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Rat familiar skills - I cant make it add up!
« on: July 30, 2009, 08:40:19 AM »

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Re: Rat familiar skills - I cant make it add up!
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2009, 10:14:44 AM »
I think you did miss one thing.  Per the SRD on Rats (emphasis mine):

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Rats have a +4 racial bonus on Hide and Move Silently checks, and a +8 racial bonus on Balance, Climb, and Swim checks. A rat can always choose to take 10 on Climb checks, even if rushed or threatened. A rat uses its Dexterity modifier instead of its Strength modifier for Climb and Swim checks. A rat has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard. It can always choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. It can use the run action while swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.
So, the rat uses its Dex mod (+2) instead of its Str mod (-4) on Climb and Swim.  This would be a net gain of +6 per both skills.  It looks like that clears it up?
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Re: Rat familiar skills - I cant make it add up!
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2009, 10:58:30 AM »
Yeah, I probably missed that detail. I would have given you a cookie, but half the images of the smiley menu refuses to show themselves to me, so you will have to make do with an annoying bouncing pink fellow... here ya go :bounce .