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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 52941" data-attributes="member: 1656">Sorry?"On a successful critical hit, the weapon severs the opponent's head from its body."How can you consider replacing "a successful critical hit" with "a successful critical hit, unless that critical was due to factors other than the natural unmodified threat range of the weapon" an interpretation?If, using a +2 vorpal longsword against an opponent with an AC of 15, the attacker rolled a natural 19 - a threat -  followed by a modified 15 - a confirmation - would you allow the vorpal power to operate?  After all, if it weren't for the +2 enhancement on the sword, the critical wouldn't have been confirmed, so by your reasoning, it wouldn't qualify for a beheading, yes?  It's a critical, but it wouldn't be a critical with an off-the-shelf longsword.-Hyp.</blockquote>