| Charlie Overtorch |
As I understand it, there are two options when converting Pathfinder legacy monsters to Starfinder in terms of attacks.
1) Increase their damage (add their CR to their damage), no iterative attacks, only SF full attack option
(The example Harpy becomes: morningstar +8 (1d8+5))
2) Leave them as is with the complete PF attack profile
(The example Harpy remains: morningstar +8/+3 (1d8+1), 2 talons +3 (1d6))
Then there is the additional section for single attacks, where it says something like 'if a monster is not going/able to make full attacks in the encounter then you can add +3 or +4 to its attack bonus'. Is this decision independent from the above decision or does it only apply to one of the two options (It seems like maybe it only applies to option 2, but I am not sure)?
That is, if I am converting a harpy and it is not going to be able to make full attacks, are both of the following options possible for the single attack case? (these are options 1 and 2 from above with +3 added)
morningstar +11 (1d8+5)
morningstar +11 (1d8+1)