Bit Fiend
2012-02-08, 08:15 PM
Greetings.
I recently had an idea to improve the importance of melee-classes (a little). It goes like this:
1. The number of attacks a character can do a round is not determined by his BAB. Instead he gains an extra attack at a cumulative -3 penalty for every 5 levels in a full BAB class. (Monk is changed to a full BAB class to be fair.)
2. Attacks with an offhand weapon use the same To Hit as the main hand and same number of attacks -1 (dropping the attack with the lowest attack bonus, minimum number of attacks is 1) with no penalty if the character has the Two Weapon Fighting feat (Improved and Greater Two Weapon Fighting do not exist) and is using a light offhand weapon. Wielding a medium or larger offhand weapon still applies the usual penalty of -2 to hit. Characters without the Two Weapon fighting feat still suffer the standard penalties for wielding more than one weapon and are restricted to a single attack with the offhand weapon, which is only usable as part of a Full Attack.
3. Attacking as a Standard Action will let the character use all extra attacks gained by levels in full BAB classes (and extra attacks from offhand weapons) -1 (dropping the attacks with the lowest attack bonus, minimum number of attacks is 1). Extra attacks from Flurry of Blows can also be used in a Standard Action attack.
4. Multiple Attacks per round by natural attacks (e.g. bear's "claw-claw-bite") are excluded from 3.. A creature may only use these additional attacks when using the Full Attack action.
Note: I am well aware that this does in no way change the fact that Wizards are still rearranging the fundamental laws of the universe and Fighters are still hitting stuff with metal objects. Frankly, I like it that way. I'm just worried about Clerics, Druids and their pets outfighting the Fighter and hope theses rules will make this a fair bit harder to accomplish.
All I'm asking is this: Would these rules have any significant impact or are they not even worth bothering?
Edit: Also I'm aware that my wording is horrible. I do have severe trouble with wording rules and similar things, so any help improving it is well appreciated.
I recently had an idea to improve the importance of melee-classes (a little). It goes like this:
1. The number of attacks a character can do a round is not determined by his BAB. Instead he gains an extra attack at a cumulative -3 penalty for every 5 levels in a full BAB class. (Monk is changed to a full BAB class to be fair.)
2. Attacks with an offhand weapon use the same To Hit as the main hand and same number of attacks -1 (dropping the attack with the lowest attack bonus, minimum number of attacks is 1) with no penalty if the character has the Two Weapon Fighting feat (Improved and Greater Two Weapon Fighting do not exist) and is using a light offhand weapon. Wielding a medium or larger offhand weapon still applies the usual penalty of -2 to hit. Characters without the Two Weapon fighting feat still suffer the standard penalties for wielding more than one weapon and are restricted to a single attack with the offhand weapon, which is only usable as part of a Full Attack.
3. Attacking as a Standard Action will let the character use all extra attacks gained by levels in full BAB classes (and extra attacks from offhand weapons) -1 (dropping the attacks with the lowest attack bonus, minimum number of attacks is 1). Extra attacks from Flurry of Blows can also be used in a Standard Action attack.
4. Multiple Attacks per round by natural attacks (e.g. bear's "claw-claw-bite") are excluded from 3.. A creature may only use these additional attacks when using the Full Attack action.
Note: I am well aware that this does in no way change the fact that Wizards are still rearranging the fundamental laws of the universe and Fighters are still hitting stuff with metal objects. Frankly, I like it that way. I'm just worried about Clerics, Druids and their pets outfighting the Fighter and hope theses rules will make this a fair bit harder to accomplish.
All I'm asking is this: Would these rules have any significant impact or are they not even worth bothering?
Edit: Also I'm aware that my wording is horrible. I do have severe trouble with wording rules and similar things, so any help improving it is well appreciated.