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Rauthiss
2010-03-13, 10:10 PM
Alright, I have a question for you guys.

If I'm playing a character with more than one primary natural weapon (A Monstrous Initiate with a pair of claws, for example*), do I suffer from two weapon fighting penalties when I attack with those natural weapons? Would you mind linking to a ruling or telling me where one can be found?

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Starbuck_II
2010-03-13, 10:22 PM
Alright, I have a question for you guys.

If I'm playing a character with more than one primary natural weapon (A Monstrous Initiate with a pair of claws, for example*), do I suffer from two weapon fighting penalties when I attack with those natural weapons? Would you mind linking to a ruling or telling me where one can be found?

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No, TWFing requires manufactored weapons.
Natural weapons use their own attack sequence: 1 always of each on a full attack.
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm#naturalWeapons
"When a creature has more than one natural weapon, one of them (or sometimes a pair or set of them) is the primary weapon. All the creature’s remaining natural weapons are secondary.
The primary weapon is given in the creature’s Attack entry... "

So it should list the Primary attack: otherwise use common sense.
You get 1 attack with Primary (add BAB + Str after number listed) at +0 (full Str) and secondaries at -5 penalty (+ 1/2 Str to damage).
Multiattack feat lowers that -5 to a -2.
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsterFeats.htm#multiattack

If you have both claws listed as Primary natural attacks you instead get 2 +0 (add BAB+Str to hit: 0 is just a placeholder) attacks.

If Bite is instead a Primary:
+0 Bite/-5 Claw/-5 Claw