Hi! im thinking of creating a College of dance Bard, and I'm having this conversation with a friend regarding the unarmed strike with a species from the crooked moon book This is the issue We have a curseborn that has this trait "Cursed Claws. You have claws you can use to make Unarmed Strikes, which deal 1d6 Slashing damage on a hit. You can use Strength or Dexterity for attack and damage rolls with your claws." and with the college of dance this
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Bardic Damage. You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the attack rolls of your Unarmed Strikes. When you deal damage with an Unarmed Strike, you can deal Bludgeoning damage equal to a roll of your Bardic Inspiration die plus your Dexterity modifier, instead of the strike’s normal damage. This roll doesn’t expend the die.
So, my question is about the damage with the cursed claws is a 1d6 slashing + dex (using dex) + the bardic damage 1d6 bludgeoning? or is it just the 1d6 slashing + dex? Thank you for your time
For things like this, you generally choose one version of it to use; you don't get to combine both damage calculations, because the rules don't say you can do that.
So, you can either deal 1d6 + (either Strength or Dexterity) slashing damage, or you can deal (Bardic Die) + Dexterity bludgeoning damage. These will be the same to start off, but once you reach level 5 and the Bardic Die becomes a d8, that one will be strictly better.
I agree with Wagnarokkr. You only get one of the damage dies. Combining these features will let you use your Cursed Claws as a bonus action though, which is a really nice boost.
I am currently playing in a Crooked Moon campaign with a Curseborn Rogue who took a single level dip into Monk so that he could Attack with his shortsword using his action and apply his Sneak Attack, then make an Unarmed Strike using Cursed Claws with his bonus action to apply the curse effect on the target. It's a really potent mix.
Hi! im thinking of creating a College of dance Bard, and I'm having this conversation with a friend regarding the unarmed strike with a species from the crooked moon book
This is the issue
We have a curseborn that has this trait "Cursed Claws. You have claws you can use to make Unarmed Strikes, which deal 1d6 Slashing damage on a hit. You can use Strength or Dexterity for attack and damage rolls with your claws."
and with the college of dance this
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Bardic Damage. You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the attack rolls of your Unarmed Strikes. When you deal damage with an Unarmed Strike, you can deal Bludgeoning damage equal to a roll of your Bardic Inspiration die plus your Dexterity modifier, instead of the strike’s normal damage. This roll doesn’t expend the die.
So, my question is about the damage
with the cursed claws is a 1d6 slashing + dex (using dex) + the bardic damage 1d6 bludgeoning?
or is it just the 1d6 slashing + dex?
Thank you for your time
For things like this, you generally choose one version of it to use; you don't get to combine both damage calculations, because the rules don't say you can do that.
So, you can either deal 1d6 + (either Strength or Dexterity) slashing damage, or you can deal (Bardic Die) + Dexterity bludgeoning damage. These will be the same to start off, but once you reach level 5 and the Bardic Die becomes a d8, that one will be strictly better.
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I agree with Wagnarokkr. You only get one of the damage dies. Combining these features will let you use your Cursed Claws as a bonus action though, which is a really nice boost.
I am currently playing in a Crooked Moon campaign with a Curseborn Rogue who took a single level dip into Monk so that he could Attack with his shortsword using his action and apply his Sneak Attack, then make an Unarmed Strike using Cursed Claws with his bonus action to apply the curse effect on the target. It's a really potent mix.