Double-Crossbow and Vital Strike

[SamuraiShowdown]

Hey,

So I checked a little with the search function but all i could find were some discussions about the double-crossbow and the deadly stroke feat. What about the Vital Strike feat? Vital Strike says it deals double weapon damage but does not double precision based damage, blah blah. The Double-Crossbow does damage twice on one "standard action" shot. Thoughts?

[SamuraiShowdown]

I should tell you where I am going with this. If you read it as doubling both bolts. Then I am thinking a fighter[crossbowman] with vital strike, crossbow master, and wind stance. Fire as a standard action dealing 4d10 damage (2d10 and 2d10) and then reload as a move, then adjust 5 feet for 20% concealment against return fire. I get that all the crossbowman powers and bonuses would only work for one bolt, but would the raw damage on the second bolt go up to 2d10 because its technically a weapon strike?

[SamuraiShowdown]

err d8. Just looked at it again.

[Grick]

SamuraiShowdown wrote:

I am thinking a fighter[crossbowman] with vital strike, crossbow master, and wind stance. Fire as a standard action dealing 4d10 damage (2d10 and 2d10) and then reload as a move, then adjust 5 feet for 20% concealment against return fire.

Wind Stance says move more than 5', so a 5' step would not grant you concealment.

Vital Strike just doubles weapon dice so I think it would deal 4d8 on a successful hit. (Remember the -4 proficiency penalty) I could see a DM arguing that VS should only apply to the first bolt (making it 3d8) though as written, it should only be precision damage, and the closest we have to a definition of precision damage is crits, sneak attack, and precise strike.