Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Flunkie 05-18-07, 07:15 AM	Power Critical states that: "When using the weapon selected, you gain a +4 bonus on the roll to confrim a threat." Does this mean, that if I have a monk which usually just crits on 20 can now crit on 16-20? Does this improve to 15-20 with Improved Critical?
runestar 05-18-07, 07:22 AM	No, power crit does not improve your threat range at all. It benefit is that when you score a threat, and must roll again to see if you actually hit, you get +4 bonus on this secondary roll.:)
Flunkie 05-18-07, 08:08 AM	Im still confused with this. I thought you rolled the die 20, to see if you hit and scored a critical all on one go. Can anyone show an example of how Power Critical works?
runestar 05-18-07, 08:23 AM	Okay, say you have a fighter with weapon focus, improved crit and power crit for scimitar. Your scimitar has a threat range of 15-20. Assume your foe's AC is such that a roll of 15 or higher is sufficient to hit it. Thus, if you roll a anywhere between 15 to 20, you normally roll again to see if you actually crit. If you missed on the 2nd die roll, you are treated as just having scored a normal hit. But if you hit with the 2nd die roll, then you have scored a crit, and deal double damage (actually, you just roll damage die twice). This is where power crit comes in. By adding +4 to the 2nd die roll, it increases your chances of hitting your foe, and thus the chances of your threat being confirmed and a crit occurring.:)
Flunkie 05-18-07, 08:32 AM	Thanks for explaining that Runestar. I did not realise that you had to roll for criticals in addition to the attack roll when scoring a threat. I thouight it was all just on one go Well, you know hat they say: You learn something new everyday :D