direct hit damage with splash weapons


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hello recently i have created a far strike monk with throw anything and have started facing some demon hordes in recent games, So i picked up a good amount of holy water.

I then asked my DM the question of if i hit a demon directly with a splash weapon (in this case holy water) can i do the throw anything damage of something of the flasks size (1d2) plus my strength mod (2).

He didn't have a concrete answer but voted to say no for now because if i flurry and hit all 3 times the damage would be 3d2+6d4+9 with point blank shot which the party agreed (me included) would be kinda silly.

So my question is do i add the 1d2 and strength damage if i hit directly with a flask of holy water?


No, with Throw Anything you get a +1 circumstance bonus to attack rolls with splash weapons. These glass bottles shatter on impact because they're fragile in that respect, hence why you only need to land a touch attack with them.Thrown Splash Weapon Rules

Demons tend to have tougher hides because they're used to the abyssal plane they come from so even if there are glass shards, they'll walk over em' like nothing. So unless you've got reinforced bottles that act like the head of a battle aspergillum, there's no way you're gonna get any extra damage from the impact.

At most, you're doing 2d4 damage per vial, nothing extra, unless you're an alchemist.

This is the drawback to Thrown Splash Weapons. You can hit on touch, but you can't get any extra damage off of it. Though~ you do get of 1 splash damage to any demons adjacent to the target.

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