Black tentacles additional damage


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Last time we played our group had a discussion about the damage black tentacles deal, to be precise, about the word additional in the text.
Some of us thought the black tentacles would deal 1d6+4 damage the first round and the second round they would deal an additional 1d6+4, bringing the total up to 2d6+8 damage in the second round.
Others thought it was 1d6+4 first round, and in the second round once again 1d6+4, 1d6+4 an additional time.

Since we where in a fight we just did what the DM thought, but can some of you shine a light on the matter?

Liberty's Edge

Pretty sure it just does 1d6+4 every round.


The exact wording you're discussing from the spell is as follows:

Pathfinder Reference Document wrote:
Each round that black tentacles succeeds on a grapple check, it deals an additional 1d6+4 points of damage.

So agreeing with DinosaursOnIce, to me that seems to indicate 1d6+4 per round when the spell succeeds on it's grapple. It is "additional damage" because it is more damage than the recipient has already taken, not because it stacks with the initial damage.


jbadams wrote:

The exact wording you're discussing from the spell is as follows:

Pathfinder Reference Document wrote:
Each round that black tentacles succeeds on a grapple check, it deals an additional 1d6+4 points of damage.
So agreeing with DinosaursOnIce, to me that seems to indicate 1d6+4 per round when the spell succeeds on it's grapple. It is "additional damage" because it is more damage than the recipient has already taken, not because it stacks with the initial damage.

I concur.


Thanks!

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