Talk:Critical hit

> If you hit your target while getting a (non-modified) d20 roll within your weapon's threat range

So pretty much only low-level (low-BAB) characters with horrid strength ever have to worry about this part? Roll a 20 and as long as your roll of 20 + (all relevant bonuses) is not, say, 18 or lower on a 19-20 threat weapon? This seems like an incredibly clumsy mechanic just to kick a few low-level casters in the gelatinous cubes when they stab with a rusty dagger.

I'm not sure what is confusing you, but d20 roll means a random number between 1 and 20 and non-modified means not considering any bonuses such as strength. So you just roll one 20-sided die and compare the result to your weapon's threat range. The confirmation roll is where your attack bonus is important.
 * Tokhg (Contributions • Message) Tokhg


 * * Another way of looking at it would be like this: flip the script:  put the 'confirmation roll' first and call it a normal 'to-hit' roll, then do a separate roll for each hit to decide if any hit that actually hits is a critical hit.  The caveat is that like the roll of a natural 20 or 'vorpal' a critical hit always hits, so it is like extended vorpal.  So they calculate that first, then the 'to hit' to determine the QUALITY of the hit, whether critical critical or just critical-threat critical, as it an automatic hit that may or may not turn out to be critical depending on your effectiveness as a combatant, so that rusty dagger mages do not get the same effect as shiny shivers or big stick hitters.  &#59;&#62;jamvaru (Contribs • Message • Email ) 04:02, September 3, 2016 (EDT)

Burst Effects vs. No Crit Creature Types
Do Critical damage effects work on creatures that are immune to Criticals? E.g. Acid Burst, Holy Burst, or Ribcracker vs. a Skeleton? I'd assume they don't, but saw someone put Holy Burst on an Undead Bane weapon once. Thearcher (Contributions • Message) 11:16, September 3, 2013 (EDT)


 * AFAIK they actually do but I don't have a quote or screen shot ready.

Edit: quote: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/349815-Undead-and-Holy-Burst%5C --Cru121 (Contributions • Message) 11:23, September 3, 2013 (EDT)


 * Yep, that was me. I'm an idiot :)

Snake (Contributions • Message) 13:59, September 3, 2013 (EDT)