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uglykitten 07-09-07, 10:27 PM	...Before I kill him, please. -__- I use gestalt campaigns more often than not. My player is trying to tell me that his BASE ATTACK BONUS is a +8 at level four. He is playing a Rogue-Monk. They both have a Base Attack Bonus of +3 according to the book. He is trying to calculate his Attack Bonus listed under the Unarmed Strike. Without any feats the number in the square stating Base Attack Bonus (just under grapple) should be a 3 by the rules. The number listed by Unarmed Strike on the Weapons/Attacks slots for an attack bonus is a +8, by the rules I've been taught. If this is correct, please tell me so I can get him off me. T__T
Sildatorak 07-09-07, 11:04 PM	What your saying is a little unclear, but I think I've got it. Base Attack Bonus is going to be +3. Attack bonus (which will be added to the attack roll) will be 3+str mod+weapon focus+whatever else, so it very well could be +8, if he has other bonuses totaling +5.
Mock26 07-09-07, 11:33 PM	The base attack bonus, if I remember correctly, is based strictly on your level and nothing else, including strength, magic weapons, and special abilities (such as unarmed strike). His unarmed strike bonuse might be +8, but that is not his base attack bonus. They are two seperate things, if I remember correctly.
Leilond 07-10-07, 03:54 AM	Instead of discussing, show him page 22 of the PHB BAB depends only on your classe level. No other modifiers apply HEre is an interesting passage of that page For example, when Lidda the halfling rogue is 2nd level, she has a base attack bonus of +1. With a thrown weapon, she adds her Dexterity bonus (+3), her size bonus (+1), and a racial bonus (+1) for a total of +6. Even though a +6 base attack bonus would grant an additional attack at +1, raising that number to +6 via ability, racial, size, weapon or other bonuses doesn't grant Lidda an additional attack. If a character has more than one class, the base attack bonuses for each class are cumulative No more discussion