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[D&D 5th] Character Sheet Damage Bonus Why?

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Looking through the DM rules (pdf) the PHB, Reddit, and the Wizard forums I can't find any mention of 'Damage Bonus.' However, on the 5e character sheet here on roll20 it lists Damage Bonus? What is that and why is it there? Everywhere else I've looked online says there is no damage bonus in 5e. Also where is Passive Wisdom(Perception) located on the sheet? I've also looked through the wiki and after six hours of searching between two people no answer. Any help?
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Damage bonus in the character sheet (the one under weapons) refers to the associated ability modifier which is added to the damage rolls (PHB page 176,177,196). The PHB etc dont call it damage bonus but its essentially the same thing. There isn't a passive perception on the sheet as far as I can tell, but its simple enough to calculate,10+perception modifier.
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Sungrass
Plus
Sheet Author
If you mean the damage bonus on the first page, that's meant to be in addition to any other bonuses. For example, a fighter that chooses the Archery fighting style gains a +2 to ranged attacks, which goes in there. The passive score for each skill is listed in the blue box at the end of each skill entry.
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Actoba
Pro
Sheet Author
I suppose as the author of the sheet I should chime in....so here is the longer version of what Calle already posted :) Before I start, I find it unlikely that you couldn't find the passive skill scores (and that someone else confirmed this!) and it makes me think you are not using the correct version of the sheet (older playtest sheets did not have passive skill scores). So i'll repeat what I always say in this situation : The correct sheet is the "Dungeons & Dragons 5th Ed." sheet. This sheet is fully up to date with the rules as released for free (Basic rules) by WoTC on their website and the Player Handbook which is available to buy. The incorrect, and no longer maintained or updated sheet, is the one called "D&D Next *PLAYTEST RULES*". This sheet was designed only to be played using the playtest ruleset and is NOT compatible with the fully released 5e ruleset. You can check if you are using the correct sheet as follows - If you are the GM of the campaign, make sure the correct character sheet is selected in the campaign settings page. If you are a player, check the top of the sheet....the 5e sheet has a "Last Updated" date at the top of it....the old and out of date playtest sheet does not. Your GM will need to update the sheet choice for the campaign if it is incorrect. If you are using the old "Next" sheet and want to upgrade to the correct "5e" sheet you should recreate the characters you have when upgrading to avoid the potential problems you may have with attributes from the 2 different sheets conflicting and causing inaccurate stats to be used when performing rolls even though the new sheet would display the correct stats! ------ Right then on to the specific questions asked here here's a link to the wiki page for the 5e sheet containing answers to many questions about the sheet - <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/DnD5e_Character_Sheet" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/DnD5e_Character_Sheet</a> The wiki page should be easy to find. It is listed at the bottom of the sheet itself (this is another check to see if you are using the correct sheet as it's not on the old "Next" sheet!) in the instructions for using the sheet (if you are the DM and select which sheet to use from the campaign settings page) in virtually every question thread asked in this very forum regarding the 5e sheet. as either the 1st or 2nd result when searching on google for "roll20 5e", or "roll20 5e character sheet" or similar. On the occasions where it gets bumped down to 2nd result, the 1st result is a series of links to the threads i've posted on this forum when i've announced further updates to the sheet...all of which have links to the wiki page and lots of helpful info and discussion not just from me but many other users and sheet authors If you can let me know where you think it should also be listed to make it easier for people to find please let me know and i'll do what I can to make the link available there. Passive scores for every skill are auto calculated and listed in each skill row under the "Pass" heading. They all have a light blue background. Damage bonus on the sheet could be referring to several different sections so i'll cover each of them : On the Core Stats section of the sheet there is a section called Bonuses/Penalties. This allows a player to automaticall apply any bonus or penalty that applies globally to all rolls of a certain type provided the in built roll buttons are used For example, a player gains a magical item/buff/ or other enhancement that provides him with a +1 to all melee attack rolls. Instead of adding that to each weapon line the player can simply add that to the correct box here and the bonus applies automatically to all melee weapon rolls. Bonuses should be added without the "+" symbol (though i plan to fix that issue soon!) if it's simply a static bonus...but can be (or can be combined with) a dice roll too. So all of these are valid entries (without the quotes) : "2", "1d4-1", "15+1d20-2d6", "-4" On the Weapons section of the sheet the "Dmg Bonus" column is an auto calculated bonus that is added to your damage roll for that weapon. Typically this will be either your strength or dexterity modifier (determined automatically based on other settings in the row) + any magic bonus the weapon gives + any other bonus you entered in the appropriate weapon damage bonus fields previously mentioned. For example, a 16 strength player weilding a mundane Warhammer with 1 hand, and with no other bonus or enhancement will do 1d8 bludegoning damage + the damage bonus field...which in this case will be 3 The spellbook section, similar to the weapon lines mentioned above, has several options to add a stat modifier to the spells healing/damage and/or any other bonus you may have Hope this helps :)
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Lithl
Pro
Sheet Author
API Scripter
Actoba, have you tried getting the playtest sheet removed from the "approved" list of sheets? I'm sure you could talk to Riley and get it removed from approved.yaml without removing the code from the GitHub, making it still available to Mentor GMs that really want to use the playtest rules instead of the officially released ones, while reducing the duplication of systems in the sheet list and avoiding some measure of confusion with your sheets.
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Actoba
Pro
Sheet Author
I have not asked for the sheet to be removed as this would break the games for anyone still using it. I would have no issue were it to be removed though....but without access to metrics that indicate whether anyone is still using it I cant make that call....nor do i have the ability to do it either. Instead I have taken steps to clarify the purpose of the sheet at every step including updating the approved.yaml file myself in a recent update (and sending Riley PM's explaining why to make sure it was ok...no responses but the pull request was accepted so I assume it was ok!), updating the sheet itself, and responding to questions/queries sent to me via PM and on the forums here. I understand why people get confused, it's just a little frustrating taking the time to put all the info out there in various locations and formats but still have it missed. It probably would have helped if the full release ended up being called "Next" after the playtest/marketing effort/logos/etc that were out there for it! I also think that most people still dont realise that the sheet's are community made...but again i'm not sure what more could be done to indicate this. So i'll just keep on churning out detailed answers so that future readers that do actually stumble across threads/wiki pages/etc... hopefully get the help/answers they need :)
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Lithl
Pro
Sheet Author
API Scripter
Actoba said: I have not asked for the sheet to be removed as this would break the games for anyone still using it. Actually, I'm pretty sure Riley said somewhere that if someone's using a sheet and it were to be removed from the list, they'd be able to continue using it until the GM changed the sheet for the campaign (at which point they wouldn't be able to change back). You could always ask Riley.
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Actoba
Pro
Sheet Author
I'll send him another PM then. I have no issues with it being removed as an option and always thought that would be likely at somepoint...I guess we're far enough removed from the playtest now that it makes sense to go ahead and pull the trigger providing it doesnt bork anything for people still using it.
Hey guys thanks for all the response, sorry didn't get back to you sooner things have been hectic. After some thought I've found out what I was doing wrong. Under Damage Type I would put 3 Slashing instead of just Slashing or Piercing etc. This ultimately resulted in the confusion about what Damage Bonus is since I thought the +3 (Dex modifier in case of a rogue) was supposed to go in the Damage Type field. That's what a long day does.