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After browsing one of my many character concepts, I thought upon my Dragoon/Sohei trying to figure out what could make a suitable mount that was also not useless and fit the theme... Which brought about Tyrannosaurus (Sylvan Eldritch Heritage FTW). The problem is that I have a couple of Questions..Good ones too (Assume Int of 3 )
1. Can It take Improved Unarmed Strike?
2. Can It Take the Accompanying Dragon Style feats?
3. If it puts on a Monk's Robe What is its Unarmed Damage? (I'm thinking 2d6 as it will be large by then)
4. Does Unarmed Strike now count as Manufactured and therefore use Iteneratives?
5. If So, Does A T-Rex get a full attack and 2 bites due to multi-attack?
6. Do these Bites do 1/2 str or 2x str due to T-Rex's SP ability?
And Now if My Dragoon/Sohei jumps in
7. If I flurry With My Spear and Burn a ki point to gain another attack, Does the T-rex?
8. If I or an ally cast Strong Jaw on the T-rex does both its Unarmed damage and natural attacks Improved on Just natural attacks?
Well, first issue, I'm not sure about using Eldritch Heritage to get the Sylvan bloodline. Even if we assume you can take an archetype of a bloodline, the Sylvan ability counts as both the bloodline power AND the bloodline arcana. Since Eldritch Heritage only gives you the power, I'm not sure this is a valid choice.
But, assuming it is, let us get to what you actually asked.
1-Maybe. Int 3 = Any feat "they are physically capable of using." I would say a T-rex could figure out some clever unarmed way to hit people, others might disagree. Ask your DM.
2-If 1 is yes, then yes. Although Dragon Ferocity and Dragon Roar require Stunning Fist, which requires a BaB of +8, which your T-Rex won't have until level 18.
3-Correct
4-Yes, you are considered to be armed and can make iterative attacks.
5-I don't think so. Multiattack gives you an extra attack with your "primary natural weapon." If you are using unarmed strikes in addition to natural attacks, the natural attacks become secondary. So probably only one bite.
6-Powerful Bite doesn't say anything on the matter, so RAW, it would.
7-Nope. Using a ki point only gives you another attack when using flurry of blows. Rexy doesn't have that, so gains no benefit.
8-Just natural attacks. Otherwise no monk would go without it.
A bump after 40 minutes, wow
1 Improved Unarmed Strike No prerequisites, so yes.
2 - No access to Ultimate Combat at the moment
3 Monk's Robe - 5th Level Medium Monk is doing 1d8 damage, so a Large (Why only Large?) would be doing 2d6
4 Yes the Improved Unamred Strike would get Iterative attacks, but not the Natural Attacks (and they would suffer a -5 to hit and half strength damage) See Natural Attacks "... Such creatures attack with their weapons normally but treat all of their natural attacks as secondary attacks during that attack, regardless of the attack's original type."
5 Full Attack iteration on the Flury of blows, but only 1 bite.
6 Counts as a secondary attack, so half strength and -5 to hit, see above.
7 - No access to Ultimate Combat at the moment
8 - Natural Weapons only, so Bite only.
No, no and no. You can't take Sylvan Bloodline with Eldrich Heritage, for the reasons that Mort stated. Animal Companion power replaces your Bloodline Arcana and Power. It can't replace what you don't have.
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Unfortunately Eldritch heritage does not discriminate whether or not you get a power if the Arcana is replaced or not, What it says you get is a bloodline power..which is what the Animal companion is. As far as Rules are concerned, that is cool..and either way before 17th level your looking at CL-5 for your Druid level so without extensive investment your AC would be sub-par, hardly powerful for a 4 feat investment...
Anyway, Just to Note The T-Rex is NOT an actual monk but monk-like
EDIT: So far I thank those two who have replied with answers.. I'd like to get some consensus tho...
Eldritch Heritage Benefit: Select one sorcerer bloodline. You must have Skill focus in the class skill that bloodline grants to a sorcerer at 1st level (for example, Heal for the celestial bloodline). This bloodline cannot be a bloodline you already have. You gain the first-level bloodline power for the selected bloodline. For purposes of using that power, treat your sorcerer level as equal to your character level – 2, even if you have levels in sorcerer. You do not gain any of the other bloodline abilities.
