Crit with Harm?

[Infiniti2000]

I was thinking ... If someone is hiding behind their tower shield and the enemy cleric cant see him, could the shield wielder just let the shield stand up on its own (slam it in the dirt?) and pretend to be using it? So if the caster touches the shield for harm ... it does nothing.

Slamming it into the dirt would be quite obvious, especially since it should require both hands. That's assuming it would even be possible (to make it appear like the person is holding it despite the fact that it's a half foot or more into the ground).

Funny idea, perhaps, but illogical.

 

[melkorspawn]

I think that because harm's damage is expressed as a fixed number, you can't really score a meaningful critical hit with it.Because no damage is rolled with harm, you can't roll the damage twice and total the results, and therefore cannot determine how much damage would be dealt on a critical hit.

Does that mean that you can't crit with a natural attack (or very small weapon) that deals 1 point of damage on a hit? (as opposed to 1d2, 1d3, 1d4, etc...)

 

[Demoquin]

Well it doesnt need to be slammed .. just enough so it wont topple over. Maybe if you had a pointed Tower Shield lol. Or a Shield with a tripod leg on the inside

 

[Creeping Death]

Targeted spells

I always thought that targeted spells were spells like magic missile. You designate a target and they are automatically affected.

I would have ruled that the enemy cleric couldn't deal a touch attack to someone using a tower shield for total cover.

 

[Nail]

Targeted spells have a "target" entry.

Harm has a target entry.

Therefore.......