BAB and Irative attacks

Kaleb · December 8th, 2010, 05:19 PM

I have a Multiclass Character Inquisitor and a custom class both with a 3/4 BAB. He is now eigth level and his bab is being caculated as 5 when it should be 6 this effects his iritive attacks. Could this be a rounding issue in the program. What I think is happening is that the prgroam is taking the 3/4 bab from each class and adding them together and rounding down instead of adding the class levels together and then multiplying by.75.

Leonal · December 8th, 2010, 05:41 PM

If you multiclass two 3/4 BAB classes you will have a BAB of 5 at lvl 8.

You're not supposed to multiply anything. If you have Inquisitor 5 (BAB 3) and custom class 3 (BAB 2) you get 3+2=5. You'll get your second attack at lvl 9.

http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/c...#multiclassing

Mathias · December 9th, 2010, 07:55 AM

The "Attack Bonus" listed in the basics summary isn't the "Base Attack Bonus" - it's a modified attack bonus including things like size modifiers, spells or class abilities that give a bonus/penalty to all attacks, etc. Is your character a halfling/gnome?

risner · December 9th, 2010, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mathias

The "Attack Bonus" listed in the basics summary isn't the "Base Attack Bonus" - it's a modified attack bonus including things like size modifiers, spells or class abilities that give a bonus/penalty to all attacks, etc. Is your character a halfling/gnome?

Don't suppose we can get a BAB added somewhere like right above like:
BAB +5
Basic Attack Bonus +6

... Or am I dreaming? ;-)

Mathias · 08:20 AM

Yes, this is on my to-do list.

Stormwarden · December 9th, 2010, 09:47 AM

What the OP is referring to is an optional rule called 'Fractional BAB and Saves' or something like that. It carries the fractions forward on saves and BABs from multiple classes and only truncates after the values have been added.

The rule appeared in the 3.5 Unearthed Arcana and I really wish it was an option in HL. Otherwise you have sillyness like a Bard 1/Cleric 1/Inquisitor 1/Oracle 1 having a BAB of +0 rather than a +3 (the way the OP is calculating it). Not that such a class combination should be viable, but it demonstrates the extreme.

Mathias · December 9th, 2010, 09:58 AM

Searching this forum for "Fractional" I find this thread: http://forums.wolflair.com/showthrea...ght=fractional

Which will hopefully be helpful for you if you want to implement this as a house rule.

Leonal Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 80 December 8th, 2010, 05:41 PM	If you multiclass two 3/4 BAB classes you will have a BAB of 5 at lvl 8. You're not supposed to multiply anything. If you have Inquisitor 5 (BAB 3) and custom class 3 (BAB 2) you get 3+2=5. You'll get your second attack at lvl 9. http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/c...#multiclassing
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Mathias Senior Member Lone Wolf Staff Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 13,213 December 9th, 2010, 07:55 AM	The "Attack Bonus" listed in the basics summary isn't the "Base Attack Bonus" - it's a modified attack bonus including things like size modifiers, spells or class abilities that give a bonus/penalty to all attacks, etc. Is your character a halfling/gnome?
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Mathias Senior Member Lone Wolf Staff Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 13,213 December 9th, 2010, 08:10 AM	Yes, this is on my to-do list. Last edited by Mathias; December 9th, 2010 at 08:20 AM.
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