Extra damage from maneuvers from Book of 9 Swords

[spalk]

A lot of the maneuvers from Bo9S grant the character extra damage with a strike. Does this extra damage work against undead, constructs and other creatures immune to critical hits? Some of the maneuvers say things in the flavor text about "locating a vulnerable point", and this sounds somewhat like sneak attack, but it is not very precise?

 

[Nifft]

Yes. It's just plain extra damage.

However: damage derived from a maneuver is never multiplied on a critical hit -- not even if it's a flat bonus (like +10) -- unless the maneuver specifies otherwise. Few do.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Mouseferatu]

Yes. It's just plain extra damage.

However: damage derived from a maneuver is never multiplied on a critical hit -- not even if it's a flat bonus (like +10) -- unless the maneuver specifies otherwise. Few do.

I don't have the book in front of me, and it's been a while since I've played a character from it, but can you cite a source on this? I don't remember that particular ruling.

 

[Nifft]

I don't have the book in front of me, and it's been a while since I've played a character from it, but can you cite a source on this? I don't remember that particular ruling.

"You do not respect mah authoritah?"

Page 43, top paragraph.

Cheers, -- N

EDIT: I should note that the non-multiplication is specific to strikes (as was the OP's question). Presumably stances and boosts which grant a flat damage bonus do multiply on a crit.

 

[blargney the second]

On strikes: "You do not multiply extra damage from a strike with a successful critical hit. You treat it just as you would extra damage from another special ability, such as sneak attack."

So extra damage dice are not multiplied, but flat extra damage is multiplied.
-blarg

 

[hong]

Page 43 could do with tighter editing, but it seems that it's basically just restating the normal rules for combat. This includes the multiplying-damage thing, and also the extra-attacks-with-strikes thing.