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Hey all, I am being a tard right now and frankly I can't figure out where in the books or the SRD where it says about multiclassing and having a high enough BAB to have multiple attacks. Can someone please point it out to me?
Basics in the PRD; scroll down a bit to Base Attack Bonus.
Add up the BAB from all your classes. Once your total BAB reaches +6 you get an extra attack at -5 (+6/+1). Likewise when you reach +11, and +16.
Don't know if it says it specifically anywhere, i'll have a look.
*edit* basically everytime you take a level (in anything) you add the BAB, Fort, Reflex & Will Saves, Skill pts, and Class Features from that class.
Any time you can subtract 5 from your Base Attack Bonus and still have a number greater than zero, you get an additional attack.
So a Fighter4/Wizard4 has a BaB of +6 which allows an iterative attack (+6/+1).
Just in addition as far as I'm aware the max number of attacks you can have with base attack bonus is 4. Yes I'm aware this is an old post, but as I have others might come for answers.
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So you necroed a seven(!) year old thread to site a rule that only has relevance when BAB exceeds +20, which can't happen for PCs in standard Pathfinder. Thank you.
Well, the reminder has some merits for GMs. When you close to CR 20, some monsters have a BAB beyond 20. Humbaba from Bestiary 3 is CR 19, with BAB 22. Skipping the fifth (etc.) attack speeds up combat a bit, so it's welcome at high level.
So you necroed a seven(!) year old thread to site a rule that only has relevance when BAB exceeds +20, which can't happen for PCs in standard Pathfinder. Thank you.
Actually, it can
Scaling Powers: Hit dice, base attack bonuses, and saving throws continue to increase at the same rate beyond 20th level, as appropriate for the class in question. Note that no character can have more than 4 attacks based on its base attack bonus. Note also that, before long, the difference between good saving throws and poor saving throws becomes awkwardly large—the further you get from 20th level, the more noticeable this difference grows, and for high-level characters, bolstering their poor saving throws should become increasingly important. Class abilities that have a set, increasing rate, such as a barbarian's damage reduction, a fighter's bonus feats and weapon training, a paladin's smite evil, or a rogue's sneak attack continue to progress at the appropriate rate.
/cevah
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That is in reference to the Epic Handbook and "other" rulesets that had beyond 20 level play, and a base outline for PF play for those GM's that wanted to go beyond that level. It further states that multi-classing/PrC's are the best way to go beyond level 20, limiting class levels to 20th level but allowing Character levels to go beyond the that ceiling.
The Mythic stuff has other things for the character to do to ramp up a campaign, and if truth be told, the Epic Handbook was a disaster.