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I've read the books in the Beginners Box and I'm no creating characters and I have two things I need help with. One, in Section G on the character sheet there are four or five boxes under were you put your weapon. The one I have a question about is Damage. I know that the dice roll for the weapon goes here, like 2d6 or 1d4, but where does the +number come from? And is this only for melee weapons? How does this work for crossbow and bows? Two, Section H is the Armor Class and again I'm not clear on where these numbers are coming from. I'm going back through both the Hero's Hankbook and the GM's Guide to see where they come from. If anyone can help me, I would appreciate it.
Hi, Rayfel!
Hero's Handbook page 32, step 5 tells you to add your STR mod to the damage of all your melee weapons in Section G of your character sheet.
There aren't many things in the Beginner Box that add to ranged weapon damage, such as bows and crossbows, so you probably don't have a damage bonus for those weapons.
For the Armor Class in section H:
The first box is the bonus from your armor (Hero's Handbook page 47).
The second box is the bonus from your shield, if you have one (also page 47).
The third box is from your Dex mod (Section B of your character sheet).
The fourth box is from any magic item or spell that is giving you a bonus to your AC. If you're a 1st-level character, you probably don't have a bonus from that, so put a 0 there or leave it blank.
Drat, scooped by Sean. All my joy at answering questions ruined by the lead designer! On the plus side, you can't get a better answerer than Sean, so there is that.
If you have other questions Rayfel, please feel free to ask; a lot of us love to answer questions.