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This ability confuses me a bit and I wanted some clarification. Here is the text of the ability.
You extend a long, sharp spike of elemental matter along a line, impaling multiple foes. Make a single attack roll against each creature or object in a 30-foot line, starting with the closest target. If the result is a critical threat, roll to confirm against only the first target you hit. Calculate damage against each target you hit, starting from the closest. If your attack hits a target but fails to deal physical damage to that target, the spike fails to penetrate and the infused blast doesn't continue. A blast with the impale infusion can penetrate solid barriers, but it must deal enough damage to destroy the barrier in order to continue through. Infused earth and metal blasts always deal piercing damage.
The first part I think I understand. Make a single attack roll that applies to every creature in the line. Start with the closest target to you and make sure it hits them. If it does, see if that roll hits the one behind them and so on. If at any point in the line the single roll you made fails to hit someone the impale stops.
Calculate damage against each target you hit, starting from the closest. If your attack hits a target but fails to deal physical damage to that target, the spike fails to penetrate and the infused blast doesn't continue.
This is the line that I don't think is clear to me. Do I roll damage separately for each target? For instance if I am a level 8 Kineticist using an Impale Ice Blast I do 8D6 damage. Do I roll a different 8D6 for each creature in the line? Or do I roll it once and apply it to all of them? Do I roll it once and if it kills the target then it hits the next creature with the remaining damage?
I understand that it will stop if I fail to do damage to someone in the stack and will not affect the creatures behind them, but how the damage is rolled and how it is applied is the question I have.