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Just to be crystal clear, I compiled all the missile weapons from the Arms & Equipment Guide and noted which ability score modifiers I believe are used for each. Feel free to chime in anyone if you see some that are wrong/you disagree with. - Arquebus [should you choose to allow it], blowgun...

I appreciate the reply. Glad I at least got that one right. I had only ever used Dex. (not Str.) to modify the attack roll for all missiles. I was thrown off when I read, “Attack roll and damage modifiers for Strength are always used when an attack is made with a hurled weapon” [emphasis...

I’ve been going through my 1e and 2e books lately, trying to get a better understanding of certain things. I expect I’ll have several questions. Here’s a big one for me. Would anyone be able to tell me how strength and dexterity modifiers (“to hit” and damage) affect missile weapons...

Hahaha I love it man! That’s great!

Wow, you’re right. An 18 Str. gives you a 16% chance to bend bars/lift gates, but if doing a strength check, it’s 90%. I guess that’s why the former is for feats of enormous strength!

Good, glad I was thinking correctly about that. Good examples, too.

Besides attempting to bend bars or lift a gate, you can use bend bars/lift gates to determine “a similar feat of enormous strength.” How does that differ from a strength check (rolling 1d20 and trying to get less than or equal to your Str. score)? Is a strength check more for when the task is...