using natural attacks with armed attacks:
if you have armed attacks and natural attacks, you can perform a full attack with your all weapons and additionally perform all natural attacks. (you cant perform natural attacks with parts of your body you already used for your armed attacks, such as claws e.g.).
thats why the bite is pretty damn strong IMO.
you get 1 free attack in addition to all of your other attacks,
plus it doesnt bring a penalty to your other attacks (like TWF),
plus it comes with "only" BAB -5 regardless how many attacks you have, plus you´ve got 0.5x STR.
Also only in a full attack with weapons it´s secondary. usually its Primary and your only Primary attack, so in case of getting disarmed or grappled its 1.5x STR. In such situations its really good aswell.Overall thats really good for any STR based melee i think especially barbarians e.g.
so you dont even Need any combat maneuvers to attack with your weapons and your bite. just a full-attack.
Remember: the best part of doing this is to see NPC reactions to you trying to eat your enemies. Nothing like going on a boar hunt and getting first taste of the prize ...
There are problems later in the game, as it's a little hard to dedicate enhancements to that bite attack. But hey, eat while the eating's good!
Note that going 1-2 levels in ranger (natural weapon style) qualifies the half-orc for Aspect of the Beast (Claws of the Beast). You now have two claws and a bite (all primary natural attacks that are available at all times), qualifying you for Multiattack (reducing the penalty on secondary natural attacks, including natural attacks mixed with normal weapon attacks, to -2).
Dirty Trick is a standard action, you could not replace a melee attack with it.
Flurry of Maneuvers (Ex): At 1st level, as part of a full-attack action, a maneuver master can make one additional combat maneuver, regardless of whether the maneuver normally replaces a melee attack or requires a standard action. The maneuver master uses his monk level in place of his base attack bonus to determine his CMB for the bonus maneuvers, though all combat maneuver checks suffer a –2 penalty when using a flurry. At 8th level, a maneuver master may attempt a second additional combat maneuver, with an additional –3 penalty on combat maneuver checks. At 15th level, a maneuver master may attempt a third additional combat maneuver, with an additional –7 penalty on combat maneuver checks. This ability replaces flurry of blows.
Flurry of Maneuvers doesn't actually require you to have another attack or appendage to perform the action with. You don't need the bite, flurry of maneuvers just lets you make an extra maneuver on top of your full attack.
Am I misunderstanding what you're trying to do?
The bite attack on a reach-weapon user is also handy, as you now threaten everything within ten feet.
I see this in play every two weeks, and it is pretty damn effective.
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Also, if you do the +1 Greatsword attack or the Bite as a CMD, you have the -5 penalty associated.
If your CMB for Trip is +10 and your attack bonus for the Greatsword is +8 and bite is +3 then you would make these Trip:
Trip +10 (1st Greatsword), Trip +5 (2nd iterative Greatsword), Trip +5 (bite)
If you did a Flurry it would be:
Trip +8 (1st greatsword), Trip +3 (2nd), Trip +3 (bite) and FoM free Trip +6
how would that fair with monk's flurry? it's not using weapon...
if i flurry - is the bite main ? off?
Any time you use a natural attack the same time you use manufactured weapons (and monk or brawler fists count), the natural attack is always considered a secondary natural attack. It's not an off-hand one, true. But it's at -5 to hit and half Strength modifier to damage.
For reference, look up a riding horse's normal attacks. They're all 'secondary', since most riding horses aren't bred for melee combat, so there aren't even any primary ones. Conversely, a hungry unarmed barbarian with Animal Fury is going to chomp as a primary (and as a single natural attack there's a bonus to damage) ... but when she gets her hands on a weapon to swing, that bite downgrades to secondary. A small price to pay for the benefits.