RE: 306: I can see the merit in the discussion, that's why I asked, it seemed off to me, given the wording in Unearthed Arcana.

... the larger Hit Die. A monk/sorcerer would
use d8 as her Hit Die and have 8 hit points (plus Constitution
modifi er) at 1st level, for example.
Base Attack Bonus: Choose the better progression from the
two classes.
Base Saving Throw Bonuses: For each...
To me, the confusion was, it seemed to setup a precedence that if you had technically chosen the better of the two progressions at any given level in the past levels didn't matter.

Of course from the answers here it seems like each side is always in effect in the cases of saves and base attack bonus, you just don't use one side or the other if it happens to be weaker.

That probably doesn't make much sense, and I, like most things in d&d am reading way to far into the intended meanings lol.