Divine Sacrifice.

[Lord Pendragon]

The spell description for Divine Sacrifice (DotF, Pal 1) states that the extra damage dice gained from the spell "count as normal damage."

If a paladin wielding a longsword under the effects of this spell sacrifices 10hp for +5d6 damage, and scores a critical hit, is the damage multiplied (2d8+10d6) as if the Sacrifice dice were part of the sword's normal damage, or not multiplied (2d8+5d6) because they are extra "dice" of damage, and not straight damage?

 

[Darklone]

Extra damage dice are not multiplied by a critical hit.

Critical hit description, PHB. This applies pretty often to sneak attacks with rapier and energy weapons (except burst thingies).

 

[Destil]

Agreed. It's not a matter of normal or energy damage or anything, it's an issue of a flat bonus vs a die bonus. Not Multiplied. In this instance 'normal', I believe, means that it deals damage like your weapon (slashing with a longsword, for instance).

 

[Lord Pendragon]

Agreed. It's not a matter of normal or energy damage or anything, it's an issue of a flat bonus vs a die bonus. Not Multiplied. In this instance 'normal', I believe, means that it deals damage like your weapon (slashing with a longsword, for instance).

That's what led me to believe it might be otherwise than the general rule, though. So if a paladin's wielding a 2d6 slashing greatsword and uses the spell, he'd be wielding a 7d6 slashing greatsword, not a greatsword that deals 2d6 normal slashing +5d6 bonus slashing. I hope that makes sense.

But if that's not what was meant, cool.

 

[Destil]

That's what led me to believe it might be otherwise than the general rule, though. So if a paladin's wielding a 2d6 slashing greatsword and uses the spell, he'd be wielding a 7d6 slashing greatsword, not a greatsword that deals 2d6 normal slashing +5d6 bonus slashing. I hope that makes sense.

But if that's not what was meant, cool.

Nope, unless it specificaly mentions otherwise I think it's still a die add, and the 'normal' clause again simply means it isn't energy damage or holy damage or something, just weapon type damage.