Talk:Free attack

Full BAB and Polymorph Merge Anomaly
Apparently, unarmed polymorph forms get all the benefits of the additional attacks (like Haste's +AC & Divine Power's strength adjustment) EXCEPT the full BAB. For those with monk levels, the BAB of the additional attacks continues to decrease at a -3AB rate (eg. a hasted monk dragon under the influence of Divine Power and attacking with Flurry of Blows would exhibit a BAB schedule of 25-22-19-16-13-10-7-4 rather than 25-22-19-16-13-25-20-15) while non-monk unarmed polymorphs use the -5AB schedule. This has only been tested for several of the druid and shifter shapes, not the forms from standard or epic spells, though I suspect it may be consistent. The armed forms like Kobold Commando & Risen Lord acquire the full BAB extra attack schedule as expected, the same one as the non-polymorphed feat owner experiences.

I was unsure whether this anomaly had been mentioned in another article. I've checked the polymorph, extra attack, and all the shapechange feat articles without finding any mention of this fact. I suppose this was not the case in versions prior to v1.69 because I've seen some older character builds which exploited the full attack bonuses especially for dragons, supposedly according to the combat logs used to confirm expectations at that time. I suggest that this anomaly be mentioned wherever it makes the most sense. I have no way to determine if this was the intended dynamic planned by BioWare (mainly, because it changed from version to version) or it is a bug that "slipped through the cracks" of the final release.--Iconclast (talk) 02:23, October 16, 2012 (UTC)