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<blockquote data-quote="Pauper" data-source="post: 6803574" data-attributes="member: 17607"><p>It is a mistake -- see the rule that determines what a critical hit is:</p><p></p><p>"If the d20 roll for an attack is a 20, the attack hits regardless of any modifiers or the target's AC. This is called a critical hit..."</p><p></p><p>Cutting Words does not change the d20 roll; it modifies it when comprising the attack roll**, consistent with the other effects in the game that modify d20 rolls for attack rolls, saving throws, or ability checks.</p><p></p><p>It should also be noted that there is no equivalent rule, as there was in other editions, about a d20 roll of 1 being an automatic failure and a 20 an automatic success on saving throws, though an AL DM could rule such at her table if she chose to.</p><p></p><p>** -- See the very first clause of the Cutting Words ability: "When a creature that you can see within 60 feet of you makes an *attack roll*..." (emphasis mine) The 'roll' being referenced in the later clause is not the d20 roll, but the attack roll. (If it was the d20 roll that was being modified, you'd think that would be stated, somewhere. Anywhere.)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You should be aware that Sage Advice isn't even official for Sage Advice:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford/status/675429202213011456" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford/status/675429202213011456</a></p><p></p><p>--</p><p>Pauper</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pauper, post: 6803574, member: 17607"] It is a mistake -- see the rule that determines what a critical hit is: "If the d20 roll for an attack is a 20, the attack hits regardless of any modifiers or the target's AC. This is called a critical hit..." Cutting Words does not change the d20 roll; it modifies it when comprising the attack roll**, consistent with the other effects in the game that modify d20 rolls for attack rolls, saving throws, or ability checks. It should also be noted that there is no equivalent rule, as there was in other editions, about a d20 roll of 1 being an automatic failure and a 20 an automatic success on saving throws, though an AL DM could rule such at her table if she chose to. ** -- See the very first clause of the Cutting Words ability: "When a creature that you can see within 60 feet of you makes an *attack roll*..." (emphasis mine) The 'roll' being referenced in the later clause is not the d20 roll, but the attack roll. (If it was the d20 roll that was being modified, you'd think that would be stated, somewhere. Anywhere.) You should be aware that Sage Advice isn't even official for Sage Advice: [url]https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford/status/675429202213011456[/url] -- Pauper [/QUOTE]
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