Scalding
First Post
By way of example, let's use the level 3 Warlock encounter power, Fiery Bolt.
To really drive home the point, let's use a magic Cinder Wand + 2. That means it'll do an additional 2d6 fire damage + 1d10 damage on a crit, and +2 to damage rolls on fire attack powers.
The question is, how is this damage calculated? The main attack effect seems pretty easy:
3d6 + Constitution modifier + enhancement bonus + cinder wand
= 3d6 + 4 + 2 + 2 = 3d6 + 8 fire damage.
(crit = 1d10 damage + 2d6 + 26 fire damage)
The question is, what about the secondary effect (creatures adjacent to the target)? Do the enhancement bonus and cinder wand bonus apply?
1d6 + Constitution modifier + enhancement bonus + cinder wand + Intelligence modifier
= 1d6 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 1d6 +11 fire damage.
And does the crit max it out and add the bonus?
1d10 damage + 2d6 + 17 fire damage?
PHB said:3d6 + Constitution modifier (+4) fire damage, and creatures adjacent to the target take 1d6 + Constitution modifier fire damage (...) and extra fire damage equal to your Intelligence modifier (+3).
To really drive home the point, let's use a magic Cinder Wand + 2. That means it'll do an additional 2d6 fire damage + 1d10 damage on a crit, and +2 to damage rolls on fire attack powers.
The question is, how is this damage calculated? The main attack effect seems pretty easy:
3d6 + Constitution modifier + enhancement bonus + cinder wand
= 3d6 + 4 + 2 + 2 = 3d6 + 8 fire damage.
(crit = 1d10 damage + 2d6 + 26 fire damage)
The question is, what about the secondary effect (creatures adjacent to the target)? Do the enhancement bonus and cinder wand bonus apply?
1d6 + Constitution modifier + enhancement bonus + cinder wand + Intelligence modifier
= 1d6 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 1d6 +11 fire damage.
And does the crit max it out and add the bonus?
1d10 damage + 2d6 + 17 fire damage?