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<blockquote data-quote="Arial Black" data-source="post: 7405434" data-attributes="member: 6799649">The 5e rules are written using natural language. The use of the apostrophe (the ' character) in a word, followed by an s, indicates the possessive case and differentiates it from the plural.So &quot;the attack's damage dice&quot; indicates that the damage dice are possessed by (belong to) the attack.If it was written &quot;the attacks&quot; it would mean more than one attack.It it is written &quot;the attack's&quot; then it possesses whatever follows.If it is written &quot;the attacks'&quot; then these multiple attacks would possess whatever follows.The punctuation used, the apostrophe followed by the s, indicates the possessive case in English. Therefore, the language used is already adequate to express that the damage dice belong to (are possessed by) the attack roll.No errata needed. All that is needed is sufficient understanding of written English.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arial Black, post: 7405434, member: 6799649"] The 5e rules are written using natural language. The use of the apostrophe (the ' character) in a word, followed by an s, indicates the possessive case and differentiates it from the plural. So "the attack's damage dice" indicates that the damage dice are possessed by (belong to) the attack. If it was written "the attacks" it would mean more than one attack. It it is written "the attack's" then it possesses whatever follows. If it is written "the attacks'" then these multiple attacks would possess whatever follows. The punctuation used, the apostrophe followed by the s, indicates the possessive case in English. Therefore, the language used is already adequate to express that the damage dice belong to (are possessed by) the attack roll. No errata needed. All that is needed is sufficient understanding of written English. [/QUOTE]

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