How does Dragon disciplines bite attack work as part of rage and fiend totem, lesser rage power


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I have a barbarian 4/ sorcere 1/ dragon discipline 3. I have fiend totem, lesser and moment of clarity rage powers. I also have weapon focus (great axe), power attack, furious focus and arcane strike feats. I have magical knack trait. I also have +1 great axe.

My strenght is 22 (16 + 2 racial +1 4th level +1 8th level +2 dragon discipline) So my attack and damage while raging are:

1st Great axe +16 (+6 Ba +6 str +1 weapon focus +1 magic +-0 power attack (furious focus)+2 rage str)
dmg d12 + 21 (12 str + 1 magic +2 arcane strike + 6 power attack)
2nd Great axe +9, (+1 Ba +6 str +1 weapon focus +1 magic -2 power attack +2 rage str)
dmg d12+21
3rd Gore (fiend totem, lesser) +7(+6 Ba +6 str -2 power attack +2 rage str -5 secondary attack)
dmg d8 + 8 (+3 half str, +2 half power attack +2 arcane strike +1 half power attack)
4th Bite (dragon discipline) +7, dmg d6 + 8

Is this correct?
Can bite be used as a secondary attack and can you make two secondary attacks?
Does bite attack use 1 and a half str bonus to damage?


Your power attack damage should be +2 for the gore.
You have power attack counted as +2 and +1.

"dmg d8 + 8 (+3 half str, +2 half power attack +2 arcane strike +1 half power attack) "

It should be D8+7.
Natural attacks used as secondary weapons only get 1/2 str mod.

Other than what I listed above. Everything looks good.


wraithstrike wrote:

Your power attack damage should be +2 for the gore.

You have power attack counted as +2 and +1.

"dmg d8 + 8 (+3 half str, +2 half power attack +2 arcane strike +1 half power attack) "

It should be D8+7.
Natural attacks used as secondary weapons only get 1/2 str mod.

Other than what I listed above. Everything looks good.

Thank you.


you can't bite and gore at the same time as far as I can tell. when using nat attacks as secondary attacks with weapons a limb in this case the head can only be used for one attack.

that said though there is 1 monster that gets both the gargoyle. so don't know if the gargoyles an exception or if the rules Cha ge when manufactured weapons are involved.


Each natural attack is its own thing. Either the gargoyle is also illegal because it does not say it gets a rule exception or that tactic is ok.
There is a rule saying you can use a natural attack if it is holding/using a weapon, but I see no reason why a bite and gore would not be possible.

Actually I do see why the argument could be made, but I don't think it is against RAW/RAI.

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