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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 3656187" data-attributes="member: 13966">Yeah, the 3.5 designers messed it up and there really wasn't any reason for it.They nerfed Vorpal, so having a huge threat range wasn't so much of an advantage, and the fact that qualities like Vorpal/Flaming Burst/etc. don't add to attack rolls already means that if you try to get the most critical hit damage possible, you'd probably hit less often (and crit less often too, since you'd also have less chance of hitting on most of the numbers you have a threat range for, and you'd need to confirm those crits with another attack roll anyway).  A +3 Keen Flaming Burst Shocking Burst Icy Burst Falchion is going to hit (and confirm crits) less often than a +5 Keen Falchion of Speed.Thing is, the math was done by Sean K. Reynolds, but was ignored by Wizards of the Coast or something.  SKR's webpage still has his article on why Improved Critical and Keen should stack, which shows his math for how this stuff worked out in 3.0.  And since WotC removed the Vorpal problem, the two really should stack in 3.5, but they don't.....<a href="http://www.seankreynolds.com/rpgfiles/rants/keenimprovedcritstacking.html" target="_blank">SKR's article</a></blockquote>