power attack criticals?

[Bobbystopholes]

Why? You can do over 40 points of damage at first with a Great Axe. It seems like it should scale up a little.

 

[Grommilus]

Why? You can do over 40 points of damage at first with a Great Axe. It seems like it should scale up a little.

i don't think ya got it, at level 15 i could add 60 to damage, AND do the standard 8d4 + 4x other modifiers. scythes are pretty cool =)

 

[Dr. Zoom]

When you crit with a scythe for that much damage, you are practically cutting someone in half. That is what all the damage is for. You might not kill an extremely tough opponent, but you sure did hurt him. Don't forget the Fort save for massive damage, either.

 

[Bobbystopholes]

i don't think ya got it, at level 15 i could add 60 to damage, AND do the standard 8d4 + 4x other modifiers. scythes are pretty cool =)

Nope, didn't miss a darn thing. I just pointed out how much you could do at 1st level, you should be doing 80 points a hit that high. Heck, a fighter using a scythe should have double that by then, I would hope.

1st Level Human Fighter
Feats: Power Attack, Weapon Focus (Scythe), Iron Will (Rolled low and put it in Wisdom)
Strength 16 (+3)
Damage on Crit 8d4+20 = 40 points of Damage
Let the Wimpy 1st Level Wizard Friend cast Magic Weapon
Damage = 44 points of Damage with a 58 point max

You better be doing 80 points on a crit at 16th level. Seems pretty frickin' obvious. You aren't discovering anything too new yet

16th level Human Fighter
Feats (Relevant): Power Attack, Weapon Focus (Scythe), Weapon Specialization (Scythe), Improved Critical (Sycthe)
Strength 20 (Base 16+4 Levels)
Damage on Crit 8d4+8 (Spec)+64 (PA)+28 (Str)= 120 avg. with a max of 132.

I'm sure there are splat feats and other book feats that can get it over 200.

 

[Sigma]

Yup, it gets ugly w/those x4 crit weapons. There's a fighter/cleric in the campaign I'm running who's using a pick of some flavor. At third level, he took out an ogre in one hit because of a crit. He was really on a roll, because the next session he downed a devil with a single hit as well (the poor bugger only had 1 hp left anyway, and the damage he took was more than twice his total hit points at full health.)