Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Technical & Gameplay Problems Dragon's Grasp vs. Handaxe +1 DMG

Can someone explain to me why Dragon's Grasp (1d6) seems to do more standard DMG than a Handaxe +1 (1d6+1)

Shouldn't it be like in the blue markings? Dragon's Grasp should only do 4-9 instead of 5-13 standard damage with the main hand and 1-6 instead of 5-10 standard damage with the off hand?

The damage shown is adding in the conditional damage as if you'd get it every time.

The extra 1d4 damage is conditional. You only get it if the target is burning, but the full listed damage includes that 1d4 anyway.

So, for the +1 hand axe, it shows: 1d6 + 1 + stat bonus (3) in main hand = 5-10 --but you don't get the stat bonus in the off hand without two weapon fighting, which is why the damage is lower in the off hand.

Whereas the dragon's grasp is showing: 1d6 + 1d4 + stat bonus (3) in main hand = 5-13. And of course, the damage is lower in the off hand because you don't get the stat bonus.

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it's not always good to just look at the damage. You have to consider that some of the damage bonuses are conditional, like with this weapon. It's not all that often that you'll get the extra 1d4 from already burning targets.

That I have also assumed so, but I still find it confusing because that suggests that the opponent always burns...