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<blockquote data-quote="wlmartin" data-source="post: 5849178" data-attributes="member: 6679380">&lt;snip&gt;OK, from what I read... you Thrall doesn't take actions, you take actions through it.So, if I need to take a Standard Action I can either do so as normal without the Thrall or make an attack through it.The one thing that baffles me is :&quot;If the Thrall wields a melee weapon, it uses the weapons proficiency bonus of the weapon it has&quot;and&quot;You can issue the following special commands to your thrall&quot;&quot;Standard Action : Melee Weapon; targets one creature; Intelligence +2 vs AC; 1[W] + Int Modifier&quot;So, lets assume when you want it to attack, you attack through it... so when you do so it seems you would do at Int + 2 vs AC. If this is the case then why does it matter if the Thrall has proficiency with the weapon in question since the ToHit value is determined by your Int + 2 and nothing else?That seems to be the big confusion for me... it is talking about the Thrall getting its own proficiency and then completely ignores that when talking about how it attacks... is it suggesting that you get an extra +2/+3 to the attack on top of the Int + 2 it is showing you?So how does this make sense?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wlmartin, post: 5849178, member: 6679380"] <snip> OK, from what I read... you Thrall doesn't take actions, you take actions through it. So, if I need to take a Standard Action I can either do so as normal without the Thrall or make an attack through it. [B]The one thing that baffles me is : [/B] "If the Thrall wields a melee weapon, it uses the weapons proficiency bonus of the weapon it has" [B]and [/B] "You can issue the following special commands to your thrall" "Standard Action : Melee Weapon; targets one creature; Intelligence +2 vs AC; 1[W] + Int Modifier" So, lets assume when you want it to attack, you attack through it... so when you do so it seems you would do at Int + 2 vs AC. If this is the case then why does it matter if the Thrall has proficiency with the weapon in question since the ToHit value is determined by your Int + 2 and nothing else? That seems to be the big confusion for me... it is talking about the Thrall getting its own proficiency and then completely ignores that when talking about how it attacks... is it suggesting that you get an extra +2/+3 to the attack on top of the Int + 2 it is showing you? So how does this make sense? [/QUOTE]

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