Maybe it's just a limit to dndB, but looking at the sheet, I can't help but notice there's no explicit proficiency bonus added to wild shape Natural Weapons. Are Druids _supposed_ to be proficient in them and players just need to remember to add the hit bonus manually?
Maybe it's just a limit to dndB, but looking at the sheet, I can't help but notice there's no explicit proficiency bonus added to wild shape Natural Weapons. Are Druids _supposed_ to be proficient in them and players just need to remember to add the hit bonus manually?
Druids don't add their own Proficiency Bonus to those attack rolls, no.
Proficiency Bonus isn't one of the stats that's retained when you enter Wild Shape, aside from the specific uses listed in the class feature (skill and saving throw proficiencies). This means that you're using the monster stat block's Proficiency Bonus, not yours, for attack rolls. This is generally already factored in to the attack actions in the stat block.
If you are using the 5.5e rules, "natural weapon" is no longer a term with mechanical importance. The words can still be found in the Alter Self spell, but they just relate to Unarmed Strike.
When you wild shape into a Beast, you directly use the information and bonuses from the stat block when you use those actions to attack.
According to the rules:
Game Statistics. Your game statistics are replaced by the Beast’s stat block, but you retain your creature type; Hit Points; Hit Point Dice; Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores; class features; languages; and feats. You also retain your skill and saving throw proficiencies anduse your Proficiency Bonus for them, in addition to gaining the proficiencies of the creature. If a skill or saving throw modifier in the Beast’s stat block is higher than yours, use the one in the stat block.
So your PB isn't used beyond the highlighted sentence and you don't need to recalculate any bonuses.
Maybe it's just a limit to dndB, but looking at the sheet, I can't help but notice there's no explicit proficiency bonus added to wild shape Natural Weapons. Are Druids _supposed_ to be proficient in them and players just need to remember to add the hit bonus manually?
Druids don't add their own Proficiency Bonus to those attack rolls, no.
Proficiency Bonus isn't one of the stats that's retained when you enter Wild Shape, aside from the specific uses listed in the class feature (skill and saving throw proficiencies). This means that you're using the monster stat block's Proficiency Bonus, not yours, for attack rolls. This is generally already factored in to the attack actions in the stat block.
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If you are using the 5.5e rules, "natural weapon" is no longer a term with mechanical importance. The words can still be found in the Alter Self spell, but they just relate to Unarmed Strike.
When you wild shape into a Beast, you directly use the information and bonuses from the stat block when you use those actions to attack.
According to the rules:
So your PB isn't used beyond the highlighted sentence and you don't need to recalculate any bonuses.
EDIT: too slow, ninja'd by wagnarokkr!