Demidos
2016-12-25, 02:13 PM
Hello All.
Okay, so here's the deal. Recently i've been playing a pretty nifty spin-off build of Tempest Stormwind's old A-game paladin on the forums (For those unfamiliar with the build, in short, a bard-paladin hybrid). As part of my build, I have the draconic template, which gives, among other things, two claw attacks. I also have a pretty nifty sword, and +8 BAB for iterative attacks (I am currently level 9).
As someone who doesn't often play melee with natural attacks, please explain to me how it would work having two claw attacks and a regular sword attack.
I believe the way it should work is:
Holding the sword prevents me from using one claw attack. I get my regular attack and iterative from my regular attacks, plus one claw attack at a -5 penalty. The claw gets 0.5x Strength for being a secondary natural weapon.
However, there are several confusions I have:
1. If I ditch the sword, and use two claw attacks, I only get two hits. But since I have only natural weapons, does one get counted as the primary, or both? I would guess you are intended to use one claw as a primary and one as a secondary, but that seems odd from a game perspective, that basically one of your hands is far better than the other.
2. Do I still get iteratives from the regular attack? So my attack routine would be +8(sword)/+3(sword)/+3(claw), assuming no other bonuses? If I acquired multiattack (and a third natural weapon, say, slam), would my attacks be +8(sword)/+3(Sword)/+6 claw/+6 slam?
Okay, so here's the deal. Recently i've been playing a pretty nifty spin-off build of Tempest Stormwind's old A-game paladin on the forums (For those unfamiliar with the build, in short, a bard-paladin hybrid). As part of my build, I have the draconic template, which gives, among other things, two claw attacks. I also have a pretty nifty sword, and +8 BAB for iterative attacks (I am currently level 9).
As someone who doesn't often play melee with natural attacks, please explain to me how it would work having two claw attacks and a regular sword attack.
I believe the way it should work is:
Holding the sword prevents me from using one claw attack. I get my regular attack and iterative from my regular attacks, plus one claw attack at a -5 penalty. The claw gets 0.5x Strength for being a secondary natural weapon.
However, there are several confusions I have:
1. If I ditch the sword, and use two claw attacks, I only get two hits. But since I have only natural weapons, does one get counted as the primary, or both? I would guess you are intended to use one claw as a primary and one as a secondary, but that seems odd from a game perspective, that basically one of your hands is far better than the other.
2. Do I still get iteratives from the regular attack? So my attack routine would be +8(sword)/+3(sword)/+3(claw), assuming no other bonuses? If I acquired multiattack (and a third natural weapon, say, slam), would my attacks be +8(sword)/+3(Sword)/+6 claw/+6 slam?