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Odd flurry math

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Zan Thrax

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I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, or if I've encountered an obscure bug.

I've been trying to create a character to match some artwork - an unarmored character with a katana. The art could be interpreted as a Vanara, so that's what I'm using.

I finally decided on a Samurai/Monk w/ a Cleric dip to allow for Crusader's Flurry.

At fourth level, he's a Cockatrice order Sword Saint 2 / Crusader Cleric of Shizuru 1 / Hungry Ghost Monk of the Sacred Mountain 1 with the following feats:

1 Power Attack
2(C) Weapon Focus
3 Crusader's Flurry
3(M) Combat Reflexes
4(S) Dazzling Display

Crusader's Flurry is the only one that seems relevant at the moment.

His attack bonus is calculating as expected (+7), but his flurry isn't. He's showing +4/+4 for flurry with his +1 katana and +2/+2 with unarmed strike. Both should be two points higher. My best guess is that it isn't counting his BAB toward the flurry? The math shown when hovering is the same for both the regular attack and the flurry, but obviously something's not adding up the way the tooltip says it is.
 
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It looks like it has been implemented as a direct interpretation of the text on Flurry of Blows, that you use a BAB equivalent to the monk's level, rather than using the character's BAB.

This is apparently errata'd, at least according to the d20pfsrd (though the source link no longer seems to work). Therefore, just needs a quick fix to include non-monk levels BAB I guess.


EDIT: The second listed source on the d20pfsrd page goes to the correct place anyway: http://paizo.com/paizo/faq/v5748nruor1fm#v5748eaic9naz
 
Wow Portilis, I didn't realize that that had ever been in question. People actually read that as flurry straight up ignoring BAB from non-monk levels? That FAQ response is almost as old as the Pathfinder rules. Looks like you're right though. I just did a quick Monk 2 / Fighter X test and it appears to be doing exactly that. Guess I'll file the bug report. Can't imagine that it hasn't been reported before though.
 
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