Damage Rolls: Help! [Archive] - Wizards Community

Damage Rolls: Help! [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
johnieb
09-30-05, 02:28 AM I'm new to D&D, so please forgive me if this is a dumb q:
A creature's damage roll is "1d12+10/[TS]3"
What does the denomenator mean, i.e. what does "[TS]" refer to??????
Nom
09-30-05, 02:43 AM I'm new to D&D, so please forgive me if this is a dumb q:
A creature's damage roll is "1d12+10/[TS]3"
What does the denomenator mean, i.e. what does "[TS]" refer to??????Eh? Where did you see that?

Usual notation is (eg) 1d8+4 /x3 or 2d6+5 19-20/x2. The first means 1d8+4 with a threat (possible crit) on natural 20 and x3 critical multiplier, while the latter is 2d6+5 with threat on 19-20 and x2 critical multiplier.
johnieb
09-30-05, 03:13 AM "Relgore" from "Dry Spell", a level 3 free download adventure from the wizards.com website.
Thanks for the tip on the critical damage part. I guess I can finish the encounter with just the regular damage roll portion, and ignore the critical modifier.

Much obliged.
Nom
09-30-05, 07:38 AM Same on my copy. How bizarre.

He's using a greataxe, so it should be /x3. If he rolls a natural 20 on an attack roll he may roll again. If the second roll is a hit, he rolls the damage three times (not just once) and the target suffers the total. If the second roll misses, he just deals normal damage.
Beamup
09-30-05, 12:25 PM Probably it's a font error. I'd guess that it was supposed to be just x3, but whoever wrote it used an odd font for the x, which showed up as a [TS] when processed through an application that didn't understand the font.
Tyler Do'Urden
09-30-05, 02:16 PM Maybe it's a weird abbrev. of "times" which never got replaced with an X.

A character error in a font wouldn't show up as four other characters. It'd show up as a weird little box thing like this: ࡋ.
Beamup
09-30-05, 02:19 PM A character error in a font wouldn't show up as four other characters. It'd show up as a weird little box thing like this: ?.
Depends on the application in question. A few do the box bit, most don't. I've seen special fonts show up in at least half-a-dozen different ways. And that wasn't even looking for it.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
johnieb 09-30-05, 02:28 AM	I'm new to D&D, so please forgive me if this is a dumb q: A creature's damage roll is "1d12+10/[TS]3" What does the denomenator mean, i.e. what does "[TS]" refer to??????
Nom 09-30-05, 02:43 AM	I'm new to D&D, so please forgive me if this is a dumb q: A creature's damage roll is "1d12+10/[TS]3" What does the denomenator mean, i.e. what does "[TS]" refer to??????Eh? Where did you see that? Usual notation is (eg) 1d8+4 /x3 or 2d6+5 19-20/x2. The first means 1d8+4 with a threat (possible crit) on natural 20 and x3 critical multiplier, while the latter is 2d6+5 with threat on 19-20 and x2 critical multiplier.
johnieb 09-30-05, 03:13 AM	"Relgore" from "Dry Spell", a level 3 free download adventure from the wizards.com website. Thanks for the tip on the critical damage part. I guess I can finish the encounter with just the regular damage roll portion, and ignore the critical modifier. Much obliged.
Nom 09-30-05, 07:38 AM	Same on my copy. How bizarre. He's using a greataxe, so it should be /x3. If he rolls a natural 20 on an attack roll he may roll again. If the second roll is a hit, he rolls the damage three times (not just once) and the target suffers the total. If the second roll misses, he just deals normal damage.
Beamup 09-30-05, 12:25 PM	Probably it's a font error. I'd guess that it was supposed to be just x3, but whoever wrote it used an odd font for the x, which showed up as a [TS] when processed through an application that didn't understand the font.
Tyler Do'Urden 09-30-05, 02:16 PM	Maybe it's a weird abbrev. of "times" which never got replaced with an X. A character error in a font wouldn't show up as four other characters. It'd show up as a weird little box thing like this: ࡋ.
Beamup 09-30-05, 02:19 PM	A character error in a font wouldn't show up as four other characters. It'd show up as a weird little box thing like this: ?. Depends on the application in question. A few do the box bit, most don't. I've seen special fonts show up in at least half-a-dozen different ways. And that wasn't even looking for it.