Vorpal Crits

[erik_the_guy]

Vorpal Weapons:

When you role maximum weapon damage with a vorpal weapon you get to re-roll and that die and add more damage (keep re-rolling if you keep rolling max damage). If you get a critical, you treat each weapon damage die as though it had been rolled max, would your re-roll those ones and add more?

Ex, you attack with a 5[W] attack power and score a critical. You would use max weapon damage 5 times, and roll weapon damage 5 times (and re-roll any more that were max and so on...) right?

Love the new rules for vorpal by the way

 

[hong]

Yes, I believe so. Vorpal has always meant nasty things happen on a crit.

 

[Zurai]

If you want a truly nasty Vorpal weapon, try a Glaive on for size with some Gauntlets of Destruction. 2d4, reroll 1's, open ended rolls on 4's? Yes please.

 

[DLichen]

In a word: No

Vorpal:
Whenever you roll the maximum result on any damage
die for this weapon, roll that die again and add the additional
result to the damage total. If a reroll results in another
maximum damage result, roll it again and keep adding.

Critical:
Rather than roll damage,
determine the maximum damage you can roll with
your attack. This is your critical damage.

If you want vorpal to be nuts, grab a falchion and gauntlets of destruction. Now there's a combo.

Falchion is better than glaive because of high crit: when you crit you roll 3[w] extra damage - these 3[w] = 6d4 which gets maximized and repeated from vorpal = awesome

 

[hong]

In a word: No

Vorpal:
Whenever you roll the maximum result on any damage
die for this weapon, roll that die again and add the additional
result to the damage total. If a reroll results in another
maximum damage result, roll it again and keep adding.

Critical:
Rather than roll damage,
determine the maximum damage you can roll with
your attack. This is your critical damage.

If you want vorpal to be nuts, grab a falchion and gauntlets of destruction. Now there's a combo.

Falchion is better than glaive because of high crit: when you crit you roll 3[w] extra damage - these 3[w] = 6d4 which gets maximized and repeated from vorpal = awesome

How do the 6d4 get maximised and repeated if your answer is "no"?

 

[Danceofmasks]

'cos you get extra dice from high crit

 

[hong]

'cos you get extra dice from high crit

Yes, but you roll those dice, they're not automatically maxed on a crit.

 

[Danceofmasks]

Ah, I misunderstood you ..
but I think the post you responded to meant you want to roll those dice, and if they get a max result, roll again as per the vorpal property.

 

[DLichen]

Yes, but you roll those dice, they're not automatically maxed on a crit.

Because of this rule:

Extra Damage: Magic weapons and implements, as
well as high crit weapons, can increase the damage
you deal when you score a critical hit. If this extra
damage is a die roll, it’s not automatically maximum
damage; you add the result of the roll.

The high crit damage is extra damage, but afaik, it is still subject to the vorpal property.

 

[hong]

Because of this rule:

Extra Damage: Magic weapons and implements, as
well as high crit weapons, can increase the damage
you deal when you score a critical hit. If this extra
damage is a die roll, it’s not automatically maximum
damage; you add the result of the roll.

The high crit damage is extra damage, but afaik, it is still subject to the vorpal property.

Exactly. you don't maximise them.