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<blockquote data-quote="kreynolds" data-source="post: 3638422" data-attributes="member: 2829">Here is the relevant faq entry...How many attacks does a creature with multiplenatural weapons get while it’s grappling? How manygrapple checks can it make in a round?Under normal circumstances, a creature can can attack withonly one of its natural weapons while grappling (and it takes a–4 penalty on such attacks; PH 156). A grappling dire bear canattack with either a claw or its bite.The rake special attack gives the creature “two additionalclaw attacks that it can use only against a grappled foe” (andwhich don’t take the normal –4 penalty to such attacks; MM314).A creature that chooses to make grapple checks in place ofattacks—that is, to damage its opponent, escape from thegrapple, move, pin its opponent, or use its opponent’sweapon—is allowed one grapple check for every attack that itsbase attack bonus would allow (even if it doesn’t normallymake multiple attacks in this manner). These attacks dealdamage as an unarmed strike made by a creature of that size(1d3 for Medium, 1d4 for Large, 1d6 for Huge, and so forth,plus its Strength modifier).A creature with BAB +0 to +5 may make one grapplecheck in place of an attack, BAB +6 to +10 two, BAB +11 to+15 three, and BAB +16 to +20 four. The dire bear, forexample, may make two grapple checks in place of attacks,thanks to its base attack bonus of +9: one using its full BABand the second using its BAB –5.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kreynolds, post: 3638422, member: 2829"] Here is the relevant faq entry... [b]How many attacks does a creature with multiple natural weapons get while it’s grappling? How many grapple checks can it make in a round?[/b] Under normal circumstances, a creature can can attack with only one of its natural weapons while grappling (and it takes a –4 penalty on such attacks; PH 156). A grappling dire bear can attack with either a claw or its bite. The rake special attack gives the creature “two additional claw attacks that it can use only against a grappled foe” (and which don’t take the normal –4 penalty to such attacks; MM 314). A creature that chooses to make grapple checks in place of attacks—that is, to damage its opponent, escape from the grapple, move, pin its opponent, or use its opponent’s weapon—is allowed one grapple check for every attack that its base attack bonus would allow (even if it doesn’t normally make multiple attacks in this manner). These attacks deal damage as an unarmed strike made by a creature of that size (1d3 for Medium, 1d4 for Large, 1d6 for Huge, and so forth, plus its Strength modifier). A creature with BAB +0 to +5 may make one grapple check in place of an attack, BAB +6 to +10 two, BAB +11 to +15 three, and BAB +16 to +20 four. The dire bear, for example, may make two grapple checks in place of attacks, thanks to its base attack bonus of +9: one using its full BAB and the second using its BAB –5. [/QUOTE]

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