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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 2018513" data-attributes="member: 957">I thought this was pretty simple, but now I'm not 100% certain.If a character power attacks with a two handed weapon and scores a crit, what is the damage?Assume a -4 to attack for power attack, so a +8 damage and a greatsword (X2 crits).&nbsp; My initial assumption was that two handed power attacks are considered a doubling, so a further doubling for a crit would yield +12 total by normal doubling rules.&nbsp; However, my player questioned that +8 was just the amount of damage set by power attack and thus should be doubled to +16.&nbsp; He didn't argue or try to rules laywer when I ruled +12.&nbsp; But the wording in power attack was just vague enough that it wasn't perfectly clear to me that setting a bonus equal to two times a penalty is not the same as doubling a bonus.&nbsp; Has this been questioned?&nbsp; I didn't see anything in the faq.Thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 2018513, member: 957"] I thought this was pretty simple, but now I'm not 100% certain. If a character power attacks with a two handed weapon and scores a crit, what is the damage? Assume a -4 to attack for power attack, so a +8 damage and a greatsword (X2 crits). My initial assumption was that two handed power attacks are considered a doubling, so a further doubling for a crit would yield +12 total by normal doubling rules. However, my player questioned that +8 was just the amount of damage set by power attack and thus should be doubled to +16. He didn't argue or try to rules laywer when I ruled +12. But the wording in power attack was just vague enough that it wasn't perfectly clear to me that setting a bonus equal to two times a penalty is not the same as doubling a bonus. Has this been questioned? I didn't see anything in the faq. Thanks [/QUOTE]

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