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<blockquote data-quote="Callahan09" data-source="post: 6116297" data-attributes="member: 6721803">I know this is probably about as dumb of a question as it gets, but I keep seeing the term &quot;Melee Basic Attack&quot; in my readings, such as in the description of an opportunity attack, and I have no idea how to actually perform one.As far as I can tell, all attack actions are actually powers being used. That said, I can't find any power called &quot;Melee Basic Attack&quot; or &quot;Basic Attack&quot; in the D&amp;DI Compendium.Looking up &quot;Basic Attack&quot; in the Glossary gives me this:Looking up melee attack in the compendium, I get this:But what exactly is a basic attack?&nbsp; How do I know what to roll, what modifiers to use, what to check against, how much damage it does, etc.?I'm sorry if this is a really basic question that I should know the answer to, but I just can't find the information for some reason.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Callahan09, post: 6116297, member: 6721803"] I know this is probably about as dumb of a question as it gets, but I keep seeing the term "Melee Basic Attack" in my readings, such as in the description of an opportunity attack, and I have no idea how to actually perform one. As far as I can tell, all attack actions are actually powers being used. That said, I can't find any power called "Melee Basic Attack" or "Basic Attack" in the D&DI Compendium. Looking up "Basic Attack" in the Glossary gives me this: Looking up melee attack in the compendium, I get this: But what exactly is a basic attack? How do I know what to roll, what modifiers to use, what to check against, how much damage it does, etc.? I'm sorry if this is a really basic question that I should know the answer to, but I just can't find the information for some reason. [/QUOTE]

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