D&D 5E half orc crit with greatsword or maul 1d6 or 2d6 extra?

[auburn2]

So the half orc critical hit ability gives him or her an extra dice of dammage in addition to normal extra dice for a critical. How do you play that 1d6 extra or 2d6 extra if using a greatsword or maul?

Thanks in advance

 

[JonnyP71]

One dice, therefore if a weapon uses 2d6, it gets an extra 1d6 for a critical.

 

[The Hierophant]

Where is that in the PHB?

 

[Pickles III]

Dunno if it is in the PHB explicitly but it was twittered or Sage adviced Presumably a die is a die.

It works favourably for the great weapon fighting style - you can re-roll either die separately.

2d6 is still >> d12 in the long run & deserves the help

 

[Plaguescarred]

Where is that in the PHB?

Jeremy Crawford clarified it on his twitter https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford/status/688426292077658112?ref_src=twsrc^tfw


@Herodragon33 How does savage attack (and brutal critical) differ between greataxe and greatsword? 2d12 and 4d6 or 3d6?
@JeremyECrawford Savage Attacks (half-orc) and Brutal Critical (barbarian) add 1 die. Greataxe: +1d12. Greatsword: +1d6.



Yan
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[Blue]

Where is that in the PHB?

Under the Half Orc trait Savage Attacks (PHB 41):

Savage Attacks. When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon’s damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra dam age of the critical hit.

Emphasis mine. ONE of the DICE.

 

[Charles Rampant]

It tends to make me want a Great-Axe, not a Greatsword, since 3d12 is better than 5d6, at least in this player's mind! I felt that was a nice, subtle nudge towards using an axe as a HalfOrc, which I liked.

 

[Parmandur]

It tends to make me want a Great-Axe, not a Greatsword, since 3d12 is better than 5d6, at least in this player's mind! I felt that was a nice, subtle nudge towards using an axe as a HalfOrc, which I liked.

Yeah, and other class features and feats that key off dice give the Greataxe an advantage here.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I think this was done on purpose to encourage half orcs and barbarians to use axes (under the theory it evokes the themes)

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