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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 1886367" data-attributes="member: 3146">Oh, WRT the fighter question, I suspect that the reason one generally doesn't think about BAB tests in the same way that one might naturally think of ranking wizards by their spell abilities is that BAB is much less dramatic.BAB based attacks go from one to four. That's a lot less than one to nine.BAB based attacks are always more of the same. A 9th level wizard can teleport and a 17th level wizard can stop time. A 16th level fighter can attack four times as fast as a first level fighter and is more likely to hit with every attack but it's still the same kind of thing: an attack.Finally, there are very significant differences in combat ability other than BAB. The feats, abilities, and strategies of a combatant are very important. Thus, the character who can fire three arrows per round is not necessarily a better archer than the one who can only fire two. (Consider a Fighter 4/Ranger 2 with as 12 dex and rapid shot from ranger levels but no other archery abilities as compared to a 4th level elf fighter with weapon specialization longbow, point blank, precise, and rapid shot. The character who fires fewer arrows per round is a dramatically better archer in most situations). Spellcasters scale in a much more linear manner. Having Greater Spell Focus and Greater Spell Penetration will not usually make up for being two levels lower.</blockquote>