Homebrew How many points does a natural attack with 1d6 bludgeoning damage cost for level penalty?

[Reeveeo Pe'Nnia]

I am creating a homebrew race and it has a natural attack with 1d6 bludgeoning damage how many points would that cost?

 

[cbwjm]

Which edition are you creating it for and what are you using to create it? I see you also have a post for how a limited wisdom might affect level, might be worth posting the whole race in this thread and let people know which edition it is. Someone might have a link to a point buy system which has costs for creating a balanced race for the edition in question.

 

[Xeviat]

Without knowing what edition and what point buy species calculator you're working with, it's hard to answer, but I'll give my general opinion. Since 1d6 is kind of baseline "light weapon" damage, it's really just giving someone an undisarmable mace/light mace. In old 3E terms, undisarmable worked out to a 1 point adjustment in weapon balance calculators.

It's not really a huge ability. If it's light and can be dual wielded, it will see some use on fighters. If it's finessable, rogues will use it. Otherwise, it's not a huge ability, as most everyone has mace proficiency.

 

[bedir than]

In 5e without a connected Bonus Action, Reaction or rider it's basically a story element