If a violet fungus gets an attack of opportunity, can it use all 4 tentacles?
It gets one attack, it can use any one of its four tentacles to make the attack (not that it would typically make a difference.) Unless it has an ability to allow it to do so, then it just gets to make one attack for an Attack of Opportunity.
Unless it has some language saying otherwise, no. An attack of opportunity is (generally) a single attack. That means one tentacle.
For an example of what an exception looks like: Two-Weapon Warrior wrote: At 13th level, when a two-weapon warrior makes an attack of opportunity, he may attack once with both his primary and secondary weapons. The penalties for attacking with two weapons apply normally.
This ability replaces Weapon Training 3.
Ah... thanks. But normally the four tentacles are still a standard action to use, not full-attack?
No, it can attack with one tentacle as a standard/aoo or all 4 as a full attack.
It's natural attack syntax that says 4 tentacles +4..., means it doesn't use iteratives like a fighter 11 might have +11/+6/+1 (assuming no mwk or str or other buffs)
Okay, I see. So, for example, in the case of an eagle, which has 2 claws, bite - I always thought it was the 2 claws as a standard action, and 2 claws + bite for a full attack. That isn't right, then?
If a creature (monster, PC, NPC, etc.) ever makes more than one attack, they need to use a full attack to do it. Unless they have some language saying otherwise. Anytime anything makes more than one attack, they either need a special exception or are doing a full attack. Full Attack wrote: If you get more than one attack per round because your base attack bonus is high enough (see Base Attack Bonus in Classes), because you fight with two weapons or a double weapon, or for some special reason, you must use a full-round action to get your additional attacks. "some special reason" includes multiple natural attacks.
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