Animal Companion(Cat) : Jaw and Claw: Two Strikes, can they be Jaw / Jaw?

[wynlyndd]

If my Animal Companion takes two Strikes, is there anything that says they both can't be Jaw/Jaw? If there is, where is it so I can see and plan accordingly.

[Fuzzy-Wuzzy]

There is not. If its Claw is agile and its Jaw isn't that would give you motivation to do Jaw/Claw instead, but it's not required.

[wynlyndd]

Fuzzy-Wuzzy wrote:

There is not. If its Claw is agile and its Jaw isn't that would give you motivation to do Jaw/Claw instead, but it's not required.

I've never seen it mentioned but I assume Animal Companions use MAP too? Yeah the Claw is agile and that could be the motivation.

[Loreguard]

Should be a yes, you can do Jaw/Jaw.

However, Jaw is finesse, claw is agile, finesse. That means if you choose to do Jaw, Jaw your additional attacks with the Jaw would be using the non-agile track for determining the MAP penalty. From that perspective, you could also choose to have the cat preform a Claw/Claw, with both claw attacks taking the agile track for determining MAP penalties, in case you for instance were riding the companion and had already attacked yourself. Since MAP, if I recall correctly applies to you and a ridden animal together as a single unit.

Pg 215 in the core book is where it shows your options as a cat would be where you look for the Cat. Pg446 is where it discusses the difference between an agile and non-agile attack with respect to MAP.