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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barabelsftw" data-source="post: 5687982" data-attributes="member: 6682861">Hello first time poster here. I'm also fairly new to D&D in general, having started my first campaign over the summer. I posted this question on the D20 radio network but so far have not gotten a response.I had a player who was looking through Martial Power at the Beast Master  class feature and the different types of animals that a PC can have.  Many beasts (such as the Raptor and Cat) both have a higher Dexterity  modifier than they do Strength and use their Dexterity modifier for  their basic attack damage. My player brought to my attention  that every beast at-will, encounter, and daily attack power that deals  damage via the beast uses Strength for the damage. None of the  powers we could find use Dexterity for damage. Is this supposed to be  like this or should the player have the option to use his beast's  Dexterity modifier for damage with at-will, encounter, or daily powers  like their basic attacks allow them too? I for one am not sure  which way to go. Many Dexterous beasts have things like faster  movement speeds or something like that which might make them very  unbalanced if they also got to add their Dex to damage with powers but  many high-Dexterity beasts (such as the raptor) already have a lower  base damage dice compared to their Strength using counterparts.I  haven't had a player yet who ran a Beast Master but a couple expressed  interest in it so I'd like to be able to give them an answer soon.</blockquote>

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