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Tagged with ability-scores damage
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Does Swordsage's Insightful Strike Apply to Rolls for Ability Score Damage?
Insightful Strike, from the Tome of Battle's Swordsage class, says:
At 4th level, you can add your Wisdom modifier as a bonus on damage rolls whenever you execute a strike from the chosen discipline.
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Can you benefit from the Fencing Grace feat while wielding a buckler?
Fencing Grace:
When wielding a rapier one-handed, you can add your Dexterity modifier
instead of your Strength modifier to that weapon’s damage. The rapier
must be one appropriate for your size. You ...
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Can Cold Spell Specialization affect Shivering Touch?
I have a player trying to apply the benefits of Cold Spell Specialization to the spell Shivering Touch.
Shivering Touch:
On a successful melee touch attack, you instantly suck the heat from the ...
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Echo Knight multiclass damage calculations
I am currently working on a new character concept for an upcoming game and was unsure about what damages the Echo Knight's echo would actually be able to do.
For this scenario, the build will be a ...
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What is the spell I remember that delays ability damage?
I swear I could remember a spell in Pathfinder (though possibly in 3rd Ed) which, after being cast on a character, could slow subsequent ability damaging effects by dishing out the full damage over ...
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If you have a negative spellcasting ability modifier, how much damage does the Green-Flame Blade cantrip do to the second target below level 5?
The description of the green-flame blade cantrip (SCAG, p. 143) says:
As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the spell'...
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As a monk, can you make a melee attack roll using your Strength modifier, but roll damage with your Dexterity modifier?
I want to know if you can make an attack roll with one stat, but deal the damage with another. As a monk, can you make a melee attack roll using your Strength modifier, but roll damage with your ...
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What ability score modifier does a javelin's damage use? [duplicate]
I'm making a character, and this part always had me confused, so a friend helped me but never explained.
When you do your weapon damage, like 1d12 + 4, you use your Strength modifier for the damage ...
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Is the Great Weapon Master feat's +10 damage bonus added on top of your ability score modifier?
Using the Great Weapon Master feat, do you add the 10 damage bonus on top of the strength modifiers or is it just add 10 without the strength modifiers?
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What is Strength Damage?
So if an enemy does 1d2 Strength damage through poison and I the DM roll a 2, does that mean that the player has to subtract 2 from their Strength statistic, or do they just take 2 damage, or both? ...
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When is +2 Dex better than Crossbow Expert?
This answer to a previous question about crossbow builds without Crossbow Expert is relevant to me; my Rogue is about to reach 4th level.
If you only hit on a 20, the Crossbow Expert feat (PHB, p. ...
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If I punch someone and have a -2 Strength modifier, will I technically heal the target by 1 HP? [duplicate]
Unarmed strikes normally do damage equal to (1 + Str mod).
If I punch someone and have a -2 Strength modifier, will I technically heal the target by 1 HP?
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Does "Ability modifier damage" always include all bonuses?
We all know that a character's damage bonus gets enhanced by many kinds of bonuses — item bonus, feat bonus, power bonus, enhancement bonus, etc. Once all is said and done, a higher-level character's ...
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Why did the developers add Dex bonus to damage on Dex based attacks? [closed]
Why did the developers make Dexterity add to damage on DEX-based attacks? Are there statements by the writers/developers describing why DEX bonus is on damage done as well as to hit rolls? Have they ...
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Handling permanent ability damage from cursed items in character
I've been playing/DMing for some time and I'm running an old Planescape module I've updated for Pathfinder. This module contains the cursed item Vacuous Grimoire, which players have a chance of ...
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