Tail Training (4e Feat)

Ordinary gritaurs can hold things with their dexterous tails, but no more than that. You have trained yourself to the point where you can not only hold a slippery object like a sword, but even wield it effectively in combat.

Prerequisite: Gritaur, Dex 13

Benefit: You can use your tail like a third hand. Unless you have the Two-Blade Ranger two weapon ability you are still limited to normal off-hand weapons. There are no benefits to wielding three melee weapons, but it allows you to, for example, use two one-handed weapons and a shield, a two-handed weapon along with a one-handed weapon, or to have a melee weapon ready while firing a ranged weapon.

If you do not have a weapon your tail still counts as an off-hand weapon but only makes a basic unarmed attack (1D4 base damage).

You can also use your tail for other types of manipulation. But due to the lack of fingers it suffers a -2 penalty to all rolls in this case.

Normal: A gritaur without Tail Training can only use its tail for simple tasks like holding a bag or, at best, open a door. Basically nothing that requires a roll.