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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jtrowell" data-source="post: 3940508" data-attributes="member: 57422">About the fixed base attack bonus, I think that it might not be a bonus to melee/ranged/magic/... attacks, but rather a fixed bonus on all attack rolls made with a specific ability.For exemple fighters might get +3 to Str based attacksRogues and rangers +3 to dex based attacksWizards +3 to int based attacksCleric to wisPaladin might get +3 to cha, or maybe a mix (such as +2 to both Str and Cha attacks)Warlocks +3 to cha attacks and so on ...Of course the bonuses might be lower or greater, and some classes might have lesser bonuses for several abilities.It would also make a fighter/wizard slightly less effective than a wizard/fighter in magic attack, but not useless as in 3.5 (I expect caster level to always be the full character level)Something that I realize : by making saves act as AC, and the attack roll universal as ability bonus + 1/2 level, it remove the fact than in 3.5 lower level spells are easier to resist.With the new system, we could have a first level spell cast by a archmage be as hard to resist as any other of his spells</blockquote>