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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!

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!