When I roll the die on my turn to attack and roll 15 does that mean I do 15 damage? It confuses me because I see most people's characters only have around 10 hit points which would mean majority of the time they will just die.
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Yes I have the rule book from the mines of phandelver core set starter set – Lolypops Dec 07 '16 at 07:46
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4related: How exactly does the Attack Bonus on Weapons work in DnD 5e?, How do I understand the Starter Set attack roll? possible duplicate: I'm confused about combat; how can I hope to hit anything? – daze413 Dec 07 '16 at 07:53
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How much of the free Basic Rules have your read about making attack rolls? Is there something there that still confuses you? – daze413 Dec 07 '16 at 07:56
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Yeah just the attacking, like rolling a 15, does that mean it does 15 damage – Lolypops Dec 07 '16 at 08:03
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No, rolling a 15 is not 15 damage.
An attack and its damage in D&D is (since at least 3rd edition!) handled in two steps:
- Roll 1d20 + Attack Bonus (depends on your edition, class and stats) + situation modifiers (including penalties)
- If you roll the targets Armor Class (AC) or higher, goto 2, otherwise goto 3
- Check your weapon's damage: roll that die, possibly add stat modifiers.
- That was your action. Check if you got another, otherwise you are finished.
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I think this would be improved with some pointers to the relevant rules: OP indicates they're using the Starter Set, and all of this is covered in that book's second chapter, which runs all of 4 pp. if I'm recalling correctly. (AFB 'til tomorrow.) – nitsua60 Dec 07 '16 at 16:02