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Ok, so I have read the core book a few times and I still feel like I am missing something so could some one explain to me how damage and AC rolls work?

Example: My halfling PC wanted to slide between the legs of the PC infront of him, run up the back of the PC infront of the other PC and attack an earth elemental.

I had the halfling roll for Acrobatics twice, one with a DC of 15 and another with a DC of 20,(1d20+ACR twice) both of which he somehow passed. I then had the player that he ran up the back up roll a relex check with a DC of 15, once again he passed (1d20+REF save). Then I had him roll for AC. This is where I feel I am doing something wrong. I have characters roll 1d20+STR for their AC when using a melee weapon, and 1d20+DEX when using a ranged weapon. So the halfling hits and I have him roll for damage, where I have him roll 1d6+str for his sword or whatever.

Is this right? I feel like I should be using their BAB scores somewhere in all of this? Can someone please show me how I should roll for AC and damage by doing 1d6+whatever+whatever. Thanks in advance.

So I have played the beginner box once as a PC, and ran it twice as a GM. I'll admit the first time I ran it I made a few mistakes that I felt could have taught some really bad game habits. However, the second time I ran the Blank Fang quest all my PC's said they loved it and couldn't wait for more. That gave me the drive to keep going.

My question is in regards to running Rise of the Runelords. I have the newest edition and I must say that it is really daunting. While the beginner box and beginner brawl missions are all easy to read and laid out to run from point A-B-C, it feels like RotR is just giving me a basic idea of how to run the AP. So I want to know how do I (you) prep to run an AP of this nature? What are some good materials to have in front of me while the group plays? The most important thing to me is that my PC's have a fun time playing, everything else comes second.

Likewise, what should I tell my players before I start this? There is six of them and they have all agreed that these characters we are using now will transfer into the AP when it begins.