BryonD
Hero
I thought this was pretty simple, but now I'm not 100% certain.
If a character power attacks with a two handed weapon and scores a crit, what is the damage?
Assume a -4 to attack for power attack, so a +8 damage and a greatsword (X2 crits). My initial assumption was that two handed power attacks are considered a doubling, so a further doubling for a crit would yield +12 total by normal doubling rules. However, my player questioned that +8 was just the amount of damage set by power attack and thus should be doubled to +16.
He didn't argue or try to rules laywer when I ruled +12. But the wording in power attack was just vague enough that it wasn't perfectly clear to me that setting a bonus equal to two times a penalty is not the same as doubling a bonus. Has this been questioned? I didn't see anything in the faq.
Thanks
If a character power attacks with a two handed weapon and scores a crit, what is the damage?
Assume a -4 to attack for power attack, so a +8 damage and a greatsword (X2 crits). My initial assumption was that two handed power attacks are considered a doubling, so a further doubling for a crit would yield +12 total by normal doubling rules. However, my player questioned that +8 was just the amount of damage set by power attack and thus should be doubled to +16.
He didn't argue or try to rules laywer when I ruled +12. But the wording in power attack was just vague enough that it wasn't perfectly clear to me that setting a bonus equal to two times a penalty is not the same as doubling a bonus. Has this been questioned? I didn't see anything in the faq.
Thanks