Critical with a Spell Storing weapon

[Twowolves]

If you put a damaging spell into a Spell Storing weapon, such as an Inflict Wounds spell, and you then score a critical hit with it, how do you handle the spell damage?

A) Double weapon damage only

B) Double both weapon and spell damage

C) Make two separate rolls to confirm the crit, doubling only the parts that make the confirmation roll

D) Something else

?

 

[mmu1]

A - Double the weapon damage only.

You're not making a to hit roll for the spell (and it's not discharged and wasted if you miss with the weapon) so you can't crit with it.

 

[Infiniti2000]

Only deal critical damage with the weapon damage, not the spell stored in it. The weapon hits, then it casts the spell. There is no attack roll for the spell.

 

[BlueBlackRed]

When you crit with a normal flaming weapon, you don't add any extra fire damage beyond the 1d6 fire, so you wouldn't do so with a spell storing version.

If you would like to have a crit also crit with a spell, then make a superior spell storing enchantment that requires more +'s to create. Mirror it to the flaming/frost/etc bursting enchantments for weapons.

 

[Twowolves]

Only deal critical damage with the weapon damage, not the spell stored in it. The weapon hits, then it casts the spell. There is no attack roll for the spell.

There is no attack roll with the spell when cast this way, but normally there is, and it is one of the spells capable of doing double damage on a critical hit. I guess, technically, there is no attack roll in this instance, so no chance for a crit either.

Just checking!