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understanding oathbow damage roll

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HI! I'm fairly new to DnD and roll20. I have an oath bow, with no sworn enemy. What are the two damages below the text for? They don't match the damage in the text for if it's a sworn enemy... What damage do I do, and why are there two??
The 14 piercing damage is the regular damage from the bow, though it should be a 1d8 damage roll, so I'm not sure how you got a 14.  The 10 piercing damage is the extra 3d6 that your sworn enemy would take. If you do not have a sworn enemy then you simply ignore the 'dmg2' damage on the right side. I'd have to see a screenshot of the mouseover for the damage rolls, or a screenshot of the weapon attributes on your character sheet to know for sure.  It's possible you have a Global Damage Modifier turned on or something. I'm guessing that's likely based on seeing the +4 for your attack rolls being displayed they way they are.
Sorry for not seeing your response sooner. Why would the damage (3d8 9 piercing damage) in the text not match the damage on the right hand 'dmg2'? I do have permanent bless (1d4) from a goddess :)
You’ll have to show a screenshot like I said above. 
You'll have to show the template you have for the attack - after using it, press up in the chat input and copy what appears, and paste it here. I suspect that either the damage isn't rolled in the description, and just uses a close-enough to average number, or it's rolled separately (which would be very unnecessary).
I thought my original post included a screen shot from chat. Here's two rolls I did last night with the Oath Bow:
Wait, I think I figured it out. You want this? @{Zilyana |wtype}&{template:atkdmg} {{mod=+11}} {{rname=Oathbow}} {{r1=[[@{Zilyana |d20}cs>20 + 3[DEX] + 5[PROF] + 3[MAGIC]]]}} @{Zilyana |rtype}cs>20 + 3[DEX] + 5[PROF] + 3[MAGIC]]]}} {{attack=1}} {{range=150/600}} {{damage=1}} {{dmg1flag=1}} {{dmg1=[[1d8 + 3[DEX] + 3[MAGIC]]]}} {{dmg1type=piercing}} {{damage=1}} {{dmg2flag=1}} {{dmg2=[[3d6]]}} {{dmg2type=piercing}} {{crit1=[[8[CRIT]]]}} {{crit2=[[3d6[CRIT]]]}} 0 {{desc=When you make a ranged Attack roll with this weapon against your Sworn Enemy, you have advantage on the roll. In addition, your target gains no benefit from cover, other than total cover, and you suffer no disadvantage due to Long Range. If the Attack hits, your Sworn Enemy takes an extra 3d6 [[3d6]] piercing damage.}}   {{spelllevel=}} {{innate=}} {{globalattack=@{Zilyana |global_attack_mod}}} {{globaldamage=[[0]]}} {{globaldamagecrit=[[0]]}} {{globaldamagetype=@{Zilyana |global_damage_mod_type}}} ammo= @{Zilyana |charname_output}
Amba said: I thought my original post included a screen shot from chat. Here's two rolls I did last night with the Oath Bow: Jarren said: I'd have to see a screenshot of the mouseover for the damage rolls, or a screenshot of the weapon attributes on your character sheet to know for sure.  It's possible you have a Global Damage Modifier turned on or something. I'm guessing that's likely based on seeing the +4 for your attack rolls being displayed they way they are. No, I don't need that screenshot from chat. If it's a screenshot from chat then it needs to include the mouseover (of the values that you're confused about): But a better screenshot would be from the character sheet itself, of the weapon attack settings, Global Attack Modifier and Global Damage Modifier sections, and the sheet settings:
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Oh yeah, I see the issue, you have separate 3d6 rolls in both the description and the r2 fields. These aren't linked in any way, so obviously they're likely to show different results. You could reuse the roll to show the same result for both, but it's much simpler if you just delete one of them from the attack details - either the [[3d6]] from the description, or uncheck the second damage entry.  EDIT: I would recommend deleting the [[3d6]] from the description, because the damage 2 field respects criticals.