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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scotley" data-source="post: 4212281" data-attributes="member: 11520">I'm not trying to pull some lame munchkin superpower out of my ass here. If Tylara were a 4th level wizard her bab would be +2. I'm only suggesting that Tylara's base attack bonus not be lower than it would be had she taken 4 levels of wizard rather than 1 level of Druid and three levels of wizard. I am only asking that she have the logical progression of a wizard not some extra bonus. As a Druid actually has better numbers than a wizard it seemed ridiculas that taking a level in that class should result in a lower net bab. As for a rule, it can be found below. Please see the accompanying spreadsheet for a full break down. The following is taken from a sidebar in Unearthed Arcana (p. 73)FRACTIONAL BASE BONUSESThe progressions of base attack bonuses and base save bonusesin the Player’s Handbook increase at a fractional rate, butthose fractions are eliminated due to rounding. For single-classcharacters, this rounding isn’t significant, but for multiclass characters,this rounding often results in reduced base attack andbase save bonuses.For example, a 1st-level rogue/1st-level wizard has a baseattack bonus (BAB) of +0 from each class, resulting in a totalBAB of +0. But that’s only due to the rounding of each fractionalvalue down to 0 before adding them together—the characteractually has BAB +3/4 from her rogue level and BAB +1/2 fromher wizard level. If the rounding was done after adding togetherthe fractional values, rather than before, the character wouldhave BAB +1 (rounded down from 1-1/4).The table below presents fractional values for the base saveand base attack bonuses presented in Table 3–1 in the Player’sHandbook. To determine the total base save bonus or base attackbonus of a multiclass character, add together the fractional valuesgained from each of her class levels.For space purposes, the table does not deal with the multipleattacks gained by characters with a base attack bonus of+6 or greater. A second attack is gained when a character’stotal BAB reaches +6, a third at +11, and a fourth at +16, justas normal.This variant is ideal for campaigns featuring many multiclasscharacters, since it results in their having slightly higher basesave and base attack bonuses than in a standard game.For example, in a standard game, a 5th-level cleric/2nd-levelfighter would have base save bonuses of Fort +7, Ref +1, Will +4.In this variant, the same character would have Fort +7 (roundeddown from +7-1/2), Ref +2 (rounded down from +2-1/3), andWill +5 (rounded down from +5-1/6).Another example: A standard 2nd-level rogue/9th-level wizardwould have a base attack bonus of +5, +1 from rogue and +4from wizard. Using the fractional system, that character’s baseattack bonus would be +6, +1-1/2 from rogue and +4-1/2 fromwizard, enough to gain a second attack at a +1 bonus.—Andy Collins</blockquote>

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