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TheAlmightyKue
2023-05-21, 10:26 PM
Ok so the class bonus for a Catfolk with a Monk is that they add 1/2 to the claw or claw blades damage right? What does that mean? Ok so a claw blade is 1d4. So say I roll a 2, do I make that a 3? Because I add 1/2 of the Claw Blades dmg? What happens if I take this bonus for an additional level? So I add the dmg twice? So 2 becomes 4?

JNAProductions
2023-05-21, 10:30 PM
You add L/2 damage, where L is your level. I believe you round down.

So level 1, no bonus.
Level 2-3, +1 damage.
Level 4-5, +2 damage.

TheAlmightyKue
2023-05-21, 10:33 PM
So basically half your monk level as damage. So a lvl 20 would add a +10 to damage with strike of their claws. Which given at lvl 20 you would have 6 attacks without ki thats +60 dmg thats not awful.

Zanos
2023-05-21, 10:58 PM
You have to use claw or claws blades for that bonus, so you're sacrificing the better damage die from your unarmed strike to use that FCB. 1d4+10 is better than 2d10, but not by much(12.5 vs 9 average damage).

TheAlmightyKue
2023-05-21, 11:01 PM
True but Ascetic Style would let me use my unarmed bonus on the claws. Since the FCB adds that Claw Blades are a monk weapon for the Catfolk who uses this FCB. So it would be 2d10+10 which is 21 (Also wouldn't 2d10 be 5.5+5.5 9 would be 4.5 right?)

Zanos
2023-05-21, 11:14 PM
I think that should work. And yeah, 2d10 should be 5.5+5.5 for 11.