Focus and Specialization in Wildshape

Summary:

Weapon Focus and Specialization not working in Wildshape.

Focus and Specialization in Wildshape

joleda 19 Jan 2011 14:35

I made a test character in single player (1.40.4) to test Unarmed feats and Nature's Warrior. The test character is Human level 18 with BAB 16: 7 Druid, 5 Nature's Warrior, 6 Fighter. I chose Armor of Crocodile, Claws of the Grizzly, and Wild Growth from the Nature's Warrior list. The character has Weapon Focus, Weapon Specialization, and Weapon Master in Unarmed Strike. I tested the Treant, Shambling Mound, and Dire Bear, Dire Panther, Dire Wolf, Dire Boar, and Dire Badger.

The Good:
1. The Claws of the Grizzly add +3 magic damage to all attacks in all forms.
2. Weapon Mastery adds +2 Attack and +2 bludgeoning damage to all attacks in all forms.

The Bad:
1. On the character sheet where it lists the damage (f.x. dire badger) as 1-4+X, the X should be the combination of Strength modifier plus Weapon Specialization. None of the forms include the +2 damage for weapon specialization. They only include the Strength modifier.
2. Not all forms add Weapon Focus. The Attack number should be BAB + Str mod + WF + WM, but Shambling Mound, Dire Bear, and Dire Wolf are 1 Attack short of where they should be. I assume this is the Weapon Focus not being added correctly. The Treant, Dire Panther, Dire Boar, and Dire Badger display the correct Attack number.

Re: Focus and Specialization in Wildshape

joleda 19 Jan 2011 16:53

It appears that Weapon Focus, Greater Weapon Focus, Epic Weapon Focus and Weapon Mastery all show up on both the character sheet and in the combat logs. Weapon Specialization, Greater Weapon Specialization, and Epic Weapon Specialization do not show up on either the character sheet or combat logs. I suppose one could forgo getting the specializations, but Weapon Mastery requires Weapon Specialization. Weapon Specialization is basically a wasted feat right now.