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Character sheet templates created by the community for use in Roll20.
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Rework damage calculation for attack rolls #21

Closed FrederickMuench closed 4 years ago

FrederickMuench commented 4 years ago

Hovering over the calculated damage of an attack shows this:

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It's not really clear to the user how that value was calculated and it's not really clear what that means.

I would expect something like for the attack roll

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(Weapon damage die) + (STR / DEX modifer) + (Damage bonus from weapon) example: "1d8 + 1 + 0 = (5) + 1 + 0"

wesbaker commented 4 years ago

It’s like this to ensure a minimum of one damage. If we don’t care about results of 0, then I can easily show the resulting die roll.

FrederickMuench commented 4 years ago

I can't find any rules that says it can't be '0'. I'd argue it's more important to make the calculation visible. Any GM can easily make a ruling on this and decide for him-/herself. It's the same on all sheet i know from other games.

wesbaker commented 4 years ago

I think it’s reasonable to show the full roll and let the GM decide. But for what it’s worth, here it is in the rules:

Minimum damage: An attack which hits always deals at least one point of damage, even when damage modifiers reduce the number rolled to 0 or less.