There's some question as to exactly how the +1 works for calculating raw damage.<br/><br/>I was under the impression that if I got 3s over the roll, my Strength is 2 and the weapon does +2L, it'd be 7 damage.  However, I can also see the way that 8 could be interpreted.  By getting 3s over the roll, I mean that the opponent's DV was 2 and I rolled 5.<br/><br/>Basically, whether the +1 simply allows you to counteract the inherent nature of threshold or not.<br/><br/>For this combat, I'm going to say that threshold means purely exceeding the DV.  The above example would get 8 dice of damage.  However, if anyone can find any specific rules on the matter, please let me know.  However, they won't come into play until after this combat.