Unarmed Combat + Natural Attacks


Rules Questions


With the Improved Unarmed Strike Feat, are you allowed to attack with kicks, and elbows?

AKA I want to do a full attack of 3 iterative unarmed strikes, can I then do 2 (secondary) claw attacks with my hands, if I hit them with my legs?

I know I can do 3 iterative attacks with 1 hand, and claw with the other


Minigiant wrote:
With the Improved Unarmed Strike Feat, are you allowed to attack with kicks, and elbows?

You can. You don't even need IUS to do that.

Minigiant wrote:
AKA I want to do a full attack of 3 iterative unarmed strikes, can I then do 2 (secondary) claw attacks with my hands, if I hit them with my legs?

You didn't specify how you get your 3 unarmed strikes, but it looks like you are golden. You don't need hands to make Unaremd Strikes, so you can totally make your 2 Claw Attacks with your hands and make your Unarmed Strikes with other things.


Scott Wilhelm wrote:


You didn't specify how you get your 3 unarmed strikes, but it looks like you are golden. You don't need hands to make Unaremd Strikes, so you can totally make your 2 Claw Attacks with your hands and make your Unarmed Strikes with other things.

Thank you very much

Those iterative attacks are nothing special, just BAB of 15 and IUS

3 IUS +15/+10/+5
2 Secondary Claw Attacks at 0.5 Str +10


Minigiant wrote:
Scott Wilhelm wrote:


You didn't specify how you get your 3 unarmed strikes, but it looks like you are golden. You don't need hands to make Unaremd Strikes, so you can totally make your 2 Claw Attacks with your hands and make your Unarmed Strikes with other things.

Thank you very much

Those iterative attacks are nothing special, just BAB of 15 and IUS

3 IUS +15/+10/+5
2 Secondary Claw Attacks at 0.5 Str +10

You could get another one if you took 2 weapon fighting so ti would be

+13/+11/+8/+3

What are you trying to accomplish with your build?


Scott Wilhelm wrote:


What are you trying to accomplish with your build?

I am playing a Catfolk Bloody Knuckled Rowdy Bloodrager, and am about to hit BAB 6

So far, I have just been full attacking with 2 claws because I think it is more effective, and I am trying to decide whether or not to attack with

1 full BAB, and 3 BAB-5 (Inc. Claws)

When I hit level 6 soon


I obviously don't know your exact character, but unless your strength is super low or something, combining both is mathematically notably better (come 6th level).


Minigiant wrote:
Scott Wilhelm wrote:


What are you trying to accomplish with your build?

I am playing a Catfolk Bloody Knuckled Rowdy Bloodrager, and am about to hit BAB 6

So far, I have just been full attacking with 2 claws because I think it is more effective, and I am trying to decide whether or not to attack with

1 full BAB, and 3 BAB-5 (Inc. Claws)

When I hit level 6 soon

So your focus is on the unarmed strikes: adding Natural Attacks to your Unarmed Full Attack and not adding unarmed attacks to your Naturl Full Attack. Then, yeah, that's fine.

Community / Forums / Pathfinder / Pathfinder First Edition / Rules Questions / Unarmed Combat + Natural Attacks All Messageboards

Want to post a reply? Sign in.