Noob melee attack question


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hey everyone, im part of a new pathfinder group, and when we have been playing we've been playing where ranged attack is attack bonus + dex mod +d20 to hit. And melee is d20+base attack bonus. Is this right? I just bought the Hero labs character builder and its showing for melee it being D20+Str Mod+base attack bonus? which is right?

-thanks in advance to the awesome community.

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Parable wrote:

hey everyone, im part of a new pathfinder group, and when we have been playing we've been playing where ranged attack is attack bonus + dex mod +d20 to hit. And melee is d20+base attack bonus. Is this right? I just bought the Hero labs character builder and its showing for melee it being D20+Str Mod+base attack bonus? which is right?

-thanks in advance to the awesome community.

It's d20 + Str + Base attack bonus for Melee.

Dex you have right. Welcome to the game, it all gets clearer as you play more.


both are d20 + stat + base attack.

ranged uses dex.

melee uses strength.


What mojo said. =)

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