D&D 5E do you still roll for damage?

[Psikerlord#]

Always rolled and always will.

I have used non-random HP in some games (especially for player characters) but I've never used fixed damage. For me, it's one of those fundamental sources of randomness that I don't even question.

Same, the randomness adds to the danger (or not) of each individual combat.

 

[Psikerlord#]

There is much heresy in this thread.

The Dice Gods are displeased.

There will be a cleansing, purification by flame.

Always roll your dice. Do it in front of your players too, so they can sit on the edge of their seat, foreheads beading with sweat in the knowledge that with every bounce of them bones... they live or die by the will of the mighty Dice Gods.

Seriously though, I just find it more fun to roll and so do my players. If folks are having fun with averages though the more power to them... until they're cleaned by fire...

Amen!

 

[fjw70]

Sometimes I roll and sometimes I use the average.

 

[GMMichael]

I hate, hate, hate, hate DM's who use the static damage. It makes combat lifeless and boring. I want to get hit for 2 points one round and 30 the next. Never knowing for sure what's coming is part of the excitement and fun of D&D.

That's a lot of hate. Just curious: doesn't the requirement of an attack roll create some uncertainty of what's coming next? Also, if combats are lifeless and boring without the roll of a damage die, I think your GM is doing something wrong, because there's a lot more to combat than damage rolls.

I go with static damage, because it speeds up play. But since there's the option of rolling a die, that gets used when it would make the battle interesting...like when a PC is on death's door...

 

[jayoungr]

I always roll damage. Combat in 5E is fast, so I can afford the extra time. Besides, I like rolling dice.

Also, I play over Roll20 fairly frequently, and that rolls the damage along with the attack.

 

[Pickles III]

Sometimes I roll and sometimes I use the average.

You may think that's a compromise but really all it means is that both sides hate you

 

[Caliban]

I generally don't care if the DM rolls or uses the average damage. I'm just glad they are DM'ing so I can play.

 

[fjw70]

You may think that's a compromise but really all it means is that both sides hate you

LOL! I don't really care if anyone (including the players) like one way or the other. I do what I feel like doing. Sometimes I feel like rolling and sometimes I don't.

 

[76512390ag12]

I always roll damage.

Always will.

Static damage is desperately dull.

I find it much easier to let the players have the rolling fun. I get my fun from complex fun combats unburdened by dice rolls.

But I accept that YMMV



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[76512390ag12]

I hate, hate, hate, hate DM's who use the static damage. It makes combat lifeless and boring..

I find the time I dint spend rolling dice I can use to add other fun to come combat.



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