Quick Divine Favor question.

[Lord Pendragon]

The text for Divine Favor says it adds a luck bonus to "all attack and weapon damage rolls."

For the purposes of Divine Favor, is a Natural Weapon considered a weapon?

I know this may seem like a foolish question. Of course a Natural Weapon is a weapoin, you might say. But I'm a little thrown by the text, which specifies weapon damage rolls. Clearly, something is being excluded. Is that exclusion merely spells, or is Divine Favor restricted to manufactured weapons?

 

[Plane Sailing]

Not an answer, but monk unarmed attacks are now specifically called out as benefiting from things which affect weapons or things which affect natural weapons (e.g. magic weapon, magic fang).

I'd allow DF to affect monk unarmed attacks but not natural weapons like claws and stuff, but that is just my judgement call. Someone else will have to give you a more "official" answer

Cheers

 

[Henrix]

I'm fairly certain the intention is to exclude spells, not natural attacks. The following line in the description says that the bonus does not apply to spell damage, and I think it is another way to point that out.

Had they meant to exclude natural attacks I think they would have written manufactured weapons, or something similar.

 

[Li Shenron]

I agree with Henrix, it's just meant not to apply to spells. There could be some extra case which needs DM's call, grapple damage comes to my mind, but natural weapons and unarmed attacks (even without IUA) are definitely in for Divine Favor.

 

[shilsen]

What Henrix and Li Shenron said.

P.S. Don't forget Divine Favor caps at +3 now, per the recent errata.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

P.S. Don't forget Divine Favor caps at +3 now, per the recent errata.

*nod* I do recall reading that in the last errata, and though it won't impact my PC for some time (he's a pally), it is definitely noted. Might bum out the party cleric if he ever notices the spell, though.

I was more concerned about the weapon clause, since I'd like to have my pally share this spell with his mount.

 

[hong]

The existence of the nature's favour spell suggests that at least one WotC designer thinks DF doesn't apply to natural weapons.