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It appears the feat Great Weapon FIghting style isn't considered in the combat log, sady. A new roll seems to happen automatically on the hit roll rolling a 1 or 2. It's really taking ages to see a 1 or 2 in the damage roll, not sure though?



Yeah, but that's D&D. You have to also consider the enemy's Armor Class. An attribute of 18 gives you a modifier on the hit roll of +4, which is "but" a 20% to-hit chance increase over a character with Strength 10. With proficiency +2 you have an overall attack bonus +6. An opponent with an AC of 15 long-term is going to be hit 60% of the time assuming no advantage/disadvantage. AC15- Attack bonus 6=9, which is what you need to roll http://media.zerohitpoints.com/images/higherthan.png

The same character with Strength of 0 would hit 40% of the time. That is over many many many attacks. If he has no weapon proficiency (+2 bonus) for the big sword being used (which would be a likely thing, say a caster type), he would only hit 30% of the time. On later levels that gap between characters increases, as proficiency bonus increases. The game currently only deals up to levels 4 (+2 bonus from proficiency).

That's on the to-hit end. That strength bonus is also applied on the damage roll on each hit. That's a +4 damage on each succesful hit. So that 18 Strength character doesn't merely hit more consistently in the long run, he also consistently deals more damage. I'd really like for the game to track stats such as Pillars Of Eternity does.