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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 4720757" data-attributes="member: 82106">No. You are correct that an attack rolls one damage roll, but that does NOT mean the attack deals the same damage to all targets. If one of the attack rolls is a crit, that target takes a different amount of damage, and there may be extra dice rolled as part of that extra damage. HQ or SA could also cause extra dice to one target in an area, etc. As already noted, the power is expended as soon as the damage is rolled on the target it is used on. That damage will not carry over to anyone else in the area, it is just an extra d8 you get against that one target.That being said, this IS probably the single most powerful racial trait power in the game. To be honest overall the Half-orc is rather overpowered. They have low-light vision, the best overall attribute bonuses in the game, 2 good skill bonuses, and THREE other racial trait features which are all individually quite good. Half-orcs are the optimized choice for more character builds than any other race, even dragonborn (which are themselves head and shoulders the overall best PHB1 race). WotC largely managed to avoid power creep with the PHB2 classes, but the races, not so much. And I still don't see why they hate classic Fantasy RPG races so much. True to form Gnomes join dwarves, elves, half-elves, and halflings at the bottom of the barrel...</blockquote>