Non-standard attack and damage mods

In DDO, most melee weapons weapons use Strength for calculating attack bonus and damage. Most ranged or thrown weapons use Dexterity for calculating attack bonus; thrown weapons use Strength to calculate damage.

This can be changed by:

Feats

• Battalion Brew allows Intelligence for to hit and damage rolls with simple weapons.
• Bow Strength allows Strength for damage bonus with bows.
• Brutal Throw allows Strength for attack bonus with thrown weapons (but NOT ranged weapons).
• Past Life: Harbinger of Nature's Wrath allows Wisdom to attack and damage for the summoned Flame Blade.
• Weapon Finesse allows Dexterity for attack bonus with light melee weapon, rapiers, and unarmed attacks.
• Zen Archery allows Wisdom for attack bonus with ranged missile weapons (not thrown).

Racial enhancements

• Dwarf: Tier 4 enhancement Throw Your Weight Around allows Constitution for damage with either axes (battle axes, dwarven waraxes, hand axes, greataxes and throwing axes) or picks and hammers (heavy picks, light hammer, light picks, mauls, throwing hammers, and warhammers)
• Elf: Tier 4 enhancement Grace allows Dexterity to determine the damage for a subset of weapons:
  • Aerenal Grace: Longswords, Rapiers, and Longbows
  • Valenar Grace: Scimitars, Falchions, and Shortbows
• Halfling: Tier 3 enhancement Skillful Thrower allows Dexterity modifier for damage with returning thrown weapons.
• Purple Dragon Knight: Tier 1 enhancement Cormyrean Knight Training allows Charisma for attack and damage with swords (shortswords, longswords, bastard swords, and greatswords).
• Sun Elf: Tier 4 enhancement Grace allows Dexterity to determine the damage with Morningstars, Maces, and Hammers.
• Tabaxi, Tabaxi Trailblazer: Dex to hit and damage with Quarterstaff (iconic only), Dagger, Handaxe, Handwraps, Kama, Kukri, Light Hammer, Light Mace, Light Pick, Rapier, Short Sword, Sickle, or while Unarmed or in a Druid animal form.

Class abilities / enhancements

• Bard: Swashbuckler tier 3 Different Tack allows Cha / Dex / Int to damage while Swashbuckling.
• Dragon Disciple: Wisdom to hit and damage while Centered (Core 1 and Core 2)
• Favored Soul:
  • Grace of Battle: Use Charisma to hit and damage with your deity's favored weapon (if higher than Strength). Requires that your Favored Soul level >= half of your total heroic character level.
  • Knowledge of Battle: Use Wisdom to hit and damage with your deity's favored weapon (if higher than Strength). Requires that your Favored Soul level >= half of your total heroic character level.
• Monk: Ninja Spy core enhancements Basic/Advanced Ninja Training allow Dexterity for attack (and later damage) with piercing and slashing weapons when centered.
• Paladin Sacred Fist level 6 feat Divine Dream allows Charisma to hit and damage with Ki weapons
• Ranger:
  • Tempest core enhancements Tempest and Graceful Death allow Dexterity for attack (and later damage) with light weapons and scimitars.
  • Deepwood Stalker tier 2 Improved Weapon Finesse allows Dexterity for damage bows, thrown weapons, and finessable melee weapons (not handwraps).
• Rogue:
  • Assassin core enhancements Knife in the Darkness and Dagger in the Back allow Dexterity for attack (and later damage) with daggers and kukris, and if you also have the Weapon Finesse feat all melee weapons with Dexterity for attack get Dexterity for damage (does not apply to handwraps or unarmed attacks).
  • Mechanic core enhancement Targeting Sights allows Intelligence for damage with all crossbows and thrown weapons.
  • Thief-Acrobat core enhancements Staff Control and Stick Fighting allow Dexterity for attack (and later damage) with quarterstaves.
• Sorcerer / Wizard
  • Eldritch Knight gives Cha or Int to hit
• Harper Agent enhancements available to all classes: Intelligence to attack, damage
• Falconry enhancements available to all classes: Wisdom to attack, damage
• Feydark Illusionist enhancements available to all classes: Charisma to attack, damage

Spells

• Flame Blade/Thorn Blade allows Wisdom for attack and damage with the summoned scimitar.
• Illusory Weaponry (SLA from Feydark Illusionist enhancements) summons a shortsword that allows Charisma for attack and damage
• Insightful Strikes allows Intelligence for attack with a crossbow or one handed melee weapon if it is the only weapon (other than a Runearm) equipped when the spell is cast (cannot be used from a scroll as it only applies to the weapon in the main hand; dispels Insightful Damage)
• Insightful Damage allows Intelligence for damage with a crossbow or one handed melee weapon if it is the only weapon (other than a Runearm) equipped when the spell is cast (cannot be used from a scroll as it only applies to the weapon in the main hand; dispels Insightful Strikes)

Certain weapons use different abilities for calculating attack bonus and damage. Those are listed on this page.

