the_bruiser
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James McMurray said:I see it is being just fine.
I can't get the formatting right, but the general info is still there:
Code:Levels Monk w/o Feat Monk w/feat ------ -------------- ------------ 1-3 1d6 (3.5) 1d8 (4.5) 4-7 1d8 (4.5) 2d6 (7) 8-11 1d10 (5.5) 2d8 (9) 12-15 2d6 (7) 2d8 (9) 16-19 2d8 (9) 4d6 (14) 20 2d10 (11) 4d8 (18)
James - Thanks for the analysis. I actually had come up with something different – I’m curious how we differ. Is your chart from an ‘official’ source, do we just come up with different, equally valid answers, or have I made a mistake? Here’s what I came up with:
SRD:
IMPROVED NATURAL ATTACK [GENERAL]
Prerequisite: Natural weapon, base attack bonus +4.
Benefit: Choose one of the creature’s natural attack forms. The damage for this natural weapon increases by one step, as if the creature’s size had increased by one category: 1d2, 1d3, 1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 2d6, 3d6, 4d6, 6d6, 8d6, 12d6.
A weapon or attack that deals 1d10 points of damage increases as follows: 1d10, 2d8, 3d8, 4d8, 6d8, 8d8, 12d8
Code:
Levels Monk w/o Feat Monk w/feat
------ -------------- ------------
1-3 1d6 (3.5) 1d8 (4.5) +1, from top progression
4-7 1d8 (4.5) 2d6 (7) +2.5, from top progression
8-11 1d10 (5.5) 2d8 (9) +3.5, from lower progression
12-15 2d6 (7) 3d6 (10.5) +3.5, from top progression
16-19 2d8 (9) 3d8 (13.5) +4.5, from lower progression
20 2d10 (11) 3d10 (16.5) +5.5, others went 2->3 dice
Interesting – I thought this was an elegant, increasing function, gradually going from +1 to +5.5 with monk level – seemed to work out beautifully. I’m probably missing something…?