"and" and "comma"


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I was going to write a macro that would parse the attack text.

So I'm looking at the different texts and I noticed that sometimes when listing natural attacks they are separated by a comma.

Bestiary 31 wrote:
2 claws +7 (1d6+5 plus grab), bite +7 (1d6+5)

And sometimes they are separated by And.

Bestiary 32 wrote:
bite +19 (2d6+9 plus rot) and 2 claws +19 (2d4+9/19–20)

Does this have any significance?

I only think these 9 use the "and":
Bebilith
Bulette
Crocodile
Crocodile, Dire
Eel, Electric
Ettercap
Ghoul
Minotaur
Phoenix


I doubt it. "Comma" costs less money to print.


I dont belive it does.
Edit: have significance that is.


Pathfinder Adventure Path, Lost Omens, Rulebook, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

No significance at all.

Some of it could be copy/paste issues from the d20SRD where primary and secondary attacks were more... complex. But since, in PF, the attack itself is what designates primary/secondary, it should make no difference.


There are other time when it says or instead of comma and and. Which is different.

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