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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kreynolds" data-source="post: 461265" data-attributes="member: 2829">Yup. It's far less reliable than Flaming, which is only a +1 enhancement and effects nearly everything, yet Vorpal is a +5 enhancement and doesn't kill Constructs, Elementals, Oozes, Undead (damn near all of them), any monster that lecks a discernable head and neck, and other specific monsters.As well as the other types I mentioned.Elementals are alive. Like Outsiders, they can't be raised. Unlike Outsiders, they are immune to crits, but they are still alive. Golems, which are Constructs, are powered by earth elementals, yet a Vorpal weapon will not kill a Construct. "Living" is way to ambiguous to use. I get your meaning, but the point of redesigning the Vorpal enhancement was to make it less of a pain in the rear to use it. "Living" wouldn't simplify it in my mind.Because a Nat 20 got you double-max damage. First, you max your damage, then you multiply it by two. 3rd edition works really hard to avoid that kind of multiplication.I agree, which is exactly why I added the x10 force damage multiplier to mine. The high amount of damage at a +5 cost isn't a problem unless you're using the epic level rules, and like I said, the DMG wasn't designed with the epic level rules in mind at all.If you're interested in just raising a weapon's critical multiplier, I'd recommend taking a look at Caliban's Reaver enhancement. It was pretty cool actually, and I even use it in my games. It raises the multiplier of a weapon by 1 point at a cost of +1 market price modifier. It's pretty cool.</blockquote>

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