New feat - Devastating Critical


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You missed one thing that makes this a bad feat. The threat ranges can be doubled twice (improved critical+keen). Then this feat becomes to powerful. If you don't let PCs take both this and power attack. It is also okay if the weapon only has a threat range of 20.

Also, note in the second step this feat is twice as good with increased range. (+.30 rather than +.15 damage). This means that this should be harder to get than power attack (PCs can easily have keen weapons be 8th level)
 

Thanks for all the list of possible feat names, particularly the rather long-winded ones! ;)

As for Humanophile's response to the balance issue:
I agree that some weapons will benefit moreso that others, but some are of course better than others, without improvement via feats. Improved Critical is better for a rapier than a longsword and a longsword is improved more than a battleaxe. Nonetheless, you do address my primary concern: Does the combination create an unbalancing effect?

Overall, I'm leaning toward keeping it as is but with slightly tougher prereq's: BAB+9 or better, Weapon Focus.
As for making it an Epic Feat, I would personally up it's power a little to match Devistating Critical to some degree. Perhaps +2 or even doubling the multiplier.

Thanks for all the replies and keep them coming!
 


what about adding a strength req or making it so you can't use this and finesse on the same weapon cause the increased multiplier comes from strength not dex.
 

Some interesting points. I thought of the keen weapon point, and I may have a solution, although contrived: Only allow the feat to blunt or piercing melee weapons (Keen applies only to slashing weapons). Weapon Specialization effectively limits it to fighters and psychic warriors. Not a bad way to keep it limited to few characters.

I must say, this feat creation thing was somewhat simpler before I started this thread. You have created a headache where none previously existed. Of course, that was the sole reason for starting said thread. Job well done, ladies and gentlemen. I will sleep on it tonight and pray to Pelor that I don't have dreams of rapiers and keen weapons and criticals OH MY! :o
 

Emongnome said:
I must say, this feat creation thing was somewhat simpler before I started this thread. You have created a headache where none previously existed. Of course, that was the sole reason for starting said thread. Job well done, ladies and gentlemen. I will sleep on it tonight and pray to Pelor that I don't have dreams of rapiers and keen weapons and criticals OH MY! :o

Welcome to En World, we complicate everything :D
 

You could also try the proposed "fix" for Vorpal weapons - only allow it for the original threat range of the weapon.

So, a fighter with (my naming suggesting) Greater Critical (Longsword) would do x3 on a 19 or 20.

A fighter with Improved Critical (Longsword) and Greater Critical (Longsword) would do x2 on a 17 or 18 and x3 on a 19 or 20.

A fighter with Improved Critical (Longsword), Greater Critical (Longsword) and a Keen longsword would do x2 on a 15-18 and x3 on a 19 or 20.
 


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