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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Artoomis" data-source="post: 4921381" data-attributes="member: 111">I am so glad you posted this, for this is your key mistake.The rules say if you do A, you score a critical hit if you also do B.Another rule comes along and says Whenever you do C, you score a critical hit if you also do D.That other rule just changed what you need to score a critical hit - it creates an exception to the previous rule by specifying a new rule.  This is what you do not see - or least is that with which do you do not agree.Actual words from the rules (the parallel is truly amazing):If you roll a 20 on the die when making an attack roll, you score a critical hit if your total attack roll is high enough to hit your target’s defense.Whenever you make two attack rolls because of your oath of enmity, you score a critical hit if both dice have the same roll, except if both rolls are 1.It more than strains credibility to think they'd write up the new rule in a way so parallel to the old rule if they did not intend it to replace the old rule in the way that the plain text reads.As for Precision, it simply says nothing new.  It says that some features/powers might change the number you roll, and that only a 20 will be an automatic hit  - as in a automatic hit if the roll is not a critical hit</blockquote>