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So, I've been leveling up a level 12 druid for the retirement scenarios of PFS, and have been looking into plant shapes to (possibly) use with the wild shape ability, and the more I look into all these shapes (including animal shapes), I tend to notice a big variation in the way constrict damage is calculated. For the Giant Octopus, it deals half strength like the tentacle attack that provides it's grab. Then you look at the Viper Vine, which also uses tentacles to grab, but then deals full strength on the constrict. Then you take the Sargassum Fiend, or the Alraune, who both deal 1.5x strength damage on a constrict.
So my question is, is there an underlying rule as to why certain creatures do more damage than others? And more importantly, when using the wild shape ability, do you use the strength modifier the form you're imitating uses for it's constrict damage?
I'm guessing the answer to the second question is yes, but I'd love to see a rule that specifically says that, since the constrict rules are kind of silent on the subject, saying only that the amount of damage dealt is listed in the creature entry and is typically equal to the amount of damage dealt by the creatures melee attack.