At least with a Touch, Explode, Extract base, adding Dampen increases the range at which mobs are hit. This seems like a bug, as the Worn Notebook indicates that only the AOE modifier should do this. Tested with Creative Spellbook as well as a Bookwyrm.

(I was attempting to automate Pnuematicraft explosion crafting. I ended up having to leave off Dampen altogether.)

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