Newbie ?? re: Spell Damage

[Zooko]

Does "+" mean "add 2d6-OE and add bonusses for caster's level"? Or does it just mean "add bonusses for caster's level" and all damage even without the "+" gets the 2d6-OE?

[Graeme Dice]

Zooko said:
Does "+" mean "add 2d6-OE and add bonusses for caster's level"? Or does it just mean "add bonusses for caster's level" and all damage even without the "+" gets the 2d6-OE?

Every single damage roll in the game is handled as:
damage + 2d6oe - effective_protection - 2d6oe
There are no execptions to this rule. I have no idea what you are asking otherwise.

[Arralen]

Every spell damage gets +(2D6oe).

DAM 10+ means the spell does the listed damage (10 + 2D6oe) if the caster meets the requirements, and bonus damage for every additional level in the path that is listed first. How much, I'm not shure, though.

[Kristoffer O]

As Arralen says + means higher dmg with higher lvl. THe amount varies from spell to spell, but is about +1 for spells with dmg 1-10, +2 for spells with dmg 10-20. Some spells have higher bonuses, but that is rare (thunder strike IIRC and banefire). In the case of fatigue dmg it might be +5 / lvl (ghost grip).

[Zooko]

Thanks for the explanations!

[Zooko]

So, is it +3 for spells with dmg 20-30?

[FarAway Pretender]

Cool! Thank you so much for the clarification(s)!! Really does help me a lot, and also affects the spells I'll be casting going forward (with some of my spellcasters, at least!).