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bonus damage on crits

Discussion in 'User Created Content' started by Matt, May 9, 2011.

  1. Matt

    Matt New Member

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    For weapons with magic like Shocking Burst, is there a way to automatically add the D10's to damage when the player gets a critical?
     
    #1 Matt, May 9, 2011
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    on weapon damage add a 1d10 damage with type electricity and critical

    Damage types with the critical only do their damage when a crit is rolled.
     
    #2 ogexam, May 9, 2011
  3. Matt

    Matt New Member

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    Awesome, thanks for the information!
     
    #3 Matt, May 11, 2011
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    A similar question-

    Is there anyway to include Holy damage? I was looking but did not see a place to even include alignment, so my guess is that the easiest way to include Holy damage is to just add it to the Sneak Attack field when attacking an evil foe. Is that correct?
     
    #4 Matt, May 16, 2011
  5. bigkilla

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    That is one way to do it. I sometimes make another attack entry and call it plus holy damage and give it holy damage and have the player choose whichever is appropriate for the creature being attacked.

    So it would look like this in the attack area.They then just choose the appropriate attack.

    Longsword 1d8 damage
    Longsword 1d8 damage plus 2d6 holy
     
    #5 bigkilla, May 17, 2011
  6. ogexam

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    Yep those are the best ways to do it.

    Either just add the 2d6 as sneak attack and let the DM know what it is for, or create another attack vs evil creature.

    Same can be done with bane weapons, just add +2 to hit +2 to damage and +2d6 sneak
    Or create another attack vs that bane type.
     
    #6 ogexam, May 17, 2011
  7. Dan

    Dan Member

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    Yes, it's pretty flexible that way.

    Generally, if the character has a known Bane weapon, we make 2 entries on their attacks to make the math easy: regular and Bane (with the +2 hit and +2d6+2 damage of the right type).

    When they fight a creature that they don't know, I can mentally give them the +2 to hit, then damage the creature manually (via the D key) and declare that their weapon flares up, etc. Then they know and can use the Bane attack afterwards.

    Presto!
     
    #7 Dan, Jul 11, 2012
  8. Wesley Gorby

    Wesley Gorby Production/Community Manager
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    It is also handy to add details to the attack name for clarity, especially if there are several entries.

    Longsword (1d8 damage) -- normal
    Longsword +Holy (1d8 damage plus 2d6 holy) -- with holy
    Longsword +Holy w/off (1d8 damage plus 2d6 holy) -- with holy and with off hand weapon

    etc etc :)
     
    #8 Wesley Gorby, Jul 20, 2012
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