Difference between revisions of "Damage formula"

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There isn't a single, general purpose damage formula, but different types of damage have different means of calculating damage:

Weapon damage: which covers damage calculation for player weapons, unarmed combat, and throwing.
Spell damage: Each spell has its own damage formula; see a specific spell's page for more details.
- Most spells are in dice notation, and deal nD(Spellpower * multiplier) damage. Spells like Airstrike may further be multiplied by external factors.
- By default, spells check AC and EV. Some may ignore one or the other, or both.

Damage from monsters is unknown(?), but their maximum damage is displayed on examination.

To-hit: Determines accuracy (chance to-hit) of an attack. Some attacks can't miss, which is an infinite to-hit.
Weapon speed: Determines how fast you swing/fire a weapon or fists. Most spells have a delay of 1.0.

Armour class (AC) will reduce most attacks by (0 to AC) damage.
- Physical attacks in melee are affected by guaranteed damage reduction (GDR), which increase the minimum AC roll.
Evasion score (EV) determines how likely you are to dodge an avoidable attack completely. See Evasion#To-hit_versus_EV for formulas.
Shield score (SH) determines how likely you are to block an attack completely. Melee attacks, ranged attacks, and certain projectile-like spells can be blocked. See Shields#Blocking for formulas.

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 ===Other Factors===
-*'''[[To-hit]]:''' Determines the chance ''to-hit'' (a.k.a accuracy) of an attack. Some attacks have infinite to-hit.
+*'''[[To-hit]]:''' Determines accuracy (chance ''to-hit'') of an attack. Some attacks can't miss, which is an infinite to-hit.
 *'''[[Weapon speed]]''': Determines how [[delay|fast]] you swing/fire a weapon or fists. Most [[spell]]s have a delay of 1.0.