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=== Damage Roll === | === Damage Roll === | ||
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A Damage Roll is the second part of the basic combat mechanic in Epic Path, right after the Attack Roll. If you succeed in an Attack, Combat Maneuver, or in using a class ability, or racial ability, or any other ability such as use of a magic item, and you hurt a bad guy, how MUCH do you hurt them? | |||
This is an important matter, and is resolved by rolling some number of dice, adding or subtracting all modifiers, and telling that information to the GM or whoever is keeping track of the damage inflicted upon a monster. Once the total damage you have inflicted EQUALS or EXCEEDS their total hit points, the monster is dead, or, rarely, disabled or otherwise inconvenienced as the rules dictate or the GM decides. | |||
The ONLY way to defeat a monster or any other enemy in Epic Path is by reducing its hit point total to zero or less by making damage rolls, so if you ever want to win a fight, this is pretty important stuff. | |||
The number and type of dice you roll, and the adders you apply to that roll, is always defined by the weapon, magic item, class ability, or racial ability you used to make the attack. Read carefully! Math is required to play, sorry! | |||
=== Defenseless === | === Defenseless === | ||