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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Larrin" data-source="post: 5915085" data-attributes="member: 55816">"Maximum Damage: Rather than roll damage, determine the maximum damage  you can roll with your attack. This is your critical damage. (Attacks  that don’t deal damage still don’t deal damage on a critical hit.)"the wording of critical hits maxing damage."The target takes 1[W] extra damage from the triggering attack."That's the wording of power strike.  The damage is from the triggering attack, and on a crit all damage from that attack is maximized (except for damage triggered by the crit itself).   Furious assault is similar.for comparison:weapon finesse(executioner): "In addition, once per turn you can deal 1d8 extra damage with a weapon attack"->still  the attack doing the damage->maximize.shroud wording: "If you invoke your shrouds, the attack deals 1d6 damage per shroud, minus one shroud if the attack misses"-> still the attack doing the damage->maximize.wording for curse/sneak attack: "If you hit a cursed enemy with an attack, you deal extra damage." less obvious, numerous designers have stated it is intended you maximize this.   Thus this wording and similar types of additional damage should be maximized.Bottom line: everyone, ever, has said that you maximize sneak attack and its the least obviously maximized extra dice roll you can add.  If an attack triggers the damage, whether its from the attack or _with_ the attack (whatever that means), its maxed when the attack is a crit.   (but not bonus crit damage, of course). Crits are designed to be nasty, this is for the fun of the player.</blockquote>

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