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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raduin711" data-source="post: 2394560" data-attributes="member: 15303">Ok, gonna try some Errata Logic...The flaming burst, icy burst, and shocking burstweapon powers require a critical hit to trigger the burst.What happens when you attack a foe that isn’t subject tocritical hits? Will the burst power work? A flaming burst,icy burst, or shocking burst weapon also is a flaming, frost,or shock weapon, respectively. What happens when theburst power is triggered? Does the burst damage augmentor replace the damage from the energy power?A burst power has its normal effect against foes that aren’tsubject to critical hits. If you strike such a foe and your attackroll is good enough to threaten a critical hit, go ahead and rollto confirm the critical. If you confirm the critical, the burstpower is activated, but the foe doesn’t take any extra weapondamage....From the DMG:So the errata contradicts the description of the Magic Weapon Special Ability.  You can use the same logic provided here for the whip question.  Which is: just because the weapon itself is unable to do damage, does not mean that any special abilities associated with that are also negated.  The damage reduction rules also follow this same logic.  I think this is a situation where the spirit of the rules should be followed, over a rather strict interpretation of the rules.</blockquote>