Does Dex add to damage?

It adds to your melee damage the exact same way that Strength does, except better. Because Dexterity also adds exclusively to your ranged attack and damage.
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Does increasing dex increase damage?

Each point allocated to the Dexterity stat increases the damage dealt by weapons with Dexterity scaling. A weapon with a Dexterity scaling grade of S will benefit the most from the Dexterity Attribute, followed by grades A, B, C, D, and E.
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Does finesse add dex to damage?

Weapon Finesse only gives Dexterity to attack rolls. Fencing Grace gives Dexterity to damage rolls with light/one-handed piercing weapons (when you have nothing else in the other hand). Weapon Finesse (Mythic) does it for all finessable weapons.
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Do you add anything to damage rolls?

Damage Rolls. Each weapon, spell, and harmful monster ability specifies the damage it deals. You roll the damage die or dice, add any modifiers, and apply the damage to your target. Magic weapons, special abilities, and other factors can grant a bonus to damage.
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What modifier do you add to damage?

For most attacks, you add your ability modifier directly to the damage. There are some exceptions, like how an offhand attack doesn't get this bonus. Normally you'll add your Strength modifier, but you can add Dex instead for finesse weapons. For most spells, you do not add your ability score to the damage.
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Do ranged weapons add dex to damage?

All ranged weapons give your dex bonus to hit and damage rolls by default. Thrown weapons use strength for both by default, as they are melee weapons as well.
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What do I add to damage 5e?

For D&D 5th Edition: In general, you add your Strength modifier to an attack roll with a melee weapon, your Dexterity modifier to an attack roll with a ranged weapon, or you class's spellcasting ability modifier to an attack roll for a spell.
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Do you add dex to rapier damage 5e?

Rapier 5e Weapon Traits and Proficiency

The rapier also has the important finesse property, which allows you to choose to use your Dexterity modifier instead of Strength for both attack and damage rolls.
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How do you add strength to damage in D&D?

When a creature (including a player character) makes an attack with a weapon that succeeds, a damage roll is made and either the Strength or Dexterity bonus of the attacking creature is added to the damage roll. The same ability that is used as an attack bonus to hit is the same ability that is used as a damage bonus.
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Do you add prof to damage rolls?

While the bonus can be added to attacks, saves, and ability checks, it cannot be added to damage or healing throws. A character's proficiency in a skill only increases in their odds of succeeding in the attempt.
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Do I add Dex to Shadow Blade?

Since the weapon has the Finesse property, you can and must use either Strength or Dexterity modifier to make the attack and damage roll.
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Does Dex increase magic damage?

Weapon Arts that deal Magic Damage will benefit from Int if the weapon has Int scaling. Weapon Arts that deal "Ice" Magic Damage will benefit from Int and Dex if the weapon has scaling on either of them.
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Do you add Dex to dart damage?

Dart are Attack Type Ranged and have the Thrown property, but they also have Fineness so using the Dexterity modifier is appropriate.
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How high should I level Dex?

Dexterity Build Stats To Aim For

As a Dexterity user, you will want to hit the hard cap for Dexterity pretty quickly; aim for 80, then stop. Your second most important stat will be Vigor.
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How much should I level Dex?

25 Dex or so will put in in place to use most dex weapons, there are a couple quite high outliers though. With strength, reqs can go all the way up to 60 but with most being in the 30's for colossal weapons.
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What is the best Dex weapon in Elden Ring?

Uchigatana. The Uchigatana is one of many excellent katana options for a Dexterity build and only requires common Smithing Stones to upgrade. If you're looking for the perfect dex starting weapon, the Uchigatana is very accessible and even comes with the Samurai starting class.
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Do you add stats to damage DND?

You add your Dexterity modifier to your attack roll and your damage roll when attacking with a ranged weapon, such as a sling or a longbow. You can also add your Dexterity modifier to your attack roll and your damage roll when attacking with a melee weapon that has the finesse property, such as a dagger or a rapier.
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How do you calculate damage in DND?

1d10 averages to 5.5 damage, and 1d6 averages to 3.5 damage. Adding both dice (5.5 + 3.5) gives us a total of 9, which is our value for D. Remember that static bonus (Craig's +3 bonus) are not added to the value of D because they are not multiplied on a critical hit.
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How much damage should a level 20 DND character do?

Based on this, expected average damage output per round per PC ranges from about 21 to about 43 on level 20, across a large range of classes and builds, with the middle ground somewhere around 31 damage.
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What is Dex good for in D&D?

Dexterity (DEX): Dexterity in Dungeons & Dragons gauges a character's hand-eye coordination, agility, reflexes, and balance. It affects various game mechanics, including Armor Class, initiative, and certain skill and ability checks.
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Are Dex weapons good?

Dex builds are great with shields, without shields, dual wielding, or even with magic. They're flexible, fast, and deal tons of damage. While every weapon can be great in its own right, there are a few dex weapons that stand above the rest as some of the very best in the game.
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Does heavy armor give disadvantage on Dex?

Heavy Armor also allows you to ignore how a negative dexterity modifier would penalize your AC in Light and Medium armor. In terms of the game, it allows Heavy Armor wearers to dump dexterity and put those points in a more advantageous position.
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Do you add damage to Cantrips 5e?

Cantrips do not get proficiency and modifier bonusses on top of their damage though, unless you've got a power to enable that. F.e. potent spellcasting for clerics or the agonising blast for warlocks. Without that, they get more damage dice to roll on higher levels but no base damage increase based on their attributes.
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Do you add bonus damage to spells?

Usually, the spellcasting modifier or attack bonus do NOT affect the damage or healing power of a spell. (However, all of these are generalizations - there are some spells or features which change things.
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What dice do you roll for damage?

d6 - The Cube

It's the most commonly used die in D&D and it's used for a variety of actions such as determining the damage dealt by a weapon or the number of hit points regained by a spell. The probability of rolling a specific number on a d6 is 1/6 or approximately 17%, and the average roll is 3.5.
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