pokemon daggerheart prep

I have found it out. It typically does the approval when I quote something

When using weapons, the weapon being used does matter for not just the chance to hit(aka attack roll) but also for the damage roll(aka what you roll for damage). You're a Ranger with a Shortbow right now. That's an Agility based weapon with a range of Far(12 squares so any target that isn't behind an obstruction can be hit up to 12 squares away) and has a Damage modifier of D6 +3.

That means when making an attack roll, you roll your Duality Dice and add your Agility modifier(+2) to the roll because the Bow is an Agility weapon. On success, you then roll a D6 based on your Proficiency(which for level 1 is just 1). Proficiency determines the number of D6 dice you roll and will become 2 at level 2, 3 at level 5 and 4 at level 8. You can further upgrade Proficiency via level-up two more times(soft-cap of 6) but can only do so at Tier 3(levels 5-7) and Tier 4(levels 8-10). At level 1, you'd roll a single D6 but at level two, you'd roll 2D6(two D6 dice). Take the result of your D6 roll(say 5) and add 3 to get 8 Physical damage.

Swapping to Daggers changes three things. 1) Your attack range decreases from Far to Melee(1 square), your trait swaps from Agility to Finesse(you have +1 here I think?), hence you'd have a different Trait bonus on Attack rolls. 3) Your Damage will change to D8 +3(+2 of that comes from secondary Small Dagger). Number of D8 dice depends on Proficiency, which when you evolve(at level 5) would be three so 3D8 +3 or you get 4 + 6 + 4 = 14 + 3 = 17 damage. That assumes you hit because you won't benefit from Agility but instead your Finesse.

Granted I'm using Tier 1 Weapon examples. You could get Tier 2 or maybe Tier 3 hardware by the time you evolve. The only thing that changes is the +damage modifier, not the damage dice(aka D6 or D8). So a Tier 3 Shortbow still uses D6 but the bonus goes from +3 to +9.

I miss the old days..