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I had a question about 'Great Weapon Fighting' as it applied to Paladins, which lead me here: Does Great Weapon Fighting apply to Superiority Die rolls? During my research. While the answer cleared up my original question, I have a follow up question.

First, my question: When rolling for Great Weapon Fighting style as a Paladin, does the differentiation detailed below mean I can continue to re-roll all 1's and 2's until I get a 3 or higher?

Secondly, the differentiation: I noticed there is a variance between the Great Weapon Fighting entry in the Fighter listing on PHB pg 72 :

When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding with two hands, you can re-roll the die and must use the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2. The weapon must...

Emphasis on the differentiation from the entry, of the same Great Weapon Fighting style, found in the Paladin listing on PHB pg 84 :

When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll. [missing] The weapon must...

This particular entry is missing the crucial "even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2." This particular entry says, you may reroll any 1's or 2's and must use the new roll period .

This is more than likely a typo, as some do exist in the version of the PHB I have when it first came out. If anyone has any errata/newer versions of the PHB and can see if the full entry exists under Paladin please let me know in comments or in your answer should you submit one.

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No, you cannot re-roll until you get a 3 or higher.

You can re-roll once. There is no difference in meaning between the two descriptions. The first offers the rule:

you can re-roll the die and must use the new roll

and then offers clarification of the rule:

even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2.

The second offers the rule:

you can reroll the die and must use the new roll.

with no clarification. The clarification is not necessary. The rule is clearly stated in both cases.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Thank you. I'll see what other input there is before deciding but this helps. I'm currently writing a macro for 3d8r<2 which auto re-rolls EVERYTHING that comes up 2 or under on 3d8. I can't seem to find a way to get it to do just 1 re-roll. So needed an interpretation check before I decided to rewrite the whole thing. :D \$\endgroup\$
    – Airatome
    Sep 16, 2015 at 21:34
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    \$\begingroup\$ If you're using Roll20, 3d8ro<2 will only reroll once per die. \$\endgroup\$
    – xanderh
    Sep 16, 2015 at 21:41
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    \$\begingroup\$ @Xanderh I think I <3 you right now. I've spent several days reading over the roll queries and other wiki's on the site I can find, but nothing had a full comprehensive list I was able to find. These new 5E sheets are amazing, so I'm trying to put them to their full work lol. I appreciate it. \$\endgroup\$
    – Airatome
    Sep 16, 2015 at 21:49
  • \$\begingroup\$ No worries. I only found out about that because one of my players told me about it. No idea where he found it, though... \$\endgroup\$
    – xanderh
    Sep 16, 2015 at 22:41
  • \$\begingroup\$ @xanderh: For future readers, the ro thing is mentioned on the Dice Reference page. \$\endgroup\$
    – V2Blast
    Jan 8, 2021 at 2:22

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