Sylvan Wildblooded "...Animal Companion (Ex): You gain an animal companion. Your effective druid level for this ability is equal to your sorcerer level – 3 (minimum 1st). This bloodline power counts as your bloodline arcana and also replaces laughing touch...."
Unfortunately Eldritch Heitage only gives you the First Level Bloodline power (In this case the FEY Laughing Touch), it does not grant you the Bloodline Arcana (Fey Bloodline Arcana: Whenever you cast a spell of the compulsion subschool, increase the spell's DC by +2.) This means you cannot do the substitution to the Animal Companion as you do not have access to both bloodline features.
Edited to highlight the issue (Bloodline Arcana & 1st level Power)
I seriously doubt Sylvan is legal. First, "Sylvan" is not technically a bloodline. It is an archetype of a bloodline. I would say you can't take it any more than a vivisectionist could take a rogue archetype that replaced sneak attack, or an arcane bomber an alchemist archetype that replaced bombs.
If you accept it is allowable on that count, there is still the issue that "This bloodline power counts as your bloodline arcana." Eldritch Heritage doesn't give you a bloodline arcana, so you can't take an ability to replace one.
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But notice even in your example it says..this Bloodline power...At that point it does not matter, it is much more like Sub-Domains than Archetypes for Sneak Attack replacing Bombs or some-such. There are Classes that gain Cleric Domains but does that also mean that they cannot select Sub-Domains because they are not Clerics? If I take The Sylvan Bloodline I must also chose the 15th level power that gives wings Instead of the 15 level power to bypass SR because that is what bloodline Im gaining powers from.
That is my thought process and To me it is Logical And like I said, Not that powerful
Even if it's true that you can take a Sub-Bloodline with Eldritch Heritage, you couldn't take Sylvan because it replaces TWO things which you don't have. You get one power, not the arcana. No arcana, no animal companion.
Whether it's logical to you or not that powerful is not up to debate, since, by RAW, it doesn't work that way. If your DM allows it, go crazy, but as it is, you can't get an animal companion with Eldritch Heritage.
First, can we please stop harping on the sylvan bloodline? It's may not be legal by RAW (since technically it's not actually a bloodline but an archetype), but if the GM is allowing it, that's fine. Either way, that discussion is way off-topic.
1) Yes. With Int 3 a T-Rex should be able to take Improved Unarmed Strike.
2) As long as it qualifies for them normally, yes.
3) 2d6 sounds right. 1d8 for counting as a 5th level monk, bumped to 2d6 for being large (silly tiny T-rex companions).
4) I don't think unarmed strikes count as manufactured weapons for non-monks, but they do count as armed attacks and give iterative attacks based on BAB as normal. If that's what you're asking.
5) Multiattack gives the T-rex a second bite attack. It can combine those with normal iterative unarmed attacks using the normal rules for combining armed and natural attacks (in short, both your natural attacks count as secondary attacks, taking a -5 to hit).
6 Good question. I'd say the Powerful Bite ability overrides the rule for secondary natural attacks. That said, it's quite possible no one thought that the T-rex bite would ever be a secondary attack, so didn't worry about it. Powerful Bite might not be supposed to override the 1/2 Str. Check with your DM!
Note that a robe of arcane heritage could make the animal companion much stronger, if allowed. That, or the Boon Companion feat.
Where in MultiAttack does it say that a creature with one natural attack and this feat gains a second attack? (Yes I know the Eidolon gets an alternate feat at 9th Level if it doesn't have 3 attacks, but it is still not multiattack)
Where in MultiAttack does it say that a creature with one natural attack and this feat gains a second attack? (Yes I know the Eidolon gets an alternate feat at 9th Level if it doesn't have 3 attacks, but it is still not multiattack)
They are refrring to the animal companion section of the druid, where in gains multiattack as a bonus feat. The text under animal companion also says that if it only has one natural attack it gains a second attack with it at -5.