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<blockquote data-quote="kerbarian" data-source="post: 4401239" data-attributes="member: 40393">This is even more of a concern for implement bonuses to spell damage.&nbsp; For example, if you take a swing at a wall of ice, do you take 2d6 cold damage or 2d6 + implement bonus of the caster?&nbsp; What if the caster has dropped the implement or started using a different one in the meantime?Or if a spell lets you take additional attacks in later rounds (flaming sphere, mordenkainen's sword, bigby's grasping hands, etc.), do you get the implement bonus to the new attack rolls?I asked customer service about this twice.&nbsp; The first time, after some back-and-forth, I was told it was an errata issue and should be addressed in an upcoming clarification.&nbsp; This was before the first round of errata came out, and it hasn't been addressed yet in either set of errata or in the FAQ.When I asked again, I was told that the bonuses only apply to your initial attack and damage rolls and not to any subsequent attacks or damage, even if they're &quot;damage rolls&quot;.&nbsp; Meaning that you would not get the bonus to rain of steel.However, until an official clarification comes out, the way I'm planning to run it in my campaign is:&nbsp; You get your weapon/implement bonus on any attack roll and on any damage roll resulting from the attack roll.&nbsp; You don't get it on any damage (rolls or otherwise) that doesn't directly result from an attack roll.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kerbarian, post: 4401239, member: 40393"] This is even more of a concern for implement bonuses to spell damage. For example, if you take a swing at a wall of ice, do you take 2d6 cold damage or 2d6 + implement bonus of the caster? What if the caster has dropped the implement or started using a different one in the meantime? Or if a spell lets you take additional attacks in later rounds (flaming sphere, mordenkainen's sword, bigby's grasping hands, etc.), do you get the implement bonus to the new attack rolls? I asked customer service about this twice. The first time, after some back-and-forth, I was told it was an errata issue and should be addressed in an upcoming clarification. This was before the first round of errata came out, and it hasn't been addressed yet in either set of errata or in the FAQ. When I asked again, I was told that the bonuses only apply to your initial attack and damage rolls and not to any subsequent attacks or damage, even if they're "damage rolls". Meaning that you would not get the bonus to rain of steel. However, until an official clarification comes out, the way I'm planning to run it in my campaign is: You get your weapon/implement bonus on any attack roll and on any damage roll resulting from the attack roll. You don't get it on any damage (rolls or otherwise) that doesn't directly result from an attack roll. [/QUOTE]

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