukri](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=56), [Light Mace](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=5), [Lion Scythe](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=247), [Main-gauche](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=32), [Monkey's Fist](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=130), [Nightstick](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=131), [Nunchaku](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=57), [Piercing Wind](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=221), [Piranha Kiss](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=239), [Poi](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=112), [Probing Cane](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=229), [Rapier](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=36), [Rapier Pistol](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=222), [Reinforced Stock](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=187), [Rope Dart](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=301), [Sai](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=59), [Sawtooth Saber](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=65), [Scorpion Whip](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=114), [Scourge](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=89), [Shauth Blade](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=157), [Shauth Lash](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=159), [Shears](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=119), [Shortsword](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=43), [Sickle](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=9), [Spiked Chain](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=60), [Spiral Rapier](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=241), [Starknife](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=44), [Stiletto Pen](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=137), [Sword Cane](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=127), [Tamchal Chakram](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=154), [Tekko-Kagi](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=304), [Tengu Gale Blade](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=128), [Thorn Whip](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=267), [Throwing Knife](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=243), [Tonfa](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=245), [Triggerbrand](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=257), [Umbrella Injector](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=171), [Visap](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=268), [Wakizashi](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=129), [War Razor](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=307), [Whip](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=48), [Whip Claw](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=149), [Whipstaff](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=308), [Wish Knife](https://2e.aonprd.com/Weapons.aspx?ID=151)