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Offline kevin video

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Urskan Steelclaws?
« on: August 20, 2012, 04:09:31 PM »
From Frostburn. Anyone have an idea how much these cost to buy or sell?
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Re: Urskan Steelclaws?
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2012, 06:09:57 PM »
No values are ever given.  However, given as how the description mentions that urskans "add steel tips to their already deadly claws," we're not looking for a normal melee weapon--we're looking for a weapon that increases the damage of a natural attack.  Granted, there's no damage progression that goes from 1d8 to 1d12, but let's ignore that.

Let's look at spiked gauntlets.  They let you deal lethal damage with your unarmed strike, attacks with them count as armed attacks, and opponents cannot use a disarm action to disarm you of spiked gauntlets.  More importantly, however, a spiked gauntlet designed for a Medium creature deals 1d4 points of damage, while a Medium creature normally deals 1d3.  Small spiked gauntlets deal 1d3 damage, whereas a Small creature's unarmed strikes normally deal 1d2 damage.  In other words, a spiked gauntlet appears to increase your unarmed strike damage by one size category.

As such, I'd go with the costs for appropriately-sized spiked gauntlets.  Though do note that only a creature with the appropriate claws would be able to benefit from urskan steelclaws.
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Re: Urskan Steelclaws?
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2012, 08:35:22 PM »
I would agree with Don.  These should work for any natural claws.
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Re: Urskan Steelclaws?
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2012, 01:24:38 PM »
Savage Species has a set of magical claws that are meant to be used over an existing natural weapon.  Perhaps reverse pricing to figure out what a non-magical version would cost?

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Re: Urskan Steelclaws?
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2012, 03:15:10 PM »
Underdark has some claws that might work too, I think they're called Steel Fins
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