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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CovertOps" data-source="post: 4919857" data-attributes="member: 65152">I need to clarify that this information is incorrect.  Critical hit is NOT defined on page 276.  It IS defined on p278.  References on p276 only talk about when you might score a critical and restate the max damage clause from p278.  Critical Hit is defined as max damage and a few other things (enhancement bonus dice, high crit, etc).  Note that the "Natural 20" rule on p278 basically refers back to the Hit rules on p276 but doesn't actually tell you what is or is not a hit.  It only tells you the default case (20 on the die) to get a critical and you don't crit if you didn't hit (automatic hit clause).Precision (which doesn't really do anything) is just more reminder of the "Hit" rules on p276 reminding you that if some other powers let you crit on more than just 20 you still might not crit because you in fact missed (didn't hit?).....Hmmm...a Crit that misses???? Wonder where we've heard that before.The rest is just the text of how to calculate the damage you do (this is the actual definition).</blockquote>