Yes, I know that this has been asked before. I've read a bunch of the responses, and they each are A) so packed with technical jargon that I (relatively new to the game) can barely sort through them, and B) often have responses that directly contradict one another. I want to make sure I'm understanding this correctly before I pull it out in-game.
Here's the question.
I just made a new character for a new game.
~He's a level 6 barbarian.
~His BAB is +6/+1.
~He has Beast Totem, Lesser, which gives him two claw attacks, 1d6 dmg, both considered Primary.
~He has both two handed and one handed weapons in his arsenal.
Here is my understanding of how his attack options would work out:
Two-hander alone: As usual (+6/+1 and mods)
One-hander along: As usual (+6/+1 and mods)
Unarmed: Two claws at +6 and STR hit bonus, 1d6 damage, 1x STR bonus damage.
One-hander with claws: +6/+1 (plus mods) with one-hander and +1 with the claws including .5 of the STR bonus damage, as they are now secondary.
Is this correct?
One-hander with claws: +6/+1 (plus mods) with one-hander and +1 with A CLAW including .5 of the STR bonus damage, as IT is now secondary.
with the changes bolded
If you use a hand for attacking with a manufactured weapon you cannot use it again for a natural attack
(you may have the understanding correct, I was going off a literally reading of what you posted ok)
Yeah, my phrasing was a bit off. That was what I was doing on the last one - combining a one-hander with the claws.
The way I was reading it was that I got the regular attack, plus the iterative attack with the one-hander, then a single claw at -5 with the other (free) hand.
Thanks.
yep yep. thats correct. Drak was just making sure you didn't mean both claws in that example.
Heh, with four hours of sleep in the last 36, I'm surprised I'm even that coherent.
Thanks, both of you. I thought I understood it, but there were several different sections of rules that were potentially interacting with each other there (attack rules, natural attack rules, two-weapon rules) and I wanted to make sure I was putting them together right.