I made a parrying dagger that gives +1 ac when wielded in the offhand, but will only do 1 damage to balance it. Can one set this in the modifiers somehow?
No, it is not possible to alter base weapon damage. And unfortunately the only weapon that does only 1 damage is the blowgun. What you could do is make it a Wondrous item instead of a weapon and include instructions in the description to use their Unarmed Strike for the attack and damage rolls and replace the damage type with piercing. (Str + PB to hit, 1+Str bludgeoning damage.
I made a parrying dagger that gives +1 ac when wielded in the offhand, but will only do 1 damage to balance it. Can one set this in the modifiers somehow?
No, it is not possible to alter base weapon damage. And unfortunately the only weapon that does only 1 damage is the blowgun. What you could do is make it a Wondrous item instead of a weapon and include instructions in the description to use their Unarmed Strike for the attack and damage rolls and replace the damage type with piercing. (Str + PB to hit, 1+Str bludgeoning damage.
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