I might be imagining things but...


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I swear that in one of the books, either as a feat, or an archetype, or even as a racial variant that I saw something that if you got a critical, you could instead pass it on to one of your allies, either as a bonus to their confirmation or something. I only remember seeing it once, and I have never seen it again. Am I imagining things or does this really exist?


No, your not imagining things, something like this exists, though I am not sure how close it is to what your thinking. Sadly, I too am unable remember what it is, but I just saw it recently, within like the last week or so...

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The feat you are thinking of is called Butterfly's Sting.


Monkeygod wrote:
No, your not imagining things, something like this exists, though I am not sure how close it is to what your thinking. Sadly, I too am unable remember what it is, but I just saw it recently, within like the last week or so...

Ok...now just to get some confirmation from someone who can tell both of us where we saw it. Because I would love to have a keened kukri on my halfling and be able to pass off the crit to my overly muscled halforc buddy with the extremely large greataxe.

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Faiths of Purity. It is a feat connected to Desna, although you need not be a follower.


Edgar Lamoureux wrote:
Faiths of Purity. It is a feat connected to Desna, although you need not be a follower.

Thank you Edgar! That is pretty awesome!

The Exchange

No problem, I'm happy to be of service.


malanthropus wrote:
Edgar Lamoureux wrote:
Faiths of Purity. It is a feat connected to Desna, although you need not be a follower.

Thank you Edgar! That is pretty awesome!

Now: Can a rogue use this and get his sneak attack damage, forgoing the critical, and pass it on to his next ally?

Ex: flanking halfling with a kukri needs a 15 to hit, rolls a 19, then confirms with a 16, passes the crit on to the next ally, but rolls his 1d3 + Xd6 for damage. Would that work?

The Exchange

Yes. The attack hits as normal, the only thing that is changed is that the critical is passed off to the next person to hit the target.


I remember a thread about this being used for a nasty trick. The person who has the buterfly sting has improved crit with a weapon that has a high crit range. That person then passes on the crit to a person who is using a weapon that has a X3 or X4 crit mod like a scythe or Greatsword. It is not a bad strategy but if I remember right there are some timing issues.

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