In the Pathfinder Campaign Setting, Fey Revisited book, I am uncertain and bothered by my inability to understand the attack bonuses for the sample dryad, Amalya as they are writen...Would anyone please be able to explain the attack bonuses as written for this sample stat block?
Specifically the +5 for the Club, and + 11 for the dagger. It seems like Amalya should be penalized for TWF? Should there not be a TWF penalty included in this attack as written of -4, -8 (off hand weapon is light/no twf feat)?
Thanks in advance to all who attempt to answer.
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Would help if I posted the stat block, right...?
Can someone please tell me how the authors are calculating the melee attack for club and dagger as written below...
Club:BAB+5, Strength bonus+0 (what, no TWF penalty? If so, then why?)
Dagger:BAB+5, Weapon Finesse +4, +1(from where?, and no TWF?)
What am I missing, is this an oversight by the authors?
AMALYA CR 6
XP 2,400
Dryad druid 3 (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 116)
CG Medium fey
lnit +5; Senses low-light vision; Perception +13
DEFENSE
AC 19, touch 16, flat-footed 14 (+1 deflection, +5 Dex, +3 natural)
hp 73 (9 HD; 6d6+3d8+39)
Fort +10, Ref +11, Will +12
DR 5/cold iron
Weaknesses tree dependent
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee club +5 (1d6), dagger +10 (1d4)
Ranged mwk longbow +11 (1d8/x3)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 6th; concentration + 11)
Constant-speak with plants
At will-entangle (DC 16), tree shape, wood shape (1 lb. only)
3/day-chorm person (DC 16), deep slumber (DC 18), tree stride
1/day-suggestion (DC 18)
Druid Spells Prepared (CL 3rd; concentration +7 )
2nd-barkskin°, lesser restoration, summon swarm
1st-cure light wounds, enlarge person°, obscuring mist,
shillelagh
0 (at will)-creote water, guidance, mending, stabilize
STATISTICS
Str 10, Dex 21, Con 17, Int 12, Wis 19, Cha 20
Base Atk +5; CMB +S; CMD 21
Feats Great Fortitude, Self-Sufficient, Stealthy, Toughness,
Weapon Finesse
Skills Climb +9, Craft (wood) +19, Escape Artist +19, Handle
Animal +14, Heal +6, Knowledge (nature) +12, Perception +13,
Stealth +19, Survival +17; Racial Modifiers +6 Craft (wood)
Languages Abyssal, Common, Druidic, Elven, Sylvan; speak
with plants
SQ enlargeAPG (7/day), nature bond (Plant domain [Growth
subdomainAP6]), nature sense, trackless step, tree meld, wild
empathy +14, woodcraft, woodland stride
Combat Gear potions of cure moderate wounds (2), potion
of remove curse, scrolls of resist energy (2), wand of calm
animals (24 charges); Other Gear club, dagger, mwk
longbow with 20 arrows, ring of protection + 1, pinecone
amulet (divine focus), wooden art objects worth 600 gp,
35 gp
From Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Fey Revisited Paizo
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Club:BAB+5, Strength bonus+0 (what, no TWF penalty? If so, then why?)
Dagger:BAB+5, Weapon Finesse +4, +1(from where?, and no TWF?)
What am I missing, is this an oversight by the authors?
No TWF needed as not using club and dagger at the same time - it is one or the other.
The dryad has a +5 Dex bonus, not +4 so it is +5 BAB +5 Dex = +10 to hit with dagger.
Club:BAB+5, Strength bonus+0 (what, no TWF penalty? If so, then why?)
Dagger:BAB+5, Weapon Finesse +4, +1(from where?, and no TWF?)
What am I missing, is this an oversight by the authors?
No TWF needed as not using club and dagger at the same time - it is one or the other.
The dryad has a +5 Dex bonus, not +4 so it is +5 BAB +5 Dex = +10 to hit with dagger.
Well the way it is written means the weapons are intended to be used together, during a full attack.
If the club and dagger where written with an "or", then it would be one or the other.
Melee club +5 (1d6),or dagger +10 (1d4)
Thanks amethal, I suspected as you have, that they may have intended the weapons to be used either, or, and not twf. However, the way the attack is written with a "," instead of an "or" is confusing.