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Thanks very much.

Yes, she's first level and that's how I was reading it later last night after the paizo site was down. Because no grab or grapple or anything like that, the tiger is just a normal PC/NPC and I figured the opponent would get an attack of opportunity.

With all that said, I think the smarter way to attack with the tiger currently is to move to the target then bite, then next round three attack the target. I think I'll revisit grabs etc. if/when she either gets a feat or something that allows this, or 7th level.

Now to look into how to get the tiger to wear armor.

Thanks for the replies all!

The problem I am having is it doesn't seem her tiger has grab or pounce. As an animal companion, they don't get those abilities until 7th level.

Given that, lets see if I have learned anything.

She announces the tiger is going to bite and grapple. If successful, the cat does bite damage and the victim is grappled. On the victim's turn, they can try to get away. If they don't the tiger auto-hits with the bite, but has to roll two rake attacks with the back claws. The front claws are assumed to be helping hold the victim, not doing any damage.

Is that almost correct? I would ask how to break free etc. but I'll re-read that section. The different attacks, pounce, grapple, charge, flank, etc are all still too new to me. I really don't even want to tell my players these are options or I'll spend the whole night looking the process up. :)

Thanks!

Hello,

My daughter, 8, and I are having trouble with her tiger attacks. I've done a bunch of reading and am wondering if I have this sorted correctly now. Here goes:

If the tiger moves then she only gets one attack, usually a bite. If the tiger is next to an opponent, she gets 3 attacks, bite, claw, claw and can make a 5-foot step.

On to the rake, and here's where I get confused being a new PF GM. Does my daughter have to announce she wants the tiger to grapple? Can the tiger move to the target then announce grapple, then the opponent makes a CMD roll? How does this process work?

Once grappled, the tiger gets 5 attacks? Bite, claw, claw, rake, rake. Does she have to roll to hit on any of those?

As you can see I'm really struggling to understand combat maneuvers.

Thanks for any help!

He can make one attack with each natural weapon per round as a full attack action.

He can attack both the fighter and the cleric.

But he has to split up his attacks. There's no facing in the combat system, so he can 'spin in place' without actually moving and claw/claw the fighter and then bite the cleric, but he can't make a bite/claw/claw against both. He could bite/claw one and claw the other.

Awesome. Thanks for the answer to this. I'm actually starting to get excited to read the section in its entirety.

I promise I am not trying to be a jerk, but have you read the Core Rulebook cover to cover? More then once?

Obviously, no. LOL.

I read all of the beginner box, played through it, and started reading the Core. That's where I ran into "is a martial weapon" and "can be treated as a martial weapon" with no reference in the index to "martial" at all. I guess I'll have to page through the weapons as the beginner box just gave you weapons without them being, martial, special, exotic, whatnot.

And there are seemingly a billion differences between the BB and the CRB.

Thank you all so much for your responses! I'm sure I'll have more questions after my next session.

I used to play, like I said, a long time ago. And to be honest, Pathfinder is 10,000 times harder to play than AD&D first edition. So, so, so many more rules. The 576 page monsterbook is a deterrent for sure.

On the flip side, the combat is SO MUCH more realistic being broken down into 6 second increments and individual initiatives. The combat system, once learned (and moving quicker I'm sure), is awesome and should resolve any arguments just because of the complexity of it.

That is why I was surprised that there isn't an "in stone" rule on determining who gets attacked. It's nice to see the GM still has some imagining to do. :+)

One final question popped up about this stuff, and I'm sure it's in the CRB, but I'll ask anyway:

Said bear above is being flanked by the fighter and the cleric. Can he attack both with his claws and bite? Is there a section in the CRB that addresses exactly this? If there is I'll get to it tonight as I'm going to read the combat section thoroughly.

Thanks a lot for all the great help and keeping the burners on low! ;+)

Hello,

I haven't played this stuff since 1st Edition AD&D in the 80's. Now that my son is old enough and wants to play, we are playing Pathfinder. I'm GM'ing him through some adventures, but I'm running into trouble with some things and bogging down the sessions and ultimately relying on "house rules" and such.

Any help, GREATLY appreciated!

How do I determine who the monsters attack? Is it just me as GM making the monsters always attack our fighter with the highest AC? Or is there a more structured Rule to it? I can see a monster attacking something that is capable of hurting it first, but how is this determined?

For example..

Fighting a bear (for example). He can move 40 feet, then attack twice with 2 claws attempting to grab as per the description? Or move 40 feet and only bite? More, if the party is up on the bear, does he always attack with everything, (bite, 2 claws) without penalty?

AND, if our fighter and our cleric are both melee attacking the bear, how do I determine who the bear attacks and can he attack them both? At what point would he run away if he was getting overwhelmed and hurt badly?

Next, our Cleric's channel energy. She is in melee and our fighter is hurt and she's out of cure light wounds. So she uses channel energy to heal all in a 30 foot radius. Does that include the bear in the example above? I'm assuming so.

Next, an Elf can always use a longbow? So my elf wizard can use a longbow, but not a crossbow? And what are "martial weapons". It's driving me crazy as I keep seeing it, but there isn't a definition in the back index of the CR.

Finally, for tonight at least, my 1st level Wizard finds a fireball scroll. Can I read it off the scroll to cast it? More importantly, can I copy it into my spellbook or do I have to hold on to it for a few more levels?

Thanks so much. This Rules forum is some great reading!