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Checking my understanding of ranger bonus feats

Infinite_Kydeem

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Just to check that I'm reading / comprehending a few things correctly.

1) A ranger who takes the melee fighting style can now (v3.5) use the two-weapon fighting abilities with double weapons not just two seperate weapons.

2) A ranger with more than two limbs (ex; thri-kreen) get multiweapon, improved multiweapon, and greater multiweapon instead.

3) A thri-kreen ranger 11 wielding 2 gythka would have three primary attacks with one head of one of the gythka at strength modifier +9/+4/-1 for damage d8 + str modifier, three secondary attacks with each of the other weapon ends at str mod +9/+4/-1/+9/+4/-1/+9/+4/-1 for damage d8 + 1/2 str modifier, plus a bite attack at str modifier +6 for damage d4 + 1/2 str modifier. This gives a total of 13 attacks for a full attack action.

4) A thri-kreen ranger 11 with improved shield bash wielding a gythka, a spiked LIGHT shield, a hand axe, and a bite would have three primary attacks with one head of the gythka at strength modifier +9/+4/-1 for damage d8 + str modifier, three secondary attacks with the other weapon end for str mod +9/+4/-1 damage d8 + 1/2 str modifier, three secondary attacks with the hand axe, for str mod +9/+4/-1 damage d6 + 1/2 str modifier, three secondary shield bash attacks at st mod +9/+4/-1 damage d4 + 1/2 str modifier, plus a bite attack at str modifier +6 for damage d4 + 1/2 str modifier. This gives a total of 13 attacks for a full attack action. While still gaining the shield bonus to armor class.

Have I got all that correct? If so, wow!

{changed to light shield, thanx Korak}
 
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a spiked heavy shield is a one handed weapon, not a light weapon, so increase the penalties by 2, or replace with a light spiked shield.


<edit> corrected small/large vs heavy/light terminology
 
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Good catch (need to use the light shield or more minuses), thanx.

Other than that, it's correct? The two-weapon or multi-weapon feats really do keep up with the number of off-hand attacks and attack bonues for the primary hand (upt to three attacks anyway).
 


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