| Andrew Teo |
Hi all,
sorry I'm late to the discussion. I know most of the community interprets Weapon Storm as dealing on 4 dice of damage at level 4, and does not take into account the runes of striking. But my play group has been reading it quite differently. We inferred this from page 279 of the Core Rule Book,
"Each weapon lists the damage die used for its damage
roll. A standard weapon deals one die of damage, but a
magical striking rune can increase the number of dice
rolled, as can some special actions and spells. These
additional dice use the same die size as the weapon or
unarmed attack’s normal damage die...
Effects based on a weapon’s number of damage dice
include only the weapon’s damage die plus any extra dice
from a striking rune. They don’t count extra dice from
abilities, critical specialization effects, property runes,
weapon traits, or the like."
in tandem with these descriptions under the spell weapon storm(pg 384):
"if you were wielding a two-hand weapon in both hands, you’d use its
two-hand damage die." and "Heightened (+1) Add another damage die"
So contrary to the forum posts which claim that it is CLEARLY stated that the spell deals 4 dice of damage, the terminology applied (specifically the term damage die), corresponds directly to the effects of runes of striking as described on page 280.
So i would like some form of official response? To be quite curt, Im not interested in discussion on game balance, spirit of the rules etc, because all that is quite subjective. I would like to know, if possible what was the specific intent of the writers/game makers(who really could be a lot more careful with their use of language).
Also, in case I'm wrong again, when you score a critical when you land a power attack, do you multiply the entire package? Im guessing you do, but numerically it's kindda bonkers.
Meaning, level 18 fighter with great pick imbued with major striking rune= 4d10 x 4(power attack)= 16 d10, on a critical does (16 d12) x 3 = 48 d12? Cos that's how we have been justifying the damage of weapon storm, ie to say there is something else out there that is as scary.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Would also appreciate if someone could direct me to an official response(if possible)? Thanks in advance.