A few questions

[AGGEMAM]

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Thank you everyone for the help. Just to be sure: A multiclass monk uses the combined BAB, even for determining his hits, but uses only his UBAB for determining the number of attacks?

Correct!

 

[Voadam]

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Thank you everyone for the help. Just to be sure: A multiclass monk uses the combined BAB, even for determining his hits, but uses only his UBAB for determining the number of attacks?

Crothian: Some time back, someone posted a Fighter that specialized in unarmed attacks. Why could there not be one? A monk is a hand to hand specialist, but from the description in the PHB, he uses his mastery of himself as a weapon to obtain physical perfection and thus become "one with the universe" This is why the ultimate monk ability makes him an outsider. A fighter that specializes in unarmed combat is just that. Someone who knows how to get in and do the most damage to his opponent. He wouldn't necessarily want to obtain physical perfection and become "one with the universe", he just happens to be really good at kicking butt with his hands and feet.

Jordan Bowridge

A fighter can specialize in unarmed combat. His abilities are all non magical and based on skill. A monk however develops inner power that is easier to think of as mystical Ki power than pure skill (think of the amount of damage done and the speed they achieve in addition to their powers that are listed as supernatural). A specialized unarmed fighter will trash a non trained unarmed fighter but a monk will be better in many ways.

A fighter who specializes in archery is not an arcane archer and a fighter who specializes in unarmed is not a monk. The introduction of magical or mystical power adds a new dimension to a class that fighters can not duplicate through their feats (in most campaigns). The fighter paths are still valid options despite the mystical classes.

 

[AuraSeer]

This just came up in my game! Let's see if I understand correctly.

Say I have a Mnk 10 / Ftr 3. His BAB is 10, and his UBAB is 7. He's fighting unarmed, and takes the full attack action. He can choose either to attack at +10/+5, or +7/+4/+1. Is this a correct statement?

 

[AGGEMAM]

Say I have a Mnk 10 / Ftr 3. His BAB is 10, and his UBAB is 7. He's fighting unarmed, and takes the full attack action. He can choose either to attack at +10/+5, or +7/+4/+1. Is this a correct statement?

No, it is either +10/+5 or +10/+7/+4.

EDIT: You see, you add the BAB from fighter to your UBAB after you have determined how many attacks you have based on your UBAB.

 

[Christian]

No, it is either +10/+5 or +10/+7/+4.

Look at the example from OA again. It's either +10/+5 or +10/+4/+1. Your first attack is always at your total BAB, but subsequent attacks are either at +5 increments from your total BAB or at +3 increments from your UBAB.

 

[AuraSeer]

Say what now? The D&D FAQ seems to contradict both of you. The relevant section (on page 6) says:

For example, a 1st-level fighter/10th-level monk has a total attack bonus of +8/+3. (That's +1 for being a 1st-level fighter, and +7 for being a 10th-level monk.) When attacking unarmed, the monk can make two attacks at +8/+3, or the monk can use just his 10th-level unarmed attack bonus of +7/+4/+1 since that gives the monk more attacks.

Am I completely misunderstanding this, or is the FAQ wrong?

 

[kreynolds]

Say what now? The D&D FAQ seems to contradict both of you. The relevant section (on page 6) says:

Am I completely misunderstanding this, or is the FAQ wrong?

Well, I used to think I knew how this worked...but now...my brain is mush...hub blub bub bub blub bub bub splub bub blub...

 

[AuraSeer]

Oh no! I melted kreynolds brain!
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...how many XP do I get for that?

 

[Dr. Zoom]

This just came up in my game! Let's see if I understand correctly.

Say I have a Mnk 10 / Ftr 3. His BAB is 10, and his UBAB is 7. He's fighting unarmed, and takes the full attack action. He can choose either to attack at +10/+5, or +7/+4/+1. Is this a correct statement?

Yes, this is correct. The FAQ also shows that this is correct.

 

[Dr. Zoom]

Oh no! I melted kreynolds brain!
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...how many XP do I get for that?

Not many. His CR is not that high.