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David Grabiner  
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 More options Jun 16 2010, 12:20 am
Newsgroups: rec.games.roguelike.moria
From: David Grabiner <grabi...@alumni.princeton.edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:20:55 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Wed, Jun 16 2010 12:20 am
Subject: Re: damage bonus question
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On May 16, 1:55 pm, "kaleto" <no_...@nowhere.net> wrote:

> I'm curious about how damage bonuses are calculated.

> Let's say my strength damage bonus is +4, my Gloves of Slaying damage is +3,
> I have a x4 Composite Bow with damage bonus +10, and am using arrows (1d4)
> that are SE with damage bonus of +4.

> Knowing that SE does x2 damage vs evil monsters, what kind of damage range
> would I be looking at?  Specifically, I'm wondering whether the x2 damage vs
> evil is calculated AFTER factoring all damage bonuses or just on the 1d4
> damage of the arrows.

The multiplier on arrows applies after all bonuses are added, while
the multiplier on melee weapons applies only to the weapon's base
damage.  Thus your example does (1d4+17)*8; you don't get the +4 from
strength when using a bow.

 
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