Thread: Damage Calculated Correctly?
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January 19th, 2018, 19:51 #1
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Damage Calculated Correctly?
Hey guys,
I'm new to both savage worlds and fantasy grounds. I'm pretty pumped about making a campaign for my buddies in the Hellfrost setting and I need your input to see if I'm misunderstanding savage worlds damage rules or if there's a bug in the Hellfrost/SavageWorlds modules. I've created an NPC and he has a d4 strength. When I give him a long sword FG autocalcs his damage as 2d4 but I thought a longsword was Str+d8. Is there some hidden rule in SW that caps the damage of the weapon at your Strength die? Because when I give my NPC a d10 STR it calculates the damage as d10+d8. which seems correct.
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January 19th, 2018, 20:09 #2
Welcome to the forums.
This is how Savage Worlds does melee damage. Some further info here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...light=StrengthPrivate Messages: My inbox is forever filling up with PMs. Please don't send me PMs unless they are actually private/personal messages. General FG questions should be asked in the forums - don't be afraid, the FG community don't bite and you're giving everyone the chance to respond and learn!
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January 19th, 2018, 21:05 #3
Welcome to savage worlds. It is a wonderful system and there is a great savage worlds community out there. Hellfrost is a fantastic setting too - Rassilon is a huge, vibrant continent.
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January 19th, 2018, 21:15 #4
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It's calculates correctly. In fact, I've learned a thing or two about SW rules because FG does it right when I had read the rules wrong. The great thing about a strength cap on melee damage is that Str is not a dump stat. In fact, in SW, there are no dump stats. I love it.
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January 19th, 2018, 22:59 #5
I gotta ask, what's a 'dump' stat?
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