Dead Shot - How do critical hits work?


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If one or more rolls are critical threats, she confirms the critical once using her highest base attack bonus, and on a confirmation, she multiplies the damage normally.

Which damage gets multiplied exactly? All the damage, just base weapon damage plus modifiers or only the damage that part of the attack would deal (so only base weapon damage if it isn't the first hit)?


This works more or less like the Vital Strike feats. Say you have three attacks and you confirm a crit on the second attack but not the first or third you would add the extra damage dice from that attack. So if you're using a pistol you'd add 3 more damage die to the overall total because it has a x4 crit.


Betatrack wrote:
This works more or less like the Vital Strike feats. Say you have three attacks and you confirm a crit on the second attack but not the first or third you would add the extra damage dice from that attack. So if you're using a pistol you'd add 3 more damage die to the overall total because it has a x4 crit.

You sure?

Text from Vital

These extra weapon damage dice are not multiplied on a critical hit, but are added to the total.

Text from Deadshot

If one or more rolls are critical threats, she confirms the critical once using her highest base attack bonus, and on a confirmation, she multiplies the damage normally.

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I read it like Betatrack as well.


radica wrote:
Betatrack wrote:
This works more or less like the Vital Strike feats. Say you have three attacks and you confirm a crit on the second attack but not the first or third you would add the extra damage dice from that attack. So if you're using a pistol you'd add 3 more damage die to the overall total because it has a x4 crit.

You sure?

Text from Vital

These extra weapon damage dice are not multiplied on a critical hit, but are added to the total.

Text from Deadshot

If one or more rolls are critical threats, she confirms the critical once using her highest base attack bonus, and on a confirmation, she multiplies
the damage normally.

I read normally to mean as if you weren't using Deadshot, meaning you'd get x4 on that attack which equates to 3 more damage dice after all attacks are rolled.

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If you weren't using Dead Shot, you'd also multiply your modifiers on a critical hit.

Another question would be if you could score multiple critical hits and and what happens with special weapon qualities like flaming burst if you do so.

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