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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 4640569" data-attributes="member: 1656">They're not attacked, but they take damage from the Hit.  The critical hit does not maximise "damage dealt to the target"; what's maximised is the damage dealt by the critical hit.You made an attack; the attack deals damage to the target you attacked and also to creatures you did not attack; the damage dealt by the attack is maximum damage. Agreed.Why not?  The Hit entry describes damage dealt to the adjacent enemy; a critical hit with a magic weapon adds dice to damage dealt.  The adjacent enemy is being dealt damage due to a critical hit with a magic weapon.  I can't find anything that specifies it only applies to the creature designated the target of that attack roll; the damage results directly from the Hit that became a critical hit. So what about powers with Hit entries like "4[W]; if the target is already bloodied, add 2[W]."  Is there a difference between Hellish Rebuke's extra d6 and the extra 2[W]?-Hyp.</blockquote>