Damage Rolls with a Minus Modifier: Minimum 0 or 1?

[phiwum]

Originally Posted by Petrovski101

I've replaced 1d-2 with 1d4, 1d-1 with d5, 1d+1 with d7... etc. I've got loads of DCC dice kicking around and wanted to use them in my games.

That's a heck of an upgrade.

1d6 - 2 has an average damage of 10/6 = 1.66. 1d6 - 2 with a minimum 1 has an average damage of 12/6 = 2. 1d4 has an average damage of 2.5.

Note that a 1d5 damage roll has an average result of 3 hits, which isn't all that much better than the 1d4.

And 1d6 + 1 is downgraded from 4.5 average damage to 4 average damage on the other hand.

It's fine if you're okay with changed the expected damage, of course. It's your game. But it is worth noticing that moving from, say, the 1d javelin to the 1d+1 spear is less beneficial in your games. And also, throwing a rock using your rules (average damage 2.5) is a lot closer to using a dagger (average damage 3). According to RAW, the rock has an average damage 1.66 while the dagger has an average damage 15/6 = 2.5.