Say the moonbeam spell is cast, a creature starts its turn within the beam of light, and the radiant damage is rolled. The creature then moves out of the beam. On the caster's turn, they move the beam back onto the creature. The creature starts its next turn in the area of moonbeam.
Does the caster of moonbeam roll again for the spell's damage on subsequent turns, or use the damage roll from the previous turn?
Best Answer
The caster rerolls the damage.
The spell Moonbeam states (PHB p.261):
The damage, at the start of a turn in the cylinder or when entering the cylinder's area for the first time, is 2d10 radiant damage, as in roll two 10 sided die. If the spell wanted you to roll once and keep that roll throughout the spells duration, it would likely be written something similar to:
This is subject to a DM's discretion, as nearly all things are. Typically when I have a player casting a spell with a similar type of damage dealt, I will have them roll once for the round, instead of every time the spells effects are triggered, simply to save time.