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<blockquote data-quote="BookBarbarian" data-source="post: 7432814" data-attributes="member: 6802553">Because &quot;Melee weapon attack&quot; is more &quot;Non-Ranged Non-Spell Attack.&quot; The terminology is confusing but I've found I've adapted to it.The two sets of rules allow DMs to spit out Monsters faster than if they had to build them with PC rules in mind. It favors taking more off the plate of the DM over consistency for consistency's sake.You are making melee attacks. That is 100% by the book.So that you cannot cast Magic Weapon on a Player Character's body parts.I can only guess at the mind of Matt Mercer on this one, but probably for balance.A Lycan in hybrid form has a big advantage over TWF Bloodhunters in that it only has to cast a single Blood rite to affect its Attacks and Bonus Attack.Carrying that over to a Monks Martial Arts/Furry of blows would be double the Rite damage compared to a non monk multiclassed Bloodhunter.It's likely Mercer thought that was bad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BookBarbarian, post: 7432814, member: 6802553"] Because "Melee weapon attack" is more "Non-Ranged Non-Spell Attack." The terminology is confusing but I've found I've adapted to it. The two sets of rules allow DMs to spit out Monsters faster than if they had to build them with PC rules in mind. It favors taking more off the plate of the DM over consistency for consistency's sake. You are making melee attacks. That is 100% by the book. So that you cannot cast Magic Weapon on a Player Character's body parts. I can only guess at the mind of Matt Mercer on this one, but probably for balance. A Lycan in hybrid form has a big advantage over TWF Bloodhunters in that it only has to cast a single Blood rite to affect its Attacks and Bonus Attack. Carrying that over to a Monks Martial Arts/Furry of blows would be double the Rite damage compared to a non monk multiclassed Bloodhunter. It's likely Mercer thought that was bad. [/QUOTE]

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