Monk Accuracy

[AsmodeusDM]

Am I correct in looking at the Monk's BAB chart that a monk at a high enough level is more accurate when making multiple "unarmed" attacks then if she made a single attack?

i.e.

If a monk moved and then attacked at 20th level that attack would be at +15 BAB, however, if the same monk took a full-round action to Flurry the highest attack would be at +18 BAB?

[Abraham spalding]

yup you got it. However regardless for the purposes of feats like power attack she would use her "normal" BAB not her flurry of blows BAB.

*I hate split BABs... it was a bad idea in 3.0 and worse one now IMO*

[TheChozyn]

Yup at the higher levels the monk is more accurate with his flurry attacks then with regular attacks at higher levels.

It helps, IMO, represent the perfection of the monks art.

[kroarty]

Don't forget that at 2nd level, they also get that "improved accuracy" with Combat Maneuvers (only on offense)

[AsmodeusDM]

TheChozyn wrote:

Yup at the higher levels the monk is more accurate with his flurry attacks then with regular attacks at higher levels.

It helps, IMO, represent the perfection of the monks art.

But what is the monk is just making a single unarmed or monk-weapon strike - why would that be LESS accurate?

[kroarty]

Because he didn't have the chance to set himself in proper form, place his feat, focus, etc., that a full attack action entails.

You are, of course, welcome to perform a full attack action, and simply neglect to make more than one attack. You still take the "TWF" penalty, but you can have the Flurry BAB.

[something random]

Does anyone see any problem with a house rule that a monk using a standard action to attack is treated as having a BAB equal to there monk level?

[Dabbler]

AsmodeusDM wrote:

Am I correct in looking at the Monk's BAB chart that a monk at a high enough level is more accurate when making multiple "unarmed" attacks then if she made a single attack?

i.e.

If a monk moved and then attacked at 20th level that attack would be at +15 BAB, however, if the same monk took a full-round action to Flurry the highest attack would be at +18 BAB?

Welcome to the monk lover's pain.

The most mobile class in the game, and they have to stand still to fight. There have been many fixes proposed for this, including making the monk full BAB, or making them purely 3/4 BAB but with Weapon Training, but basically the system is cock-eyed and a right royal pain, and needs fixing.

[Talonhawke]

Abraham spalding wrote:

yup you got it. However regardless for the purposes of feats like power attack she would use her "normal" BAB not her flurry of blows BAB.

*I hate split BABs... it was a bad idea in 3.0 and worse one now IMO*

Since this thread got necro'd I figure i'll go ahead and point out that you do use flurry BAB to determine the effects of feats like PA or Deadly Aim.