Claws of the Vampire Damage

[axp_dave]

The Psionic power Claws of the Vampire does 1d8 "base" damage. The character then heals the damage inflicted. Would you allow strength bonuses to this attack's damage and if so does the character heal it???? I would think so, but cannot find any rules to back it up.

David

 

[gfunk]

There may be an upcoming rule for this sort of thing. If you check out Dragon #300 and the defintion of "vile" damage in the Fleshtearer PrC, you'll see that only the base damge die is "vile" damage. Strength, enhancement, and other bonuses to do not apply.

I would think the same thing would be true with CotV.

 

[kreynolds]

There may be an upcoming rule for this sort of thing. If you check out Dragon #300 and the defintion of "vile" damage in the Fleshtearer PrC, you'll see that only the base damge die is "vile" damage. Strength, enhancement, and other bonuses to do not apply.

I would think the same thing would be true with CotV.

I believe the consensus was the same for Wrathful Healing weapons as well.

 

[warpmind]

I think Bruce Cordell wrote that his intention was to only heal the 1d8, but I haven't seen this reflected in erratas.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

What's a Wrathful Healing weapon? Where can I find one? (Eg which sourcebook, etc.)

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for errata, Warpmind. Those things take a long time to come out.

It's partially up to DM interpretation. If it's a problem in your campaign, then change it. I've seen player characters who use it complain that they would end fights with more hp than they started - even though they were using the "only heal 1d8" version.

 

[kreynolds]

What's a Wrathful Healing weapon? Where can I find one? (Eg which sourcebook, etc.)

Enemies & Allies, but the book was so lame I'll go ahead and give you the basics of it...

Wrathful Healing: This ability can only be placed on a melee weapon, creating positive energy that flows to its wielder. When the weapon deals damage to a creature, the wielder heals a number of hit points equal to half the damage dealt. If the wielder already has full hit points, there is no effect. Because the weapon channels positive energy, it damages an undead wielder instead.

...I don't wanna give too much away, so I'll just tell you that the market price is somewhere between +2 and +4.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

Thanks K Rey.

 

[Corlon]

uh

I gotta subscribe to dragon magazine, anyone know where I can?
How'bout you Sean