Bear Attacks and GMF

[Dimwhit]

If I understand correctly, Greater Magic Fang (or I suppose plain old Magic Fang) can affect 1 claw (not both) or the bite for a bear. So if you want magic all around, it requires 3 castings of the spell. Correct so far?

Here's my question: Do the bear's claw attacks have to be with each claw? Can you can 1 Magic Fang on a claw and use the same claw for both attacks? It's probably a stupid question, but I can't find anywhere in the rules that talks about it.

 

[Pielorinho]

If I understand correctly, Greater Magic Fang (or I suppose plain old Magic Fang) can affect 1 claw (not both) or the bite for a bear. So if you want magic all around, it requires 3 castings of the spell. Correct so far?

Here's my question: Do the bear's claw attacks have to be with each claw? Can you can 1 Magic Fang on a claw and use the same claw for both attacks? It's probably a stupid question, but I can't find anywhere in the rules that talks about it.

I'm almost certain that an animal only gets one attack with each of its natural weapons. In order to make two claw attacks with one claw, you'd have to have iterative attacks with that claw, and natural weapons normally don't get iterative attacks*. So yeah, it's three castings of GMF for you.

My druid normally only casts it once, so that the bear can do something against DR-happy opponents: more than that, and you see diminishing returns.

Daniel

* Monks being one exception.