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I have a quick question. I know that the rules for critical hits, sneak attacks, and precision damage have changed. Instead of vital parts of the anatomy it is a vital area. From what I understand now undead and constructs are vulnerable to this damage. The only things that are not vulnerable are oozes, and elementals and incorporeal undead unless it says so in the bestiary entry, like the gibbering mouther. Where does it state this change in the pathfinder rulebook? Or is it elsewhere? I am just curious because I would like to have a page reference handy. Thanks.
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I have a quick question. I know that the rules for critical hits, sneak attacks, and precision damage have changed. Instead of vital parts of the anatomy it is a vital area. From what I understand now undead and constructs are vulnerable to this damage. The only things that are not vulnerable are oozes, and elementals and incorporeal undead unless it says so in the bestiary entry, like the gibbering mouther. Where does it state this change in the pathfinder rulebook? Or is it elsewhere? I am just curious because I would like to have a page reference handy. Thanks.
The critical point is that there is no sentence directly mentioning "now undead are vulnerable to critical hits." Instead, each creature type description specifically mentions their immunities, and immunity to sneak attacks and critical hits are notably absent from these descriptions. Reference the undead creature type description on pg. 309 of the core rulebook, and you will notice that the line such as in the Ooze creature type description listing immunity to all sneak attack and precision-based attacks such as critical hits is not there.
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Thank you. So if i get this strait, a zombie, for example, is now vulnerable to sneak attacks and critical hits, because, such an immunity is absent from both its bestiary description, and the general description of undead. In order for a monster to have immunity to critical hits, it must say so in its Bestiary entry, like the gibbering mouther for example. Thank you for helping to clarify this Thorgrym.