Empower & Maximize spells

[Arcanus]

Can an empowered and maximized inflict critical wounds that is imbued on an arrow (the imbuement is a metamagic feat from a d20 product that allows touch spells to be put on weapons) do critical damage itself?

How much does an inflict critical wounds do at 16th level that is empowered and maximized?

Can this emp./max'd inflict spell cause critical damage while it is on an arrow from imbuement? If so does it critical at x3 along with the arrow or would it be at x2 damage?

 

[Hypersmurf]

Can an empowered and maximized inflict critical wounds that is imbued on an arrow (the imbuement is a metamagic feat from a d20 product that allows touch spells to be put on weapons) do critical damage itself?

I don't know imbuement, but spells that require an attack roll and do damage can do criticals, generally.

I'd say yes.

How much does an inflict critical wounds do at 16th level that is empowered and maximized?

48 [maximised] + (4d8 + 16)/2 [empowered]

Can this emp./max'd inflict spell cause critical damage while it is on an arrow from imbuement? If so does it critical at x3 along with the arrow or would it be at x2 damage?

x2. Arrow damage would be tripled, spell damage would be doubled.

-Hyp.

 

[Crothian]

And the doubling for the crit would only add again the base spell.

 

[Dr_Rictus]

Which is to say (leaving the arrow issue aside for the moment) a critical hit with a Maximized, Empowered inflict critical wounds at caster level 16 would do:

48 + (4d8 + 16)*150%

The critical and the Empower feat together boost the damage multiple up to 250%, of which the original 100% is maximized, leaving 150% variable.

 

[mkletch]

Unless the imbued spell requires a separate attack roll, it is not doubled. The arrow has an attack roll and can crit, but the spell is just along for the ride.

-Fletch!