'lo all, I've been reading this rules board for quite some time and have been overall impressed with the clarify of really bizarre questions. Where, here's another bizarre situation that needs some clarification.
I am building a Tengu Alchemist. (yup) Furthermore, it's going to be a Mr.Hyde style build.
Tengu have a racial ability which swaps sword trained with Claw attack. It reads thusly:
Claw Attack Tengus with this racial trait have learned to use their claws as natural weapons. They gain two claw attacks as primary natural attacks that deal 1d3 points of damage, and are treated as having the Improved Unarmed Strike feat for the purpose of qualifying for other feats. This racial trait replaces swordtrained.
I've chosen it, and along with the beak ended up having 2 claw attacks and 1 beak attack (size/dice irrelevant for question.)
Now, Vestigial arms. The campaign I'm joining is level 15, which means that my effective level gives a standard 11/6/1 BAB, I have 3 attacks. Now, natural attacks simply split up my manufactured/unarmed attacks an natural. So I will attack the first round (full attack) and Use all 3 of my natural attacks (again, the build in question's irrelevant for answer).
Which leaves 2 other attacks that I can't really do anything, due to lack of weapons/limbs/arms/etc.
Now, I've done some reading up and found that with understanding of the Multiattack feat and introducing a manufactured weapon, would allow me to attack all 3 times. Lets say I have a dagger (simple example.
11/6/1, First attack I attack with 1 dagger and 1x claw and 1x beak on secondary rules. Second attack I do so again, with the drop from BAB hurting the secondary claw/beak again, and the third sinks it quite low.
This particular build has Feral Mutagen, which, while under the mutagen, gives me 2x claw attacks 1d6 and a bite with 1d8. Since RAW is a thing, it seems like they just overlap, which leaves me with 1d6 x2 and 1d8 and replaces the weaker natural attacks.
Enough preamble, here's the question: If I take Vestigial arms x2, will the Feral Mutagen give the other 2 arms (vestigial arms) the claw attacks, thus allowing me to potentially have 4 claws and a bite all with the primary rolling stats? Could I have 2 claws and a bite, use one arm to suck down a potion (Or pull it out rather, action economy being a thing) and the other to poison a weapon?
Vestigial arms directly state I get no additional actions or attacks, which is simple yet horribly complicated at the same time. Rather, what the discovery's intent and effect to do is to essentially give you more arms to do more things.
Lets say Bob has some sort of Alchemist/Fighter build, and has 4 arms. He has taken feats which allow two weapon fighting, monkey grip, and a lot of other stuff to reduce the penalty (notice no prohibition) to ah, use 2x 2 handed weapons. Or 2 bows. Or 4 swords (BAB triple attack + TWF 1x)and so on.
It seems like Vestigial Arm's purpose is to give you this ability, or rather capacity to do things like that while not giving extra attacks or actions. Two bows (with right feats), 4 bombs (with feats, rapid shot and the like).
Am I understanding these all correct?
