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<blockquote data-quote="eamon" data-source="post: 3831625" data-attributes="member: 51942">Juding be the Rake description - which refers to gaining extra claw attacks - you'd guess that the attack gained is of type &quot;claw&quot; and thus affected by rake.&nbsp; Judging by precedent and rules consistency, you'll note that WF claw doesn't apply to rake (ever?).I'm thinking: it's a mistake in the MM; and it's impossible to satisfy both demands, and you shouldn't lose sleep about it, since it's not your fault.In this imperfect situation, what ruling is &quot;best&quot;?To each his own, but I think considering rake's attacks to be different from normal claw attacks (i.e. in keeping with the WF difference) is more likely to be balanced.&nbsp; Also note that the creatures with rake generally include something like &quot;rake 1d6+3&quot; in the special attacks line, at least making it seem like it's a type.&nbsp; It's not important however, as it's never going to get even close to a whole CR difference.&nbsp; On the PC side of things, druids aren't the weakest bunch, so I don't think I'd be very sympathetic to a player who wanted to apply INA to rakes - he'd need some very good story why the explicit precedent of WF doesn't apply.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eamon, post: 3831625, member: 51942"] Juding be the Rake description - which refers to gaining extra claw attacks - you'd guess that the attack gained is of type "claw" and thus affected by rake. Judging by precedent and rules consistency, you'll note that WF claw doesn't apply to rake (ever?). I'm thinking: it's a mistake in the MM; and it's impossible to satisfy both demands, and you shouldn't lose sleep about it, since it's not your fault. In this imperfect situation, what ruling is "best"? To each his own, but I think considering rake's attacks to be different from normal claw attacks (i.e. in keeping with the WF difference) is more likely to be balanced. Also note that the creatures with rake generally include something like "rake 1d6+3" in the special attacks line, at least making it seem like it's a type. It's not important however, as it's never going to get even close to a whole CR difference. On the PC side of things, druids aren't the weakest bunch, so I don't think I'd be very sympathetic to a player who wanted to apply INA to rakes - he'd need some very good story why the explicit precedent of WF doesn't apply. [/QUOTE]

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