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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 4148382" data-attributes="member: 1210">Humm, was looking at the Ice Beast template in Frostburn (pg 138-140). It's a cool way to make an ice statue of a normal monster (the sample ice beasts are gargoyles). But I had a question... Under Feats, it reads:Thinking about this, I got to wondering what qualifies under this clause. What do you think about the following feats:Weapon Focus (and Greater WF)Weapon Specialization (and Greater WS)Two-Weapon Fighting (et. al.)Quickdraw (the template allows for ice beasts with manufactured weapons)Power AttackImproved CriticalPower CriticalCombat ReflexesCleave (and Great Cleave)Combat ExpertiseThe way I parse the text, the question is, what exactly constitutes "improving its attack"? The three examples we are given have three distinct effects: 1. Increasing damage (INA); 2. Reducing attack penalties (Multiattack) (which may also be viewed as increasing your chance to hit); and 3. Using a different ability score to improve your chance to hit. I don't think that it's entirely clear where the edge of this clause is...</blockquote>