Vorpal Uber Weapons?!?

[Jabba Von Hutt]

So let me get this straight I just rolled 7 on a weapon that does 2-8 pts damage. And somehow I get to roll another d4 due to it being vorpal. You guys can't be serious? That comes off as so cheesy it's not even funny. As this been FAQed somewhere because I would laugh any player off my table without seeing it in writing.

If you're looking for numbers see post #39

 

[hamishspence]

you only get extra dice if the roll is the maximum you can roll

And vorpal items are 30th level, you'd expect nice properties at high level.

 

[DLichen]

http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1044906

According to the last post on this thread, custserv says yes.

I know it's not the actual quoted response, but I don't see a reason for the poster to lie.

 

[Jabba Von Hutt]

And if I roll a total of 8 then I will roll another 2d4 but not 1d4 per 4.

 

[Jabba Von Hutt]

Problem with CustServ that I have experienced on numerous occasions dealing with GW rules is you get different answers depending on which rep you ask. So I certainly will not take their word for it here either.

 

[baberg]

You wanna see it in writing? PHB p.236.

Property: 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.

Your 2-8 rolling indicates you're rolling 2d4 for damage. One of the dice came up a 4 (maximum result on that damage die) so you roll it again and add.

I don't see where the confusion comes in. It's all pretty straightforward.

 

[DLichen]

Well, according to my link, any 4 would on a 1d4 would mean a reroll, no matter if you're rolling 2d4 or 14d4.

And a 8 would mean a 8+2d4, and a 7 from a 3,4 on 2d4 would mean 7+1d4.

You are free to disbelieve however.

 

[Jabba Von Hutt]

You wanna see it in writing? PHB p.236.

Your 2-8 rolling indicates you're rolling 2d4 for damage. One of the dice came up a 4 (maximum result on that damage die) so you roll it again and add.

I don't see where the confusion comes in. It's all pretty straightforward.

Max damage is 8 for the weapon rules lawyering it won't change that fact.

 

[DLichen]

You wanna see it in writing? PHB p.236.

Your 2-8 rolling indicates you're rolling 2d4 for damage. One of the dice came up a 4 (maximum result on that damage die) so you roll it again and add.

I don't see where the confusion comes in. It's all pretty straightforward.

The confusion stems that damage die leads to weapon damage die on the back of the PHB.

IE [2d4] as a whole.

You can interpret damage die as any die that the vorpal weapon gives you, including the d12s, or weapon damage die only. The rules are iffy on that.

 

[med stud]

Considering that previous vorpal swords were insta-kill on criticals, this one is weaker. I can't see the problem here.