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Originally posted by Magness:
BTW, Base Attack Bonus or "BAB" is apparantly the 3rd ed version of THAC0.
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Not necessarily. Base attack bonus is the bonus to your To Hit roll, To Hit is more of the 2nd ed. THAC0. The game rolls a d20, adds the BAB, and then all modifiers. Damage is pretty much the same though. Roll a d20, add modifiers, subtract the damage from the enemy's health.
Health-wise, the PnP and IWD2 games are different. IWD2 maintains the =0 or lower you die. In PnP, 0=inactive, -1 thru -9=unconcious and dying, and -10=death. I prefer this method, but it would be too complicated to work this into a game.