Advice required from you knowledgeable lot!
I have a fighter lvl 1 who has light armour and Two Weapon Fighting. If I have a long sword in one hand can I use my fist as my second attack.
Will it provide an AoO and is it treated as a Natural Weapon so giving full STR bonus instead of half?
Answers to these would be great and anything else related would be excellent!
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well, assuming you are a standard race (and don't have a Slam attack), then no, your fist does not count as a Natural Weapon.
if you have the Improved Unarmed Strike feat, that means you have an effective natural weapon (Unarmed Strike) that deals 1d3 damage, and counts as a light weapon (as such, will give you + 1/2 str as an off-hand attack)
SO,
if you have Two Weapon Fighting AND Improved Unarmed Strike, you can full-attack at 1 (BAB) + Str -2 (TWF) (1d8+str, 19-20/x2) AND 1 (BAB) + Str - 2 (TWF) (1d3+1/2str, 20/x2) (assuming longsword/unarmed strike combo and a 1st lvl human ranger)
i would recommend you read the "Fighting With Two Hands" Rules of the Game article on the Wizards.com homepage.
-the hamster
Advice required from you knowledgeable lot!
I have a fighter lvl 1 who has light armour and Two Weapon Fighting. If I have a long sword in one hand can I use my fist as my second attack. Will it provide an AoO and is it treated as a Natural Weapon so giving full STR bonus instead of half?
Answers to these would be great and anything else related would be excellent!
Attacks of Opportunity: Attacking unarmed provokes an attack of opportunity from the character you attack, provided she is armed. The attack of opportunity comes before your attack. An unarmed attack does not provoke attacks of opportunity from other foes, as shooting a bow does, nor does it provoke an attack of opportunity from an unarmed foe. You provoke the attack of opportunity because you have to bring your body close to your opponent.
“Armed” Unarmed Attacks: Sometimes a character or creature attacks unarmed but still counts as armed. A monk, a character with the Improved Unarmed Strike feat (page 83), a spellcaster delivering a touch attack spell, and a creature with claws, fangs, and similar natural physical weapons all count as armed. Note that being armed counts for both offense and defense. Not only does a monk not provoke an attack of opportunity when attacking an armed foe, but you provoke an attack of opportunity from a monk if you make an unarmed attack against her.
Unarmed Strike Damage: An unarmed strike from a Medium- size character deals 1d3 points of damage (with your Strength modifier, as normal). A Small character’s unarmed strike deals 1d2 points of damage. All damage is subdual damage. Unarmed strikes count as light weapons (for purposes of two-weapon attack penalties and so on).
Dealing Normal Damage: You can specify that your unarmed strike will deal normal damage before you make your attack roll, but you suffer a –4 penalty on your attack roll because you have to strike a particularly vulnerable spot to deal normal damage.
Hamster:
That was my gut instinct too.
So without IUS its AoO and half damage.
Hamster:
That was my gut instinct too.
So without IUS its AoO and half damage.
Ayup. and non-lethal damage, to boot.
Buy a gauntlet.
Buy a gauntlet.
Yup, solves all your problems.
Spiked gauntlets are pretty neat too. Especially coupled with armor spikes, a half-ogre barbarian and sent in the direction of your PCs.