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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jeffh" data-source="post: 3513924" data-attributes="member: 2642">Actually, because a natural 20 always hits, when you need a very high number to hit anyway you benefit the most from iterative attacks. Conversely, when you have a very high AC is when you suffer the most from them (proportionately speaking). In the extreme case, when someone needs a 20 to hit, having three attacks triples their expected damage, where it would barely increase it by 50% if they needed an 11 to hit with the first attack. So assuming that the new damage bonus doubles the attacker's damage (a very generous assumption) the new system will be a wash in this situation for those who previously had two attacks and a severe hit for those with three or four, the opposite of what you concluded.BTW, my own suggestion when I was considering doing away with multiple attacks was a somewhat more complex variant of what they're doing. By taking the Full Attack action, you would get to add your entire BAB to your damage; the Attack action, however, would remain unchanged. This is assuming the rest of the D&D combat system remains largely in place; it sounds like they've changed the whole framework enough that "Full Attack" may no longer have a meaning. In any event, I thought I'd mention this variant in case folks found it interesting.</blockquote>