TOPIC: Dungeon master guide

Reading the dungeon master guide to hopefully next year try being a combat dm.

I’m confused on page 30 on the ranger combat example on the damage being 9.

jon wrote: I’m confused on page 30 on the ranger combat example on the damage being 9.

It's not 9 Damage, it's +9 to the damage indicated on the token's damage wheel. Here are the damage bonuses associated with a 5th-level ranger using a +2 Long Bow of the Sun to an undead:

• +2 Favored Enemy
• +4 Sharpshooter*
• +3 "of the Sun" weapon

*The +4 Damage from Sharpshooter is "baked in" to the ranger's ranged attack stats on the party card. Even though the DM should not add it a second time, it is part of the ranger's total Damage bonus.