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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FatherTome" data-source="post: 3654806" data-attributes="member: 50815">The Duskblade does nothing unusual with Arcane Strike that does not already exist in the RAW.Since my copy of PHB is in the car, I'm slightly lazy here and thus not quoting exactly, but if an exact quotation/page numbers is required I can do that later.PHB states that touch spells can be delivered via unarmed strike, and thus also deal unarmed strike damage, but they are no longer considered a touch attack and thus require you to hit the opponents' full AC. The Duskblade is merely an extension of this, allowing you to channel a touch spell through a weapon attack - and later a full attack action. Thus the attack gets the +3 from shocking grasp, since you also get the +3 when delivering the touch spell via unarmed strike.Complete Arcane has a section dealing with weaponlke spells (touch spells and ray spells) which include the critical modifiers - weaponlike spells can crit, can recieve skirmish/sneak attack damage, and can even have their threat ranges improved. Whether weaponlike spells can crit as part of an Arcane Strike, I don't know, but weaponlike spells can crit on their own, and melee attacks can crit on their own. I suspect that only the weapon attack can crit on an Arcane Strike, though.</blockquote>