Re: Pathfinder - Monster attacks
1. A single primary attack of whatever type is made with the normal bonus unless something later comes back and changes this.
2. A high base attack bonus (BAB) from class levels, but not from monstrous hit dice, allows you to take further primary attacks with a cumulative -5 reduction in BAB for each attack, until you get to 0 BAB or less. These attacks, due to penalties, may be at a negative attack bonus.
3. Secondary natural weapons have a -2 penalty to their attacks.
4. Multiple non-natural weapons follow two-weapon fighting rules. Normally you go back and apply a -6 to the primary attack and a -10 penalty to any other attack. For instance, a 4-armed creature with a sword in each hand takes one attack at -6 and the other three attacks at -10. These penalties can be reduced with the two-weapon fighting feats, or the multiweapon fighting feats, as appropriate.
5. If you get iterative attacks, you still only get a single offhand attack for extra attack/weapon you have, whether manufactured or natural, unless you have a feat or feats that specifically gives you more offhand attacks to match iterative attacks.
Example:
So, if you are a 20th level fighter 13/wizard 7 with a BAB of 16 who polymorphs himself a 4-armed girallon, fights with a sword in two hands, and has the multiweapon fighting, improved multiweapon fighting, and greater multiweapon fighting feats, and you take no more than a 5' step in a round so you can take the full attack action, then your attacks would be like this:
+12 sword, +12 sword, +14 claw, +14 claw, +14 bite
+7 sword, +7 sword, +9 claw, +9 claw, +9 bite (improved multiweapon fighting and BAB)
+2 sword, +2 sword, +4 claw, +4 claw, +4 bite(greater multiweapon fighting and BAB)
-3 sword (from your BAB)
Now, if all those attacks hit, technically you only get one rend, since it says "if two or more claw attacks hit then..." but you might be able to talk your DM into giving you three bonus rend damages. That's a lot of attacks, but then this is a 20th level character who's put a lot of time and effort into doing just this. Not to mention, with most of those attacks your penalties to hit are so bad that you're not really going to be hitting much that you're fighting at 20th level. Looks cool, though, you might be able to talk your DM into a bonus on intimidate checks. ;)
This message was last edited by the user at 22:05, Sat 22 Mar 2014.