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Choosing weapon armed

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Payne

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Hi,

It seems wether I select 'in play' for my Draconic bloodline claws, they show on my selected weapons sometimes.
I tried selecting/deselecting them.
I can't figure out what makes them appear with the attack bonus etc on the printable sheet.
 
Mathias said:
Do you have any other weapons equipped, that might be using up your character's arms?
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Yes, a battle axe. But I saw the claws with bab bonus , dam etc. at one point.
That's why I dn't think it's a bug. Just that I am a noob in using the program.

I selected the battle axe as equipped, I thought it would still include the claws, but it only has the axe and my crossbow (which I didn't select as equipped).
:(
 
Some natural attacks (this is one of them) are tagged as taking up an arm (which also means that you get one attack per arm your character has), so if that arm is in use for something else, like a battleaxe, Hero Lab will note how many arms are currently in use, and reduce the number of attacks you get with that natural attack by that number, hiding the weapon if all the arms are being used for other attacks.

In HL, equipping a weapon means "I am using these weapons, held in these hands, for the attack I am making right now". If you want to set up different scenarios, that's what the Equipment Sets mechanism on the Weapons tab is for. If you're generating a printed character sheet, and there's a case like natural attacks, I'd recommend un-checking all weapons before printing, so that everything gets shown on the printout, and nothing gets set as a secondary natural attack.
 
I understand. I fixed this, thanks.
But I wished it could list all weapons at full attack (so I had the info at the ready if I switch weapons).
 
I don't think it could ever do that. Some weapons might have effects on them that activate when they're being held. If you're not holding them, the effects aren't added in. So how do you tell HL that the effects should or shouldn't be included? And what if the effect is something like "+1 bonus to AC when wielding a weapon in each hand"? What should HL display as the AC?

But then, that's why there are equipment sets, as Mathias pointed out. :)
 
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