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Do Bless Weapon, Smite, Power Attack and Power Critical stack?
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<blockquote data-quote="Epametheus" data-source="post: 501696" data-attributes="member: 719"><p>If the paladin has an 18 wisdom somehow (or is level 15), you can do something possibly more vicious, and you'll get more mileage out of it.</p><p></p><p>Specifically, Holy Sword.</p><p></p><p>The drawback to holy sword is that it overrides all enchantments already on the weapon and doesn't stack with bless weapon. it also has a very short duration, especially for 1/2-level casters like paladins.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, the weapon becomes +5, and automatically inflicts double damage on evil opponents. So you basically get a crit on every single attack, even if you're fighting undead or a sentient construct.</p><p></p><p>Combine this with a Prayer Bead of Karma (+4 to caster level when activated).</p><p></p><p>If you then cast Divine Favor, you'll get +3 Luck bonuses to attack and damage (you'd get a +2 without the bead).</p><p></p><p>And while Bless Weapon doesn't combine with Holy Sword, Power Crit will, so when you drop your smite attack you can hit for triple damage with your longsword. Minimum (10 STR, 10 Cha) of +22 to hit, 3d8+66 damage, and with a minimum of +22 you should probably be able to hit on the crit confirmation. If you're not smiting, then you'll be, with a 10 STR, +22 hit, 2d8+16 damage.</p><p></p><p>Sadly, a single greater dispelling will rip your fangs right out. Paladins and rangers suffer from a very low caster level, and a greater dispelling from an equal level character will succeed even on a low roll, for the most part.</p><p></p><p>That's the most basic of what you could do; I'm sure it gets much uglier as abilities from more splat books (such as Divine Might from DotF) get thrown into the mix.</p><p></p><p>Ah, well. Hopefully that's actually relevant to what you're doing. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Epametheus, post: 501696, member: 719"] If the paladin has an 18 wisdom somehow (or is level 15), you can do something possibly more vicious, and you'll get more mileage out of it. Specifically, Holy Sword. The drawback to holy sword is that it overrides all enchantments already on the weapon and doesn't stack with bless weapon. it also has a very short duration, especially for 1/2-level casters like paladins. On the other hand, the weapon becomes +5, and automatically inflicts double damage on evil opponents. So you basically get a crit on every single attack, even if you're fighting undead or a sentient construct. Combine this with a Prayer Bead of Karma (+4 to caster level when activated). If you then cast Divine Favor, you'll get +3 Luck bonuses to attack and damage (you'd get a +2 without the bead). And while Bless Weapon doesn't combine with Holy Sword, Power Crit will, so when you drop your smite attack you can hit for triple damage with your longsword. Minimum (10 STR, 10 Cha) of +22 to hit, 3d8+66 damage, and with a minimum of +22 you should probably be able to hit on the crit confirmation. If you're not smiting, then you'll be, with a 10 STR, +22 hit, 2d8+16 damage. Sadly, a single greater dispelling will rip your fangs right out. Paladins and rangers suffer from a very low caster level, and a greater dispelling from an equal level character will succeed even on a low roll, for the most part. That's the most basic of what you could do; I'm sure it gets much uglier as abilities from more splat books (such as Divine Might from DotF) get thrown into the mix. Ah, well. Hopefully that's actually relevant to what you're doing. :cool: [/QUOTE]
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