New Posts For Thread: Monster BAB is currently a problemhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29609949/Monster_BAB_is_currently_a_problemRight now the BAB of monsters is always at +5 to start. Which may be perfectly fine for plenty of monsters in the bestiary, but I don't see how it can apply to all monsters. Especially since players have now received a nerfed BAB. As it is, a simpleMaybe monsters should have a BAB based on the kind of threat level they should be. In 3.x, goblins were a CR 1/3. So if a CR 1 has a base attack at +5, should they have a +3, then with their ability mod, it might be +1 or +2. Gives them a roughlyhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29609949/Monster_BAB_is_currently_a_problem?post_id=527680609#527680609Maybe monsters should have a BAB based on the kind of threat level they should be. In 3.x, goblins were a CR 1/3. So if a CR 1 has a base attack at +5, should they have a +3, then with their ability mod, it might be +1 or +2. Gives them a roughlyWed, 02 Jan 2013 08:54:54 -0600This.This right here. It just doesn't feel right for a goblin (BAB+5) to be able to inflict a wound on a man in mail (AC 17) with an almost 50% success rate for every single attack it makes. 15% might be too little, but I want to see the goblin's chttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29609949/Monster_BAB_is_currently_a_problem?post_id=527678787#527678787This.This right here. It just doesn't feel right for a goblin (BAB+5) to be able to inflict a wound on a man in mail (AC 17) with an almost 50% success rate for every single attack it makes. 15% might be too little, but I want to see the goblin's cWed, 02 Jan 2013 07:30:59 -0600In our first encounter before the attack raise our cleric was downed in 1 turn. We definitely didn't think they were hitting too few times. And when people complain about a 15% chance of a goblin or a rat hitting something with 17 AC I think that's chttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29609949/Monster_BAB_is_currently_a_problem?post_id=527670211#527670211In our first encounter before the attack raise our cleric was downed in 1 turn. We definitely didn't think they were hitting too few times. And when people complain about a 15% chance of a goblin or a rat hitting something with 17 AC I think that's cTue, 01 Jan 2013 19:04:33 -0600In our first encounter before the attack raise our cleric was downed in 1 turn. We definitely didn't think they were hitting too few times. And when people complain about a 15% chance of a goblin or a rat hitting something with 17 AC I think that's chttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29609949/Monster_BAB_is_currently_a_problem?post_id=527670171#527670171In our first encounter before the attack raise our cleric was downed in 1 turn. We definitely didn't think they were hitting too few times. And when people complain about a 15% chance of a goblin or a rat hitting something with 17 AC I think that's cTue, 01 Jan 2013 19:02:18 -0600In our first encounter before the attack raise our cleric was downed in 1 turn. We definitely didn't think they were hitting too few times. And when people complain about a 15% chance of a goblin or a rat hitting something with 17 AC I think that's chttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29609949/Monster_BAB_is_currently_a_problem?post_id=527670157#527670157In our first encounter before the attack raise our cleric was downed in 1 turn. We definitely didn't think they were hitting too few times. And when people complain about a 15% chance of a goblin or a rat hitting something with 17 AC I think that's cTue, 01 Jan 2013 19:01:28 -0600