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For attacks made with [[Weapons]], various [[Die Rolls#Modifiers|Modifiers]] can affect the total value of the roll, such as the attacking creature's Ability Score Modifier, Proficiency Bonus, or Advantage / Disadvantage.  For the damage of spell attacks, no such modifiers apply.

Note that due to the mathematics of dice rolls, the difference between, say, 1d8 and 2d4 is more than just the higher minimum value of 2 on the 2d4 roll.  With the d8, you have an equal chance of getting, say, a 5 and an 8.  On the other hand, the 2d4 roll is statistically more likely to lead to a total value of 5, than a total value of 8.  This is most easily explained with a table of all possible outcomes:

|+ Possible results of a 2d4 roll, highlighting the number of possibilities resulting in a total value of 5

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