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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7821261" data-attributes="member: 6779196">Kind of, but to no effect. A critical hit with an unarmed strike is a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, yes, but what Savage Attacks allows you to do when you critically hit with a melee weapon attack is roll one of the weapon’s damage dice an additional time. An unarmed strike is not a weapon, and doesn’t have damage dice without the tavern brawler feat or monk’s martial arts feature.&nbsp;Divine Fury is debatable, since it says “weapon attack” rather than “melee weapon attack,” but personally I agree with your interpretation.Same problem here as Savage Attacks, these all cause “the weapon” to deal additional damage, and when making an Unarmed Strike, there is no weapon to apply this bonus to. Arguably the rest of the effect might still work?As with Divine Fury, arguably a “weapon attack” could refer to an attack with a weapon, rather than being shorthand for “melee weapon attack or ranged weapon attack.” I tend to agree with your interpretation here, but there’s room for doubt.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7821261, member: 6779196"] Kind of, but to no effect. A critical hit with an unarmed strike is a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, yes, but what Savage Attacks allows you to do when you critically hit with a melee weapon attack is roll [i]one of the weapon’s damage dice[/i] an additional time. An unarmed strike is not a weapon, and doesn’t have damage dice without the tavern brawler feat or monk’s martial arts feature. Divine Fury is debatable, since it says “weapon attack” rather than “melee weapon attack,” but personally I agree with your interpretation. Same problem here as Savage Attacks, these all cause “the weapon” to deal additional damage, and when making an Unarmed Strike, there is no weapon to apply this bonus to. Arguably the rest of the effect might still work? As with Divine Fury, arguably a “weapon attack” could refer to an attack with a weapon, rather than being shorthand for “melee weapon attack or ranged weapon attack.” I tend to agree with your interpretation here, but there’s room for doubt. [/QUOTE]

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