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<blockquote data-quote="Tawek21" data-source="post: 9528371" data-attributes="member: 7048252"><p>I've always assumed it worked as follows: You can add your ability score once for damage if it is the ability modifier for your weapon. (Normally strength or dex, but sometimes a casting stat, such as charisma for a 2014 hexblade)</p><p></p><p>There were a few special abilities that allowed your modifier to be added to damage a second time.</p><p></p><p>The 2014 warlock 12th level invocation, life-drinker, also added your charisma modifier to your damage. I think it's clear that that was intended to stack with the charisma damage from a hexblade. The first addition of the charisma modifier was the weapon's damage modifier, the second from another warlock feature.</p><p></p><p>With the level 7 feature aura of hate in the 2014 oathbreaker paladin, you could also add your charisma modifier to your damage. If you had a level 7 oathbreaker multiclassed with a level 12 warlock, could you add your charisma modifier three times to your damage?</p><p></p><p>As this would have been a level 19 character, I'm not sure too many people would have worried. But, while it's explicit that two identical features, such as extra attack, don't stack, whether two similar but different features stack is one for DM to adjudication.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion, any similar cases in 2024 rules are unlikely to have been thought about by the game authors, and are issues for DM adjudication.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tawek21, post: 9528371, member: 7048252"] I've always assumed it worked as follows: You can add your ability score once for damage if it is the ability modifier for your weapon. (Normally strength or dex, but sometimes a casting stat, such as charisma for a 2014 hexblade) There were a few special abilities that allowed your modifier to be added to damage a second time. The 2014 warlock 12th level invocation, life-drinker, also added your charisma modifier to your damage. I think it's clear that that was intended to stack with the charisma damage from a hexblade. The first addition of the charisma modifier was the weapon's damage modifier, the second from another warlock feature. With the level 7 feature aura of hate in the 2014 oathbreaker paladin, you could also add your charisma modifier to your damage. If you had a level 7 oathbreaker multiclassed with a level 12 warlock, could you add your charisma modifier three times to your damage? As this would have been a level 19 character, I'm not sure too many people would have worried. But, while it's explicit that two identical features, such as extra attack, don't stack, whether two similar but different features stack is one for DM to adjudication. In my opinion, any similar cases in 2024 rules are unlikely to have been thought about by the game authors, and are issues for DM adjudication. [/QUOTE]
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