Did I get this right?

[Craig1234]

Just rolled up a practice character before walking my group through the process and ran into one or two snags. First was figuring attack and damage on my gnome barbarian's weapons. I think I got it right in the end, but want to check.

First, I calculated the BAB. Since he's a barbarian 1st level, that's +1 and another +1 because he's a gnome for a total BAB of +2. Then I gave him a longsword which does 1d6 dmg (since the gnome is small). His STR is +3, which added to the BAB of +2 gives him +5 to attack and makes the damage 1d6+3, yes? Being a nice player, I also gave him a shortbow (1d4 dmg) so that he wouldn't get bored banging things all the time. For that, I added his DEX (+2) to his BAB and got +4 to attack and 1d4+2 dmg, is that correct?

The only other question I had was on a spot for the spell resistance. I found nothing in either the gnome or barbarian sections that explained that, and presume that they just don't have any - but when would that box come into play with a PC?

Thanks.

[Nifty Butterfinger]

Craig123, your math seems to be coming up pretty much right on, but some of the terms used are a little off. (You may ask why even bother bringing it up and the answer is: because some of these bonuses are specifically named and as a result do not always stack with another bonus of the same name)

Gnome Bbn1:

MELEE:
BaB: +1
Size Bonus to hit: +1
Strength bonus to hit: +3 (assumes a 16 or 17 STR score)

So the longsword to hit modifier is indeed +5 and he rolls 1d6+3 damage should the roll be high enough to hit his enemy. Should he use the weapon in two hands, the damage becomes 1d6+4 because he gets his STR modifier x 1.5 (remember to round down when multiplying) as a damage bonus instead of +3.

RANGED:
BaB: +1
Size Bonus to hit: +1
Dexterity bonus to hit: +2 (assumes a 14 or 15 DEX score)

The shortbow to hit modifier is +4 and he rolls 1d4 for damage. Should he begin using a composite shortbow, he could begin to take advantage of his higher Strength. Read the rules about Composite bows carefully because there are a few issues with having one and then getting your STR damaged or drained.

You do not normally add DEX bonuses to shortbow attacks.

Hope this helps,

Nifty

[Craig1234]

That definitely helps, just want to clarify a two things a bit more.

1) for the short bow, my calculation for the damage actually included the BAB and not DEX. I had initially thought the BAB was included in the damage for both, and when I corrected that, I forgot to remove the +2 on the bow. Either way, I understand why its just the 1d4 now.

2) A question on the way you specify the size bonus to hit, does that mean that the +1 size bonus is not incorporated into the BAB? I figured as it always is used it would count as +1 to BAB.

Finally, could you shed some light on the use of the spell resistance box?

Thanks

[Humphry B ManWitch]

spell resistance box is there for those that have spell resistance there are various way s of getting it

Some Races
magical items
spells

usually it is blank as most don't have spell resistance.

[Durngrun Stonebreaker]

Craig1234 wrote:

That definitely helps, just want to clarify a two things a bit more.

1) for the short bow, my calculation for the damage actually included the BAB and not DEX. I had initially thought the BAB was included in the damage for both, and when I corrected that, I forgot to remove the +2 on the bow. Either way, I understand why its just the 1d4 now.

2) A question on the way you specify the size bonus to hit, does that mean that the +1 size bonus is not incorporated into the BAB? I figured as it always is used it would count as +1 to BAB.

Finally, could you shed some light on the use of the spell resistance box?

Thanks

Size bonus does not figure into base attack bonus. That's based off your class/level and determines the number of attacks you can get (extra attack at +6, etc) and certain feat requirements (Weapon Focus requires +1 BAB).

[Craig1234]

ok, so that all makes sense now. thanks.