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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Keenath" data-source="post: 4046364" data-attributes="member: 59792">Ummm... how so?It's actually much simpler using the SWSE defense method (which I strongly suspect is how attack works in 4e, too) -- Everyone gets the same 1/2 progression, and then you add a number based on your class selections.  If you have more than one class, you use only the best bonuses -- so, for example, if you have a level of Fighter that gives you +3 attack, +2 Fortitude, and +0 for the other defenses, and you take a level of wizard (+1 attack, +3 Will), then your totals are +3 attack, +2 fort, +0 reflex, and +3 will.  You don't have to do any weird stacking math; you just look at all your classes and ask, "What's the best Attack bonus of all of them?  What's the best Reflex bonus?" etc.Moreover, that's a one time calculation.  You never have to make it again unless you add a level of a new class.  Your class bonuses don't change every time you level up.  Frankly, that's much simpler than 3e's multiclassing rules, where you practically need a calculator to work out what your BAB is if you start mixing progressions.Example:  If you have 1 level of rogue and 1 level of wizard, what's your BAB?  If you add up the numbers on the charts, you get +0, but if you add the fractional values of the progression, you'd be at +1.  Now, quick -- what's your BAB if you have ten levels of rogue and five of wizard?   (Answer:  +10 if your DM count fractions, and +9 if he won't.)</blockquote>

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