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Given the vagueness of RAW when it comes to combinations of manufactured weapons, unarmed strikes and natural weapons, I'd like to see if we as a community could issue some rules to be used as RAW when it comes to characters that have the option of using multiple attack modes.
The number of attacks a character can make in a round cannot exceed:
1) Their number of iterative attacks (according to their BAB) using manufactured weapons*
2) Their number of iterative attacks (according to their BAB) using unarmed strikes*
3) The number of natural attacks determined by their form.**
4) When attack modes are used in combination, each use of the mode which has the lesser amount of attacks replaces 1 attack from the mode that has the greater number of attacks. Attack modes subtypes that require two limbs (two-handed weapons, double weapons) count as two attacks when replacing unarmed strikes or natural weapons.
Feat Modifications:
Feral Combat Training -- natural attacks and unarmed attacks become synonymous. Weapon effects are chosen by the attacker.
* modified by feats such as Two-weapon fighting, or class features such as flurry of blows and their equivalents.
Example: Natural Attacks and Unarmed Strikes (improved or otherwise)
A character has a single unarmed strike and has two claws and a bite. The character has the option to replace one of it's natural attacks with a unarmed strike, should they so choose.
A character is wielding a greatsword and has two claws and a bite. The character has the option to replace either both claws or a single claw and a bite when making their attacks, should they so choose.
A Cave Druid/Monk has 1 or more iterative attacks using unarmed strikes and 1 or more natural attacks depending on the ooze type. Each natural attack using the ooze's natural attack type replaces a potential unarmed strike and vice versa. The number of attacks available is the greater of iterative attacks (based on BAB) or the number of natural attacks of the ooze type.
I was under the impression that everything was covered clearly? What parts of the RAW are you confused by?
I'm not confused by anything. However, there is plenty of discussion on these boards vis-a-vis unarmed attacks and whether they are limb agnostic and how they interact with natural attacks, and manufactured weapons.
All statements to date are covering only the specifics of certain situations such as with magic fang, instead of issuing a general rule to apply.
So, given this, I figured that the community could has it out.