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I have a question about familiars, on page 83 of the core book it says:
"Use the familiar’s Dexterity or Strength modifier, whichever is greater, to calculate the familiar’s melee attack bonus with natural weapons."
In the Bestiary the stats for all the familiars with an attack lists Weapon Finesse for the one feat it can take which provides the same benefit as the text above describes although it does not specifically say that it is derived from Weapon Finesse.
My interpretation was that the core text is just describing the effects of Weapon Finesse but an alternate interpretation is that this is a separate ability that comes from being a familiar.
It would make a difference in the situation where you were attempting to deliver a touch spell via a toad which is the one familiar listed without Weapon Finesse and no natural attacks but presumably could use an unarmed strike to deliver a touch attack and thus the spell.
If using DEX over STR on natural weapons is an inherent attribute of being a familiar the toads attack bonus will be much better then if that benefit is derived from Weapon Finesse which it does not possess.
Any idea's?