The attack action is described because it’s what players are familiar with. Unarmed fighting would give them a 1+str mod for damage, and a str mod+proficiency for attack roll. the primal companions can attack using unarmed fighting rules, but their stats would be horrible. All creatures also have access to the same actions that the PHB calls out for too, though a creatures specialized actions often give them actions that give specialized bonuses. All creatures have actions in their stat blocks, some are much more specialized than others. While the design team did take liberty with the bonuses used to calculate its attack and damage, they do follow the creature stat block rules. The Maul, binding strike, and shred actions listed under the various primal companion stat blocks are attacks customized within the star locks to grow and rely on your rangers stats to stay impactful and competitive. This lack of direction and clarity really makes it difficult to tell how the interplay of various mechanics and modifiers is actually supposed to work and requires various assumptions at least, if not a GM ruling.
The book gives us clear instructions for actions like Maul, but tells us nothing for a normal attack. The ambiguity here is really annoying, considering this is supposed to finally, after years, "fix" the Beastmaster. Does this mean the pet reverts to using the normal Attack modifiers of str/dex + Proficiency Bonus? And would its Attack modifier just be str/dex? Next, if commanding it to take the Attack action and the Maul action are 2 separate things (you have to choose to command it to either Maul once or Attack twice), then what stats apply to the Companion making a regular Attack? We know Maul uses Wisdom/spell attack modifier (at the least, see question 1), but what about a normal Attack action? The book doesn't say it uses the spell attack modifier here.
Is commanding it to take the Maul action, since it's a melee weapon attack, the same as commanding it to take the Attack action? ie if you're level 11+, can the pet get its extra attack if it Mauls? Is every attack a Maul, by default? They use spell attack modifier to hit according to the book, but what about str/dex/prof bonus being added to the hit modifier, as you would do with a normal melee attack? So I'm a little confused about Primal Companions taking the Attack action.Įach Companion type has a Melee Weapon Attack in its stat block: Maul, Binding Strike, and Shred. Monstrous Compendium Vol 3: Minecraft Creatures
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