User:Bloonpauper/Damage

Added damage

Added damage, or flat damage, refers to the raw numerical damage rolls that form the basis of your damage. An example of this modifier is Adds 1-4 Physical Damage to Attacks. The primary source of added damage for an attack is the weapon. The primary source of added damage for a spell is stated on the skill itself. Added damage on spells scale with gem levels.

These distinctions inform the conventional weapon choices for attack and spell builds. Attack builds use martial weapons, like bows, crossbows, quarterstaves, and maces. These weapons supply the added damage their skills depend on. Spell builds use caster weapons like wands and staves, which can roll caster modifiers and do not have any inherent martial stats. You could not attack with a wand even if a skill allowed it, because the wand would have no attack stats with which to inform the damage calculations.