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It does not take a living creature knowing - one that is dead will do. Just that someone had to know, at some point. Of course, it is a 16th level ritual, and by that time the party is pretty darn powerful. Still, overuse of this will cause a drain on party funds that becomes much less...

FWIW, the current version of CB does not show the "Special" line for Healing Word when taken from Intiate of the Faith.

Probability of doubles = 20/400 = 5%. Since 1 is a miss, and 19 or 20 would be a critical anyway, the increased chance is 17/400 or 4.25% If we assume that you must score a hit, and that will be on an 11 or greater, the increase is only 8/400 or 2%. Thus the increase chance of a critical hit...

Over-promisiing/Under-delivering. That's the history of WotC and various digital tools. I expect we may yet see it, but it's going to be quite a while.

At this point I think I give up. As far as I am concerned Holy Ardor has you "score a critical hit" on doubles just like it says and that means you apply critical damage. Any other reading is, to me, strained and twisted logic. I have no idea what RAI really is here, perhaps that will be made...

It sure does, The debate comes in over what exactly does that specific rule really mean. "Specfic" as is clearly stated vs. implied. That's not the same as agreement over what the words actually allow.

Possibly. Holy Ardor presents a very specific rule - under the circumstances stated in Holy Ardor you score a critical hit. That's a very specific rule that creates an exception to the normal rules on determining when you score a critical hit.

Comments/Errors: 1. True 2. True, sort of. The examples you've presented are not relevant expect for number 3. 3. The only example - when attacking the wrong square. In such a a case EVERYTHING does not hit, so nothing is actually successful, which proves nothing. 4. Fatally flawed due...

I think I'd like to focus on these two for a bit. First, if the only two choices for an attack result are Hit and Miss and you must hit before getting to the two choices under Hit, you could never get to an Automatic Hit, so that can't be right. Second, you don't need a "Hit" to "invoke" to...

This is a bit macabre, but exection by beheading with sword or axe were a chacny affair. Perhps the worst one that happened at the Tower of London was: The most badly botched execution was that of James, Duke of Monmouth, in 1685. Monmouth, the illegitimate son of Charles II, had led an...

The simple fact is that in addition to the attack results proof, the term itself is Critical Hit, as in a special types of Hit. It's obvious on its face that a Critical Hit is a type of Hit. Arguing over the term "definition" is really a waste of our time, especially as Holy ardor is not...

I am not sure where this will go, but I am going to address some of CovertOps points (and maybe others) by writing up an outline of the Combat chapter starting with page 269, Attacks and Defenses. Where I think it is relevant, I'll add parenthetical remarks. Attack and Defenses (Including...

Busy day today - I'll get back to this later. Lest anyone think I am ignoring you... :)

Well, "score a critical hit" is when you successfully get a critical hit - that's the language is used in the Critical Hit rule, in fact. CovertOps (and now you) keep trying to somehow say "score a critical hit" can result in a miss, but that's not possible by your own "logic 101" statement...

True - but Critical Hits are defined on page 276, not page 278. They are simply further explained (or even "further defined," if you like) under the Critical Hit header. I do not see how you can deny that a Critical Hit falls into one of two possible Attack Results - Hit or Miss, and it is a...

CB makes Inspiring Word be daily with no special text about more than once per encounter. CB makes Healing Word be daily with no special text about more than once per encounter. CB is pretty messed up over Healing Infusion and it still prints out as an Encounter Power.. I am not sure what it...

Well, by that logic you'd never get an Automatic Hit. First, you'd roll to hit. If you did not beat the defender's attack roll, you'd miss and never move on down the possible attack results to Automatic Hit. If you missed, you cannot continue on to check for a automatic hit, because you've...

There is no need to look to page 278 for that. Page 276 DEFINES Critical Hit as one of the possible results of Hit or Miss. Since it is one of the possible HIT results, if you "score a critical hit" you hit." Bottom line: If you "score a critical hit" you have hit. There is just no way...

Number (3) is the crucial one, for if it truly is a hit, then (1) and (2) simply don't matter as the rule just overrode the rest of the hit rules. If a rule creates a new exception that says you hit, well, then, you hit. So, if you "score a critical hit" have you hit? Well, let's see: Page...

If: 3. Roll an attack roll (p 273) 4. Compare attack roll to defense (p 274) 5. Apply damage. Then yes, exactly right. Holy Ardor redefines this (for holy Ardor only, of course), at least the way it is written. What is meant ()RAI), well, I am not sure. What is written is as clear as it can...