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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 5789315" data-attributes="member: 92305">Gotcha.  I appreciate the reply.  With the dragon, I should think of the two claws as an attack routine rather than two separate attacks.  The standard attack is the bite, and the full attack is the bite + two claws. The word "and" is what I'm looking for to separate the Standard and Full attacks.  For example, the Giant Mantid (Conan RPG Beastiary) lists this (which is backwards from the dragon)... Melee:  2 foreclaws +6 (1d6+2, AP 3) and bite +1 (1d8+1, AP 2) That AP business is Conan Armor Piercing stats, so ignore it from a D&D perspective.  But, the Standard attack in this case is the 2 foreclaws, and when the bug does a full attack, it's the 2 foreclaws followed by the bite. That's correct, yes?       More Questions.... Assuming that is correct, let me ask one more question.  I can't think of a situation where this might come up, but is there any order that needs to be respected on Full Attacks? For example, let's say a PC is fighting with a spear in his main hand and a dirk in his off hand.  And, for whatever reason, the player, when doing a Full Attack, wants to roll for the dirk attack first rather than with his character's main weapon. Is that legal?     Here's another version of the same question (little different).  Let's say the young Dragon mentioned above is doing a Standard attack.  That should be its bite.  Can the dragon substitute and use his 2 claws for a Standard attack, foregoing the bite?</blockquote>

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