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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoeNotCharles" data-source="post: 4582459" data-attributes="member: 79945">How about this?The way the rules are written, this gives you the weapon bonus and all ability bonuses for each attack, but all the other bonuses are added afterward so they'd be added to the total just once.  (See the example in the PHB p276: the total of 2[W]+Str modifier damage is given as 2d8+7, with the +7 including the Strength modifier, +2 feat bonus, and +2 enhancement bonus.  So the weapon enhancement isn't part of the 2[W] or the Str modifier parts of the damage, it's just an extra that's not explicitly listed and applied at the end.I believe this is just a rephrasing of Option 2, but it makes more conceptual sense than to apply some parts of the damage to one roll and the rest to another.  It also makes it clearer how resistances affect this - they're subtracted, once, from the final total.  (This phrasing also reminds me a bit of the "several attack rolls but one damage roll" feature of close and area attacks, which makes it fit the tone of the rules better than the wording of the options above.)</blockquote>