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All right ... I've probably overlooking something very obvious, but ...

I started statting up a mature adult black dragon. To make sure I was doing the math right, I began statting an adult black dragon as well, just to see if I could match what's in the Bestiary. And that's when I ran into a problem.

For an adult black dragon, I came up with the following:

CMB: 22 (base attack 14, +7 from 25 Str, +1 for size)
CMD: 33 (10, +14 BAB, +7 from 25 Str, +1 from 12 Dex, +1 for size)

... but the Bestiary has:

CMB: 24
CMD: 33 (37 vs. trip)

The adult black dragon also has the following feats: Alertness, Improved Initiative, Improved Vital Strike, Power Attack, Skill Focus (Stealth), Vital Strike, Weapon Focus (bite). I'll be darned if I can see how any of them adjust CMB. (Also not sure where the +4 vs. trip comes from - Improved Initiative?)

It's got to be something obvious ... what am I missing???????

GenCon this year will be my first chance to participate in a Pathfinder Society game.

I got a ticket for "Drow of the Darklands Pyramid" - however, I wasn't paying attention to the tiers of the adventure when I got the ticket, and it's for Tiers 7–11. Which (I think) means I either can't play, or have to play a pre-gen, rather than a character I made. Is that right, or am I just imagining that?

Here's the specifics for the event that I'm in:

RPG0904133
#32 Drow of the Darklands Pyramid
8/15/09 1:00 PM

If anyone's willing to trade tickets for either The Devil We Know Part 1: Shipyard Rats or The Devil We Know Part 2: Cassomir's Locker at the same time (8/15/09, at 1:00 PM), let me know. I think I can play an original character in those events.

Thanks!