Criticals & Power Attack [Archive] - Wizards Community

Criticals & Power Attack [Archive] - Wizards Community

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ElvinFox
07-13-07, 02:45 PM Quick question - say you confirm a critical with a great axe and your character had power attacked -5 and strength of 14. So normal damage would be 1d12 + 3 (1.5 strength for two handed weapon) + 10 (5 x 2 for two handed weapon with power attack of -5). So is the damage on the critical hit 2d12+26?
Matthew77
07-13-07, 02:50 PM Greataxe has a x3 critical multipler, so your damage would actually be 3d12+39.

With rare exceptions, anything that adds a damage bonus expressed as a number is multiplied for a critical (such as strength or powerattack), while anything that adds a damage bonus expressed as dice is not multiplied (such as sneak attack or the flaming enchantment).

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ElvinFox 07-13-07, 02:45 PM	Quick question - say you confirm a critical with a great axe and your character had power attacked -5 and strength of 14. So normal damage would be 1d12 + 3 (1.5 strength for two handed weapon) + 10 (5 x 2 for two handed weapon with power attack of -5). So is the damage on the critical hit 2d12+26?
Matthew77 07-13-07, 02:50 PM	Greataxe has a x3 critical multipler, so your damage would actually be 3d12+39. With rare exceptions, anything that adds a damage bonus expressed as a number is multiplied for a critical (such as strength or powerattack), while anything that adds a damage bonus expressed as dice is not multiplied (such as sneak attack or the flaming enchantment).