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Attack Bonus

Started by jatz Aug 23, 2007 at 5:48 PM 2 replies 1.3k views

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Aug 23, 2007 at 5:48 PM

Hi again, Now a little confusion with the base attack bonus which is taken from the class. Had a look at the classes file and found under the "Base Attack Bonus" column that the base attack bonus values for some of the levels are shown as: +6/+1 I have a feeling that only one of these values are chosen, but i am not sure. How do i determine the base attack bonus value retrieved from the class of the character when there is more than 1 value. Level 20 for the Barbarian class is: +20/+15/+10/+5. So which one to choose? Thanks in advance.

Ezbez

Aug 23, 2007 at 5:55 PM

If it shows multiple values, you get multiple attacks per turn. Generally, you get one additional attack for every time that the first number reaches a multiple of 6 (eg: +6/+1, +12/+6/+1). So, the level 20 barbarian would get four attacks each round, the first at +20 attack bonus, the second at +15, then +10 and +5. It would be good to store all of them.

SiCrane

Aug 23, 2007 at 6:13 PM

You actually just need too store the largest number. The rest are always the same given the largest. With a Base Attack Bonus (BAB) of N, the second number is N - 5 if N - 5 is greater or equal to 1. The third number is N - 10 if N - 10 is greater or equal to 1, and the last number is N - 15 is N - 15 is greater or equal to 1.

Ezbez

Aug 24, 2007 at 3:59 AM

Oh, good point! Very clever.

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