Greater Magic Fang and Claws

[Astin Dextor]

So, I'm seeing a little ambiguity in the way Magic Fang/Greater Magic Fang works with Claws. Now, it says that it applies to a single Natural Attack, then gives the examples of Bite, Slam, Unarmed. But it doesn't mention Claw.

Now, for everything else, if a creature has multiples claws, an effect is generally applied to all of them (like Weapon Focus: Claw, you get the bonus to all Claws, not just one of them, same with Improved Natural Attack; this is why Claws do less damage).

But I see people's breakdowns of Druids requiring them to cast GMF seperately for EACH Claw, which seems off, and because the description doesn't call it out specifically, I am unsure if this is correct or not.

[Starglim]

One claw is a single natural weapon.

[Astin Dextor]

Starglim wrote:

One claw is a single natural weapon.

So you have to take Weapon Focus and Improved Natural Attack seperately for each claw? I guess that's one way to even out the Druid and Summoner a little =S

[Starglim]

Astin Dextor wrote:

Starglim wrote:

One claw is a single natural weapon.

So you have to take Weapon Focus and Improved Natural Attack seperately for each claw? I guess that's one way to even out the Druid and Summoner a little =S

If you take Weapon Focus (longsword), it applies to any and all longswords you use. The same would apply to Weapon Focus (claw).

Improved Natural Attack reads "Choose one of the creature's natural attack forms", so it applies to all natural attacks of the same form.

[HaraldKlak]

Astin Dextor wrote:

Starglim wrote:

One claw is a single natural weapon.

So you have to take Weapon Focus and Improved Natural Attack seperately for each claw? I guess that's one way to even out the Druid and Summoner a little =S

The both apply to both claws.

Weapon focus because it applies to a specific type of weapon, not a specific weapon. Just like it is any longsword, it is any claw.

Improved Natural Attack because it states: "Choose one of the creature's natural attack forms". As such it is not necessarily a single natural weapon, but all of a specific type.

Magic Fang specifically states one natural weapon, and does not imply the it applies to multiple of the same type.