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<blockquote data-quote="N8Ball" data-source="post: 4897107" data-attributes="member: 63757"><p>Excellent summary Stalker.</p><p></p><p>I believe that the rules do support that a critical hit is a hit. My reasoning comes from the descriptions of "Critical hit" under attacks on page 277 and twice under the "Critical hit" section on page 278.</p><p></p><p>under Attacks PHB 277: "If you roll a natural 20 your attack might be a critical hit."</p><p></p><p>under Critical Hits PHB 278: "When you roll a 20 and your total attack roll is high enough to hit your targets defense, you score a critical hit.."</p><p></p><p>The wording in each those cases already includes caveats for the hit to satisfy <strong>before it qualifies</strong> as a critical hit. Those caveats need to be satisfied <strong>before</strong> the rules even declare a critical hit. So the term critical hit does not include the requirements, they were met before we even got to the term.</p><p></p><p>The sections "Natural 20" and "Precision" tell you when to apply the crit, the next 2 sections tell you what a critical hit is.</p><p></p><p>Normal requirements for a crit: your attack roll must hit the defense, you must roll a 20. </p><p>Effects of a crit: max damage, some extra damage from magic and such.</p><p></p><p>My point is that the term "critical hit" only implies a max damage hit, and the normal rules surrounding <strong>when</strong> to apply that are superceded by the specific conditions set out in the feature.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="N8Ball, post: 4897107, member: 63757"] Excellent summary Stalker. I believe that the rules do support that a critical hit is a hit. My reasoning comes from the descriptions of "Critical hit" under attacks on page 277 and twice under the "Critical hit" section on page 278. under Attacks PHB 277: "If you roll a natural 20 your attack might be a critical hit." under Critical Hits PHB 278: "When you roll a 20 and your total attack roll is high enough to hit your targets defense, you score a critical hit.." The wording in each those cases already includes caveats for the hit to satisfy [B]before it qualifies[/B] as a critical hit. Those caveats need to be satisfied [B]before[/B] the rules even declare a critical hit. So the term critical hit does not include the requirements, they were met before we even got to the term. The sections "Natural 20" and "Precision" tell you when to apply the crit, the next 2 sections tell you what a critical hit is. Normal requirements for a crit: your attack roll must hit the defense, you must roll a 20. Effects of a crit: max damage, some extra damage from magic and such. My point is that the term "critical hit" only implies a max damage hit, and the normal rules surrounding [B]when[/B] to apply that are superceded by the specific conditions set out in the feature. [/QUOTE]
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