Listed alphabetically and showing which ability it uses for Attack and Damage mod. When two abilities are listed (comma separated), it means it will use the highest one.

When using a non-standard ability for damage, the ability modifier is not multiplied by 1.5 for two-handed weapons or by 0.5 for off-hand weapons. supposedly fixed in u19

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Weapons

Name	ML	Type	Attack mod	Damage mod
Bouquet of Flowers	0	Club	CHA	CHA
Moonhowl Axe	4	Great Club	STR, CHA	STR, CHA
Chieftain's Spear	4	Quarterstaff	STR, DEX	STR, DEX
Sky Pirate's Dagger	4	Dagger	STR, DEX	STR, DEX
Staff of Nat Gann	4	Quarterstaff	STR, DEX	STR, DEX
Tiefling Assassin's Blade	4	Short Sword	STR, DEX	STR, DEX
Corroded Rapier	5	Rapier	STR, CHA	STR
Elyd Edge	5	Rapier	STR, CHA	STR
Midnight Greetings	5	Kukri	STR, DEX	STR, DEX
Brine Shaman's Staff	6	Quarterstaff	INT, CHA	STR
Onyxhorn	6	Dagger	STR, DEX	STR
Blade of the Clouds	6	Short Sword	STR, DEX	STR
Stave of the Seer	8	Quarterstaff	INT, WIS	INT, WIS
Staff of Inner Sight	10	Quarterstaff	INT, WIS, CHA	INT, WIS, CHA
Dynastic Falcata	10	Khopesh	STR, CHA	STR, CHA
Scepter of Healing	10	Heavy Mace	WIS, CHA	WIS, CHA
Unkor's Cleaver	10	Battle Axe	STR, CON	STR, CON
Flint	10	Dagger	STR, DEX	STR, DEX
Whirlwind	10	Great Sword	STR, DEX	STR, DEX
Zephyr	10	Short Sword	STR, DEX	STR, DEX
Axe of the Unseen Blow	14	Hand Axe	STR, DEX	STR
Breeze	14	Quarterstaff	DEX	DEX
Treason	14	Short Sword	STR, DEX	STR, DEX
Envenomed Blade	16	Short Sword	STR, DEX	STR, DEX
Forgotten Light (Level 16)	16	Heavy Mace	STR, WIS	STR, WIS
Forgotten Light (Level 17)	17	Heavy Mace	STR, WIS	STR, WIS
Forgotten Light (Level 18)	18	Heavy Mace	STR, WIS	STR, WIS
Epic Dynastic Falcata	20	Khopesh	STR, CHA	STR, CHA
Epic Elyd Edge	20	Rapier	STR, CHA	STR, CHA
Epic Staff of Inner Sight	20	Quarterstaff	STR, INT	STR, CHA
Epic Envenomed Blade	20	Short Sword	STR, DEX	STR, DEX
Epic Midnight Greetings	20	Kukri	STR, DEX	STR, DEX
Epic Staff of Nat Gann	20	Quarterstaff	STR, DEX	STR, DEX
Epic Zephyr	20	Short Sword	STR, DEX	STR, DEX
Forgotten Light (Level 23)	23	Heavy Mace	STR, WIS	STR, WIS
Forgotten Light (Level 24)	24	Heavy Mace	STR, WIS	STR, WIS
Rebellion	25	Short Sword	STR, DEX	STR, DEX
Forgotten Light (Level 25)	25	Heavy Mace	STR, WIS	STR, WIS
Legendary Blade of the Clouds	27	Short Sword	STR, DEX	STR
Esper, the Shadowblade	29	Short Sword	CHA	CHA
Eidolon of the Shadow	29	Great Sword	CHA	CHA
Shadowscythe	29	Sickle	CHA	CHA
Raellia, the Frostblade	29	Dagger	WIS	WIS
Valorius, the Flameblade	29	Scimitar	WIS	WIS
Rauven of the Frost	29	Long Sword	WIS	WIS
Mirana of the Flame	29	Falchion	WIS	WIS
Legendary Elyd Edge	30	Rapier	STR, CHA	STR, CHA
Legendary Dynastic Falcata	30	Khopesh	STR, CHA	STR, CHA
Legendary Staff of Inner Sight	30	Quarterstaff	STR, INT	STR, CHA
Legendary Midnight Greetings	30	Kukri	STR, DEX	STR, DEX
Legendary Staff of Nat Gann	30	Quarterstaff	STR, DEX	STR, DEX
Legendary Envenomed Blade	30	Short Sword	STR, DEX	STR, DEX
Legendary Zephyr	30	Short Sword	STR, DEX	STR, DEX

Orbs

Most orbs use INT for attack and CHA for damage. See Category:Orbs.

See also

• Battle Trance