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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Particle_Man" data-source="post: 2296787" data-attributes="member: 892">This one is sub-optimal.  Lightning Mace allows you the chance of another attack if you threat, for a total of initial attack + possible confirmation of crit + possible extra hit (which might threat, but at best that is 1 in 10 if you buy improved crit, and otherwise is 1 in 20).Or you can just use, you know, hand axes.  If you threat, you get twice as much extra damage if you confirm a threat.  That is pretty much the same as a light mace that gets a chance to confirm a threat and a possible extra hit.  And you don't have to spend a fancy feat.So lightning mace costs you a feat for almost no benefit over just using hand axes.   The only benefit of Lightning Mace is the very small chance of scoring a threat, then scoring another threat on one's bonus attack, and then scoring another threat on THAT bonus attack, etc.  I think on average, the hand axes work out to more damage, since rolling to confirm a threat once for double value is likely easier than both rolling to confirm a threat and rolling to hit with another attack (admittedly, with that infinitesimal chance of infinite damage).</blockquote>