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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 3978876" data-attributes="member: 15651">I'm think the d8 is an indication of type, not number.  My prediction is that it will increase by level, and perhaps class as well.  One thought I had was Heroic PCs roll one die, Paragon roll 2 and Epic roll 3, but my gut says it will be faster than that.    My understanding is that there will be a significant static bonus to damage that will go up with level to replace the iterative attacks and reduce the requirement for magic weapon bonuses.  If the d8 does not increase at all with level, then by the time a PC reaches Epic levels, the variability from the die roll becomes completely insignificant and maxing out the roll of 1d8 with a crit is just not very different or exciting.</blockquote>