2 Claws as Primary attack

[vic20]

I'm looking at the stat block for the dire badger. It shows its attacks as:

2 claws +4 melee, bite -1 melee.

Does this mean that when the badger makes a Full Attack, I would roll twice for its primary attack (once for each claw)? The fact that there are two claws seems to indicate this, but it seems strange for there to be two separate "primary" attack rolls.

Thanks,
Vic20

 

[daemonslye]

you have it correctly. See the FAQ. ~D

 

[Aurianna]

I thought that the 2 claws were a COMBINED attack.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

They're two separate attacks. A tiger, for instance, strikes with each claw separately. They may come at your head from two different angles.

 

[Aurianna]

Doesn't it list the tiger's claws separately? Claw/Claw, as opposed to 2 Claws?

 

[the Jester]

Creatures that list their attacks as "2 claws +x melee" get two attacks with them. If they get one combined attack, it's listed as "claws +x melee" instead.

 

[Aurianna]

Got it!

 

[Wolf72]

Creatures that list their attacks as "2 claws +x melee" get two attacks with them. If they get one combined attack, it's listed as "claws +x melee" instead.

*wolf looks all gruff and stuff* ... Yeah, what he said! ...

for smaller example, compare an animal from the appendix (a bird of some sort) to a tiger ... the bird's will say "claws" (combined claw attack) while the tiger (or other big cat/bear) will say "2 claws" (1 attk each claw)