[RPG] What does a 1d6/1d6 damage mean

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When reading the weapon attacks from the core rulebook I noticed quarterstaves (and a few other weapons) have something like this under the Dmg column;

1d6/1d6

What does this mean? It looks to me like a second attack, but I thought you could attack twice with ANY weapon if you have enough BAB. Is that not the case? do you need a second weapon or a double attack weapon to attack twice with enough BAB?

Best Answer

It means it's a Double Weapon

You can use a double weapon to fight as if fighting with two weapons, but if you do, you incur all the normal attack penalties associated with fighting with two weapons, just as if you were using a one-handed weapon and a light weapon. You can choose to wield one end of a double weapon two-handed, but it cannot be used as a double weapon when wielded in this way—only one end of the weapon can be used in any given round.

So you can use one end of the weapon, or both. The damage rolls there are for each of the two ends of the weapon.

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