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I want to know if you can make an attack roll with one stat, but deal the damage with another. As a monk, can you make a melee attack roll using your Strength modifier, but roll damage with your Dexterity modifier?






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I want to know if you can make an attack roll with one stat, but deal the damage with another. As a monk, can you make a melee attack roll using your Strength modifier, but roll damage with your Dexterity modifier?






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I want to know if you can make an attack roll with one stat, but deal the damage with another. As a monk, can you make a melee attack roll using your Strength modifier, but roll damage with your Dexterity modifier?






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I want to know if you can make an attack roll with one stat, but deal the damage with another. As a monk, can you make a melee attack roll using your Strength modifier, but roll damage with your Dexterity modifier?






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You must use the same ability modifier for damage and attack.




Basic Rules, Damage and Healing



When attacking with a weapon, you add your ability modifier--the same modifier used for the attack roll--to the damage.




The practiced, calculated, almost-choreographed fighting of a monk is pretty much the opposite of the raging brute force and ignorance of a barbarian. Of course, YMMV.



Impact of House-ruling this



RAW, Barbarians must make a decision (STR, DEX, CON, you can't have them all!) with consequences for their choice. Allowing a character to pick the best of STR and DEX at the same time makes the choice meaningless and adds yet more value to an already-valuable ability.






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    You must use the same ability modifier for damage and attack.




    Basic Rules, Damage and Healing



    When attacking with a weapon, you add your ability modifier--the same modifier used for the attack roll--to the damage.




    The practiced, calculated, almost-choreographed fighting of a monk is pretty much the opposite of the raging brute force and ignorance of a barbarian. Of course, YMMV.



    Impact of House-ruling this



    RAW, Barbarians must make a decision (STR, DEX, CON, you can't have them all!) with consequences for their choice. Allowing a character to pick the best of STR and DEX at the same time makes the choice meaningless and adds yet more value to an already-valuable ability.






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      You must use the same ability modifier for damage and attack.




      Basic Rules, Damage and Healing



      When attacking with a weapon, you add your ability modifier--the same modifier used for the attack roll--to the damage.




      The practiced, calculated, almost-choreographed fighting of a monk is pretty much the opposite of the raging brute force and ignorance of a barbarian. Of course, YMMV.



      Impact of House-ruling this



      RAW, Barbarians must make a decision (STR, DEX, CON, you can't have them all!) with consequences for their choice. Allowing a character to pick the best of STR and DEX at the same time makes the choice meaningless and adds yet more value to an already-valuable ability.






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        You must use the same ability modifier for damage and attack.




        Basic Rules, Damage and Healing



        When attacking with a weapon, you add your ability modifier--the same modifier used for the attack roll--to the damage.




        The practiced, calculated, almost-choreographed fighting of a monk is pretty much the opposite of the raging brute force and ignorance of a barbarian. Of course, YMMV.



        Impact of House-ruling this



        RAW, Barbarians must make a decision (STR, DEX, CON, you can't have them all!) with consequences for their choice. Allowing a character to pick the best of STR and DEX at the same time makes the choice meaningless and adds yet more value to an already-valuable ability.






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        No



        You must use the same ability modifier for damage and attack.




        Basic Rules, Damage and Healing



        When attacking with a weapon, you add your ability modifier--the same modifier used for the attack roll--to the damage.




        The practiced, calculated, almost-choreographed fighting of a monk is pretty much the opposite of the raging brute force and ignorance of a barbarian. Of course, YMMV.



        Impact of House-ruling this



        RAW, Barbarians must make a decision (STR, DEX, CON, you can't have them all!) with consequences for their choice. Allowing a character to pick the best of STR and DEX at the same time makes the choice meaningless and adds yet more value to an already-valuable ability.







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