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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1300598" data-attributes="member: 1656">I agree with this.A Flaming Burst weapon versus a zombie: on a confirmed critical attack roll, the Burst triggers.  The zombie, as an undead creature, is immune to criticals, and thus takes no critical damage or sneak attack damage... but the critical does still occur, and the Flaming Burst damage applies.  (3.5 Main FAQ)However...A Flaming Burst weapon versus someone wearing Heavy Fortification Armor: on a confirmed critical attack roll, there is a 100% chance that the critical is negated.  The wearer is not immune to the critical; rather, it is as if the critical never happened in the first place.  No critical, no Burst.  Different to immunity.The Sage has been quoted as stating - in an email, from memory - that Fortification doesn't actually negate a critical... but since that's in direct contradiction to the text and hasn't made it into the Official FAQ, it doesn't have a whole lot of credibility.Vorpal is a slightly odd case, given that it uses a Natural 20, rather than the threat range of the weapon... but it specifically uses the phrase "confirm the critical hit", which suggests that if the critical doesn't occur, neither does Vorpal.If it's negated, it doesn't occur.-Hyp.</blockquote>