Hello!
Newbie question here: How is weapon damage determined?
On the pregenerated character sheets, some damage descriptions have a die roll plus some other number (e.g., Valeros longsword 1d8+4, Merisiel dagger 1d4+1). When I look up the weapons in online reference tables, I can only find the die roll damages listed there (e.g., 1d8, 1d4), but I don't understand where the other number comes from (e.g., +4, +1).
This makes me a little hesitant about adding new weapons to my characters, because I don't know when I need to add extra damage for a weapon!
Any help would be appreciated :) Thank you!