PFS #3-16 The Midnight Mauler Question

[Kristen Gipson]

I'm going to be running this in about a week and a half and have a question.

Spoiler:

In Act 2, when the party is in the sewer it says "anyone who takes slashing or piercing damage needs to make a save for filth fever."

My question is what type of damage do a spider swarm and centipede swarm do. I am assuming (from looking at spider and centipede Stat blocks) that they are both bite attacks. I just wanted to get this clarified before next weekend.

[Ninjaiguana]

Bites do slashing, piercing and bludgeoning damage. You can check the damage type of a natural attacks under 'Universal Monster Rules' in the Bestiary.

[Kristen Gipson]

You are correct, that bite attacks do all 3 types of damagee. Sorry, I should have specified my question better. Do they do bite attacks? If so, great. If not, what type of attacks (bite, claw, sting, slam, etc.) do they do?

[Ninjaiguana]

Spoiler:

Well, giant spiders and giant centipedes both attack with bite, so I'd say their smaller swarming bretheren should probably do the same for the sake of consistency. I don't think it's ever spelt out anywhere in the rules for the various types of swarm, though.

[Kristen Gipson]

I was thinking the same thing, but just wanted to get someone else's opinion before next week. Thanks Ninjaiguana.

[Mark Moreland]

Swarms do indeed do the damage type of their base creature, so in this case, bites (bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing)