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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 8595759" data-attributes="member: 52734">I had a couple new players attempt to do this in 5E and it got me thinking why isn’t this done?.&nbsp; Also, looking through the Star Wars SAGA edition last night, you DO add your “proficiency” modifier to damage rolls.It’s easy enough to do to weapon attacks, but would it apply to spells?&nbsp; Maybe to cantrips*, but higher level spells, I‘m not so sure - both magic missile and fireball (multi-target spells) get a much greater boost.&nbsp; And what do you do for spells that inflict conditions (such as Charm Person) but don’t deal straight damage.&nbsp; And what about Sleep?I’m of two minds on it; it would help to make some combats go faster, but you lose some use of low-level baddies (kobolds certainly come to mind) unless you ramp up the numbers because you know they’re going to die in one hit for sure.Also, would monsters get this?* I am fine with Agonizing Blast going away so Warlocks can take more interesting abilities.&nbsp; Same for those class features that add a small damage bump to spells as a leveled feature.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 8595759, member: 52734"] I had a couple new players attempt to do this in 5E and it got me thinking [i]why isn’t this done?[/i]. Also, looking through the Star Wars SAGA edition last night, you DO add your “proficiency” modifier to damage rolls. It’s easy enough to do to weapon attacks, but would it apply to spells? Maybe to cantrips*, but higher level spells, I‘m not so sure - both [i]magic missile[/i] and [i]fireball[/i] (multi-target spells) get a much greater boost. And what do you do for spells that inflict conditions (such as Charm Person) but don’t deal straight damage. And what about [i]Sleep[/i]? I’m of two minds on it; it would help to make some combats go faster, but you lose some use of low-level baddies (kobolds certainly come to mind) unless you ramp up the numbers because you know they’re going to die in one hit for sure. Also, would monsters get this? * I am fine with Agonizing Blast going away so Warlocks can take more interesting abilities. Same for those class features that add a small damage bump to spells as a leveled feature. [/QUOTE]

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