Critting beneficial spells.

[BelXiror]

Now, you can critical a Inflict Light Wounds spell, right?

So, can you critical it's opposite, a Cure Light Wound spell?

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

Only on undead (who are, ironically, immune to critical hits).

 

[Hypersmurf]

More generally, you can only crit with a spell that a/ requires an attack roll, and b/ deals damage (including hit point damage, ability damage, and negative levels).

As Patryn notes, CLW only fits those criteria when used against an undead creature; against an elf, for example, it does not deal damage, and cannot crit.

-Hyp.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

To add: It *is* possible that, somewhere, somehow, a designer or DM will design a creature that acts similarly to undead as far as normally-healing spells are concerned, and against such a creature one could score a critical hit with a CLW spell.

Until then, however, the "needs to do damage" clause will prevent healing spells from scoring critical hits.

 

[Hypersmurf]

To add: It *is* possible that, somewhere, somehow, a designer or DM will design a creature that acts similarly to undead as far as normally-healing spells are concerned, and against such a creature one could score a critical hit with a CLW spell.

Nilbog!

-Hyp.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

Gesundheit?

 

[Khayman]

Nilbog!

-Hyp.

oh no... not those little buggers again...

 

[Deset Gled]

It's worth noting that the reason this only works on undead, and not a commrade, is that a critical can only happen when using a touch spell that deals damage.

 

[Darklone]

Hmm, read the Libris Mortis (grammatical excuses, bah) yesterday, there's a feat that allows you to be cured by inflict spells and be hurt by cure spells...

So you could CDG a guy with that feat for autocrit damage to heal him ? Guess not cause against him you don't cause damage...

 

[Hypersmurf]

It's worth noting that the reason this only works on undead, and not a commrade, is that a critical can only happen when using a touch spell that deals damage.

Ooh, good point. We should have mentioned that earlier in the thread...

-Hyp.