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<blockquote data-quote="Thorvald Kviksverd" data-source="post: 393299" data-attributes="member: 1495">Not to throw another wrench into the works, but...I think it's true that BAB is superior to THACO...generally.In fact, I used that mechanic in my AD&amp;D gaming for quite a while before 3e even came out--I borrowed the idea from 4e Gamma World (and always wondered why I'd never thought of it myself).I switched back to THACO for my Basic D&amp;D campaign though.&nbsp; You see, THACO is actually superior for my purposes. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" />IMC, attackers can score an additional point of damage for every -1 penalty To Hit (with the caveat that the required To Hit number can't be raised above 20), and this is MUCH easier to figure out using THACO, since it provides the actual number needed to roll on the attack die (and this can then be increased by any amount up to 20).Just another example of how opinions on what is inferior/superior can differ--it really just depends...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thorvald Kviksverd, post: 393299, member: 1495"] Not to throw another wrench into the works, but... I think it's true that BAB is superior to THACO...[i]generally[/i]. In fact, I used that mechanic in my AD&D gaming for quite a while before 3e even came out--I borrowed the idea from 4e [i]Gamma World[/i] (and always wondered why I'd never thought of it myself). I switched back to THACO for my Basic D&D campaign though. You see, THACO is actually [i]superior[/i] for my purposes. :eek: IMC, attackers can score an additional point of damage for every -1 penalty To Hit (with the caveat that the required To Hit number can't be raised above 20), and this is MUCH easier to figure out using THACO, since it provides the actual number needed to roll on the attack die (and this can then be increased by any amount up to 20). Just another example of how opinions on what is inferior/superior can differ--it really just depends... [/QUOTE]

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