Re: [HOE] HtH damage [Shane]

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On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Theo McGuckin wrote:

> 
> Question about str. when doing HtH damage:
> 
> Con Adding ALL the dice:
> HtH damage is insanely powerful. You get someone with a decent str. (3d8)
> and a sword and they're doing more damage than an assault rifle (5d8
> damage total).
> 
Worse is you get a Templar with 4d12 to start with, take the super soldier
edge, and the power that adds to their str rolls (or is it just damage,
no books) and Harrow them with supernatural Strength. He gets real ugly,
real fast... if you add up the strength dice, every blow is a killing
blow.

Munchkiny min-maxing aside, what I want to know is:

If I have a stat (lets say Strength) of 4d12 + 4
and I roll 2, 5, 6, and 12. I re-roll the ace and get 
a 10. What is the end result of my roll?
Is it 26, or 30.
I'm currently going with 30, since IMHO the re-rolled dice type is 12+4,
and so the +4 gets added a second time. 

My players are just lucky I didn't realise this until after
they'd had all the mucking about with Stone done...

-- Tim