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| Karesch |
Posted - 25 Jul 2004 : 08:23:20
Ok, I'm working on outlining a high level character, to give myself an outline of where my character is going to progress. The outline I'm creating is of a 40th level character, (yeah I plan to play it a long time) Now my question is this. If he's going to be 10th level of 4 different classes, once he reaches 20th level in overall class, do I switch to the Epic Level features for his saving throws, attack bonus, etc. Or do I just add the normal base attack bonus's and Saving throws together from each class, keeping in mind that the ceiling on Attacks/round don't exceed 4 based on Base Attack Bonus? I did it this way so far, and with them all added together I end up with a base attack bonus of 35/30/25/20. I can figure out spells/day and all that stuff, thats no problem, I'm just unsure how to handle attack bonus's and saving throws. According to the Epic Level HB, you add an overall attack bonus of +1 every even level, and an overall Save Bonus of +1 every odd level. But the way it seems to be worded in the Epic Level HB it sounds more like, you start that way once any given class reaches 21st level, thats when it kicks in, not when your overall character level reaches 20th. So if a multi-class character doesn't reach 20th level in any given class it doesn't accumulate that way. Am I right in my thinking, or wrong? Hope someone can correct me. Oh, and I play by 3.0 rules, not 3.5
K |
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| Karesch |
Posted - 25 Jul 2004 : 19:04:18
Thank you Arivia. I appreciate your reply. I thought I might have it confused, and wanted to double check against someone else's knowledge. Thank-ye again
K |
| Arivia |
Posted - 25 Jul 2004 : 12:03:16
I think you've confused class level and character level. Class level is the level a character has in any one class, while character level is the level of a character-that is, all their class levels added together. At 21st character level and above, your base attack and base save bonuses do not increase-you instead gain epic save and attack bonuses according to table 1-1 in the ELH. So, in short, you were wrong. Try reading pages 6-8 of the ELH again, especially "Adding a Second Class"-note that the last two lines of that section have been errataed/deleted/eaten by the editor monster-pick one, they don't count anymore. |
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