Spined shield and strength to damage?

[Ravingdork]

When you fire a shield spike from a spined shield, do you continue to add your strength modifier to damage?

[HumbleGamer]

Ravingdork wrote:

When you fire a shield spike from a spined shield, do you continue to add your strength modifier to damage?

By raw, I am not really sure about it.

But since it's a ranged attack with a range increment of 120 feet... I can only guess that STR is not meant to be added to that specific attack.

The only rule I could find is

Quote:

Ranged damage roll = damage die of weapon + Strength modifier for thrown weapons + bonuses + penalties

Which means that by default any ranged attack doesn't benefit from STR.

Exceptions have to be pointed out, whether it's a trait ( propulsive ) or eventually description ( no idea here, but it's a possibility I guess )

[Squiggit]

Agree with the above, it's a ranged weapon without propulsive so no modifier.

[Darksol the Painbringer]

"Activate [Single Action] Interact; Effect: You shoot one of the shield’s spines at a target. A fired spine uses the spikes’ statistics, but it is a martial ranged weapon with a range increment of 120 feet."

Pretty cut and dry that it's not a thrown weapon, so no Strength. No propulsive means no half-Strength, either.

Just as well, I don't even know how much damage these things even do; is it just a flat 6 damage?

[Ravingdork]

Darksol the Painbringer wrote:

"Activate [Single Action] Interact; Effect: You shoot one of the shield’s spines at a target. A fired spine uses the spikes’ statistics, but it is a martial ranged weapon with a range increment of 120 feet."

Pretty cut and dry that it's not a thrown weapon, so no Strength. No propulsive means no half-Strength, either.

Just as well, I don't even know how much damage these things even do; is it just a flat 6 damage?

It's a +1 striking shield spike, so 2d6 base damage. More if you enhance the fundamental runes on it.

[HumbleGamer]

Darksol the Painbringer wrote:

"Activate [Single Action] Interact; Effect: You shoot one of the shield’s spines at a target. A fired spine uses the spikes’ statistics, but it is a martial ranged weapon with a range increment of 120 feet."

Pretty cut and dry that it's not a thrown weapon, so no Strength. No propulsive means no half-Strength, either.

Just as well, I don't even know how much damage these things even do; is it just a flat 6 damage?

Those are the damage the shield can absorb per spine, if the one who wield it performs a shield Block.