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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 354588" data-attributes="member: 3146">I'd go with keen for dwarves.Re: other critical effects, you could make criticals more massive on a mathematically even basis with keen by using this formula:m=critical multiplier.(m-1)x2+1=new multiplierMore simply stated, I guess it would be 2m-1=new crit multiplier.Consequently, a devastating warhammer would be 20/x5 instead of 19-20/x3. Similarly, a devastating scythe would be 20/x7Of course, in my experience, crits from x4 weapons typically kill whatever they hit anyway so there's not much advantage in going from x4 to x7 while there's a definite advantage in going from 20/x4 to 19-20/x4 as you do with a keen effect.It would be a pretty nifty effect for a longsword or other x2 weapon with a decent threat range though. I'd go for a 19-20/x3 longsword over a 17-20/x2 one.On the other hand, it would imbalance the improved critical feat since 17-20/x3 (improved critical deadly longsword--8 extra hits on criticals) is significantly better than 15-20/x2 (normal keen longsword with improved crit--6 extra hits on criticals). A deadly rapier or scimitar would be really nasty (15-20/x3 for 12 extra hits on crits instead of 12-20/x2 for 8 extra hits).</blockquote>