u/EldritchExarch

A (kind-of) brief and (very) incomplete overview and history of combat in Dungeons and Dragons and adjacent games (Including Worlds Without Number).

I also made some damage calculators for each game I covered, so it might help GM's and the game design oriented out.

I'm doing a comparison of weapon damage through the editions and running into 2e, I'm really struggling. Highest I could find was:
Hammer of Thunderbolts +5 (rolling 9 points of damage on dice) + 12 from Girdle of Giant Strength + Gauntlets of Ogre Power +6 + (Debatably a strength bonus of +14. It's unclear to me with the wording of my edition whether the Strength bonus of the girdle stacks with your strength bonus or replaces. I could be persuaded either way.) for a total of 32-46.

Anyone got higher?

Edit: Using a single attack.