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<blockquote data-quote="Dr_Rictus" data-source="post: 713377" data-attributes="member: 850">Whenever you can make an attack at +6 BAB or more, you can make another attack at 5 fewer BAB than that.&nbsp; So, once your second attack hits +6 BAB (due to your first one having reached +11 BAB), you qualify for a third attack at +1 BAB.&nbsp; The limit to this is that BAB can only provide a total of 4 attacks.&nbsp; This is true regardless of class.The charts in the PHB simply list the multiple attacks that a single-classed character would get.&nbsp; The multiple attacks so listed should be ignored for multi-classed characters, since they'll give the wrong results.&nbsp; Always calculate multiple attacks based on the character's total BAB from all classes.&nbsp; (There's an unfortunate exception here for monks, but let's ignore that right now).Note that BAB (to which modifiers are applied, and which determines multiple attacks) is not the same as attack bonus (the number after the modifiers are applied).&nbsp; Keeping them distinct helps avoid confusion as to the number of attacks a character receives.In your example, the character has a +6 BAB and can therefore make two attacks at BAB +6/+1 (and a total attack bonus of +9/+4 once you count the +3 for Strength).&nbsp; Using Ambidexterity and Two-Weapon Fighting (one extra attack at the highest BAB, but a -2 penalty to all attacks) and taking into account his +3 to his for Strength, he gets three attacks at BAB +6/+6/+1 and a total attack bonus of +7/+7/+2.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr_Rictus, post: 713377, member: 850"] Whenever you can make an attack at +6 BAB or more, you can make another attack at 5 fewer BAB than that. So, once your second attack hits +6 BAB (due to your first one having reached +11 BAB), you qualify for a third attack at +1 BAB. The limit to this is that BAB can only provide a total of 4 attacks. This is true regardless of class. The charts in the PHB simply list the multiple attacks that a single-classed character would get. The multiple attacks so listed should be ignored for multi-classed characters, since they'll give the wrong results. Always calculate multiple attacks based on the character's total BAB from all classes. (There's an unfortunate exception here for monks, but let's ignore that right now). Note that BAB (to which modifiers are applied, and which determines multiple attacks) is not the same as attack bonus (the number after the modifiers are applied). Keeping them distinct helps avoid confusion as to the number of attacks a character receives. In your example, the character has a +6 BAB and can therefore make two attacks at BAB +6/+1 (and a total attack bonus of +9/+4 once you count the +3 for Strength). Using Ambidexterity and Two-Weapon Fighting (one extra attack at the highest BAB, but a -2 penalty to all attacks) and taking into account his +3 to his for Strength, he gets three attacks at BAB +6/+6/+1 and a total attack bonus of +7/+7/+2. [/QUOTE]

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