Spells: ranged touch attack

[MJinthePitt]

Which attack bonus does a character get? This always confuses me no matter how many times my GM has told me what to add (and I always forget).

Melee or Ranged?

[Adamantine Dragon]

ranged

[Grick]

MJinthePitt wrote:

Which attack bonus does a character get? This always confuses me no matter how many times my GM has told me what to add (and I always forget).

Melee or Ranged?

A ranged touch attack uses ranged.

A melee touch attack uses touch.

-edit-
I mean a melee touch attack uses melee.

They both are VS touch AC.

Sorry!

[MJinthePitt]

Grick wrote:

MJinthePitt wrote:

Which attack bonus does a character get? This always confuses me no matter how many times my GM has told me what to add (and I always forget).

Melee or Ranged?

A ranged touch attack uses ranged.

A melee touch attack uses touch.

Wow, that makes remarkably easy sense! Thank you.

[Happler]

Ranged touch attacks are ranged attacks vs the touch AC.

So, you would use the ranged attack bonus( generally BAB + dex mod + feats)

the target would only get their touch AC (no armor bonus, natural armor bonus, or shield bonuses).

[MendedWall12]

Italics are my words

d20pfsrd.com - Attack Rolls wrote:

Attack Bonus

Melee Touch attacks use this roll and attack an enemy's Touch AC
Your attack bonus with a melee weapon is:

Base attack bonus + Strength modifier + size modifier

Ranged Touch attacks use this roll and attack an enemy's Touch AC
Your attack bonus with a ranged weapon is:

Base attack bonus + Dexterity modifier + size modifier + range penalty