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BananaNomNom

2017-02-17, 10:07 PM

So, as most people know creatures with 6 or more BAB get a bonus attack that round. now does that apply to mindless creatures as i have seen some with a +10 BAB yet no entires have said +10/+1. Any input?

Malimar

2017-02-17, 10:10 PM

Iterative attacks from BAB apply to anything that attacks with a manufactured weapon (and/or unarmed strike).

They do not apply to natural attacks, which is all a lot of monsters have.

BananaNomNom

2017-02-17, 10:14 PM

Iterative attacks from BAB apply to anything that attacks with a manufactured weapon (and/or unarmed strike).

They do not apply to natural attacks, which is all a lot of monsters have.

So lets say I have a bloodhulk crusher (MMIV Pg. 21) BAB +10, and give it a sword does it gain the bonus?

MisterKaws

2017-02-17, 10:22 PM

So lets say I have a bloodhulk crusher (MMIV Pg. 21) BAB +10, and give it a sword does it gain the bonus?

Yes, and it also gains all the penalties associated with non-proficiency.

BananaNomNom

2017-02-17, 10:30 PM

Yes, and it also gains all the penalties associated with non-proficiency.

was just a example.

Crake

2017-02-17, 11:52 PM

To answer your question, if it has BAB greater than 6, even if it's not written down, it gets iterative attacks with manufactured weapons. The only reason it's written as +6/+1 in the class tables is to make it clear to players, but technically you don't have "+6/+1" BAB, you just have "+6" bab, and the very nature of having a bab greater than 5 (and then greater than 10 and 15 later on) is that you get an extra attack.