I am currently running Reign of Winter and was preparing a certain encounter that involved a Svathurim. I was digging into its feats/abilities/weapons to dig into its strategy and refresh myself on charge mechanics when I noticed 2 things that didn't make sense to me.
1. On its full attack line the static damage for its Lance is +13 which is 1.5x its STR. This initially makes sense considering the lance is 2-handed, but it also has a shield AND uses the lance as if it were mounted, which I thought means it must use it 1-handed right?
Do you get to add 1.5x STR when wielding a lance on a mount even though you need to hold it in one hand?
2. Both the lance and the bow it has use the damage dice of a Huge creature, but the Svathurim, while being Huge, has the undersized weapons Special Quality like a centaur meaning it should be using Large sized weapons.
I found it in herolab (which I know isn't always perfect) and it had different damage dice/STR mod.
Every stat-block for the Svathurim I found online and in books has the same +13 STR and Huge sized weapon damage dice, and I just want to know if there is an error there or if I am going crazy from preparing late into the night.
I remember noticing the same things when trying to prepare that encounter. IIRC I didn't bother fixing anything since it made it more dangerous.
You are correct that the damage is wrong for a lance. It should be 2d6 not 3d6. As for the damage bonus. The rule states.
Two-Handed: Two hands are required to use a two-handed melee weapon effectively. Apply 1-1/2 times the character’s Strength bonus to damage rolls for melee attacks with such a weapon.
By the RAW a lance is a two-handed weapon regardless how many hands are being used to wield it and so it would still get the 1-1/2 times str mod applied. A similar application can be observed looking at the Centaur Charger. However, the opposite seems to be true with the Knight (Human Aristocrat 9) who does not seem to get 1-1/2 times their str mod to the lance.
So... at minimum one of these is clearly wrong.
There's a FAQ that states that you get Power Attack bonus damage as though it were two-handed even when wielding it with one hand. It's possible that the monster's designer or editor mixed up the Strength bonus rules with the Power Attack bonus damage rules. It happens. (They really shouldn't be different anyway--it just makes things more confusing with no tangible benefit.)
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It's weird; the AP book that the Svathurim is introduced in (RoW 3) uses stats for a 1-handed Large lance, which is 2d6+9. However, when it was introduced again in the Monster Codex, it used stats for a 2-handed Large lance (3d6+13). The same thing happens with the mwk composite longbow (2d6+9 vs 3d6+9).
The Svathurim in the Monster Codex also lost its two Large slams for use when it's not equipped with lance/shield.
Personally, I'm using the stats of the Svathurim in RoW 3, since it's more complete and using the correct size weapons.