I kind of feel like a rube for asking this, but it's one of those things I just never thought about until now.
I know you add your Strength bonus to damage rolls (or half if it's off-hand, or one-and-a-half if it's two handed) as in my great-axe will deal 1d12+6 damage, and I've always approached it that way. However, I just started wondering if it's your strength bonus for each time you roll for damage, or to each die roll. For instance, with a strength modifier of +4, would a great-sword deal 2d6+6 (2d6 + STR*1.5), or 2d6+12 (2*(1d6 + STR*1.5))? I've always used the former method, and I can't seem to find a definitive answer either way (although since nobody mentions it in great-axe vs great-sword debates, it seems more likely the former).
Any chance I could get an answer on this?
It's for each time you roll damage, not each die rolled.
If it is a weapon attack you apply strength once per attack. Crits is exception to this.
Thought so. It was just something that occurred to me when I was figuring out max iterative attack damage for a monk. I just couldn't find anything that said specifically either way.