Shifter's Claws Question

[EpicBoss99]

Hello Pathfinder people!

I'm a veteran of playing 5e but new to Pathfinder, having only played a game or two just to try out the game. I want to make a Shifter for my next Pathfinder game and had a quick question on how Shifter's Claws worked. So I was trying to read how natural weapons worked and had a question about how this would work when taking the Owl minor aspect.

So for shifter's claws it says that the Owl minor aspect gets a bite attack and a talons attack. If I wanted to attack on my turn while only using natural attacks, would that mean I would get two talon attacks and a bite attack? Then if I had a two-handed weapon in my hand or my hands would be otherwise occupied, would I still get the two talon attacks and bite since talons are located on an owl's feet? If so, those natural attacks would all be secondary attacks, right?

[Wonderstell]

EpicBoss99 wrote:

Hello Pathfinder people!

Hello!

EpicBoss99 wrote:

If I wanted to attack on my turn while only using natural attacks, would that mean I would get two talon attacks and a bite attack?

Not quite. I'm assuming you're talking about the alternate natural attacks feature.

Shifter Claws: Alternate Natural Attacks:

A shifter can draw on her chosen animal aspect to transform her hands into deadly weapons, as represented by the shifter’s claws class feature, but not every animal has prominent claws. The following list provides alternate natural attacks for the shifter claws class feature. Each time the shifter activates her shifter’s claws ability in her natural form, she can manifest one of the alternate natural attacks listed below for any of her chosen aspects, or those that relate to her archetype. Each alternate natural attack replaces one of the shifter’s claw attacks. The shifter can gain up to two different alternate natural attacks with this method. These alternate natural attacks modify only the damage type of the shifter’s natural attacks and otherwise function exactly as the shifter claws class feature.

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You are restricted to only getting two additional attacks with Shifter Claws, no matter what combination of natural attacks you choose. In your case I'd take the two Talon attacks since it's generally easier to get bite attacks.

EpicBoss99 wrote:

Then if I had a two-handed weapon in my hand or my hands would be otherwise occupied, would I still get the two talon attacks and bite since talons are located on an owl's feet? If so, those natural attacks would all be secondary attacks, right?

You'd get your two Talon attacks since they're located on your feet which you aren't using while attacking, and they'd be secondary natural attacks. Correct.