Highest possible attack bonus?

Belkar · Post by **Belkar** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:15 am

Ive been doing some math, trying to figure out the highest possible ab you can get (not including weapon enchantment).

AA's must be on to of the list...

Baseattack 39
Dex +16
Arrow enchantment + 15
Focus, Epic Focus and Epic prowess + 4

Totalling for ab74

(noob question: does Arrow enchantment stack with weapon enchantment ?)
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But how high can you get you AB as a melee (when not including true-strike)

My guess is something like
12-hign-ab-class/28WM

baseattack 40
str +16
wm bonus +7
Focus, Epic Focus and Epic prowess + 4

Totalling for AB66

Rafael · Post by **Rafael** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:50 am

Arrows stack with waepon enchantment. Highest melee ab goes for dex halfling 11 ftr 28 WM 1 Harper. a Dexer elf would get 1 less, Assuming that buffs don't matter and you can get +20 magical bonus(Dexers can reach either 50 dex with taking that 1 harper lvl, and halflings get a size bonus to ab) the next would be a str wm with another 1 ab less then a rdd ranger with euqal ab, and rdd fighter with 2 ab less then the str wm and rdd ranger.

Heavy_Metal-2000 · Post by **Heavy_Metal-2000** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:17 pm

in epic lvls BAB is maxed out at 30 u only get 1 BAB per 2 lvls in epic lvls no matter the class
so 30 BAB +20 dex modifier assuming elf starting with 20 dex all stats to dex and great Dex 8 (its posible to go 52 dex if u sacrafice a couple lesser important feats)

for the sake of the explanation ill go with 50 dex/20 mod since that is wat my build ended with

9 ranger/2bard/29 AA

30BAB +20 dex modifier +15 (XV AA arrows modifier) + 1 (prowess) +1 (wepon focus) +2 (epic wep foc) = 69 +10 bow = 79 server i play on has +20 bows so therefor my end AB was 89 at lvl 40

as for STR WM orc with 20 start str and 11 fighter/28WM/1rogue

30BAB +20 str mod + 1 wep foc +1 prowess +2 epic wep foc +7 WM bonus = 61 +10 wep 71 again server has option of a +20 LS therefore 81 AB

feel free to correct me if im wrong but as far as i know that is the calculations

T3hRedMage · Post by **T3hRedMage** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:33 pm

38 cleric/ 1 bard/ 1 sorcerer?

25 BAB, +19 wisdom mod or 20 strength, +1 focus, +1 prowess, +2 epic focus, +20 sling, +19 or 20 GMW melee weapon, +20 magical bonus, +1 bard song, + 1 lucky aim with sling for halfling, +8 from war domain.

Not sure what stacks and what doesn't in the epic levels. I have a rough time remembering. But that's high 70's -90's.

-edit- But I know for sure Heavy is right that the BAB maxes out at 30, regardless if you're pure fighting or a pure BAB class.

Rafael · Post by **Rafael** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:46 am

Heavy_Metal-2000 wrote:in epic lvls BAB is maxed out at 30 u only get 1 BAB per 2 lvls in epic lvls no matter the class
so 30 BAB +20 dex modifier assuming elf starting with 20 dex all stats to dex and great Dex 8 (its posible to go 52 dex if u sacrafice a couple lesser important feats)

for the sake of the explanation ill go with 50 dex/20 mod since that is wat my build ended with

9 ranger/2bard/29 AA

30BAB +20 dex modifier +15 (XV AA arrows modifier) + 1 (prowess) +1 (wepon focus) +2 (epic wep foc) = 69 +10 bow = 79 server i play on has +20 bows so therefor my end AB was 89 at lvl 40

as for STR WM orc with 20 start str and 11 fighter/28WM/1rogue

30BAB +20 str mod + 1 wep foc +1 prowess +2 epic wep foc +7 WM bonus = 61 +10 wep 71 again server has option of a +20 LS therefore 81 AB

feel free to correct me if im wrong but as far as i know that is the calculations

That AA would not have 30 bab, it would be 29, as for the WM you can't get a str modiffer higher then 19 without rdd lvls since Epic strength isn't a n epic bonus feat for any of the classes.

Rafael · Post by **Rafael** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:49 am

as For your Build Red, +20 waepon bonus doesn't stack with any other bonuses you've listed exept for feat or racial ones such as lucky aim.

Heavy_Metal-2000 · Post by **Heavy_Metal-2000** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 5:13 pm

ok so yeh 29 BAB since you need 1 pre epic bard lvl for that build. Also i forgot that for AA dex is a epic bonus feat where as strength is not for WM.

Mostly just wanted to point out that you can't have more than 30 BAB as Belkar was implying with his calculations.

T3hRedMage · Post by **T3hRedMage** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:40 am

o_o I still made a zen cleric, that wasn't even focused in sling or anything that had level 73 AB. That's pretty good. It was human too.

Rafael · Post by **Rafael** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:36 am

T3hRedMage wrote:o_o I still made a zen cleric, that wasn't even focused in sling or anything that had level 73 AB. That's pretty good. It was human too.

Ab listed in CS or in the logs? :>

T3hRedMage · Post by **T3hRedMage** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:33 pm

The AB in CS was like 90 something.

Rafael · Post by **Rafael** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 2:56 am

You had 25 bab or 30?

T3hRedMage · Post by **T3hRedMage** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:42 am

I dunno. I just roughly estimated. I'm not that good with epic builds. I played on the Kelahar's Seal ( Vipers Den ) server before it went down.