Help understanding DD dice rolls for DDO?

[Ikith]

I started playing DD and DDO with a few friends and I'm having trouble understanding the dice rolls can someone like tutor me on them? Also weapon stuff like 1d8 I don't understand that kinda stuff either.

[miokomioko]

I didn't think there was anything to dice rolls other than representing "chance to ___" based on your appropriate stat vs comparable stat of your target/assailant.

Also, try to articulate your question a bit more substantially instead of "i don't understand the dice rolls i don't understand the stuff and some other stuff."

[Cantih]

Not sure about how DDO works, but with tabletop, you also need to specify which edition of the game you're playing.

[Grey Jorildyn]

1d8 just means "roll 1 eight-sided die". Often there is an addend tacked on at the end such as "1d8+4" which means you add 4 to the resulting roll of the d8.

Sometimes the first number changes too:
ex. 5d6 = roll 5 6-sided dice
ex. 8d10 = roll 8 10-sided dice

You always add up the rolls and then add on the number afterward if there is one.