ok - I've read the posts, several times. I've read and reread the rules, several times. A simple, clear, answer to an obvious question would be appreciated, to get through my thick skull :)
If a fighter has Critical Focus and then takes Bleeding Critical, and those are the only two critical feats he has (so far), and then crits a 2nd time on the same opponent, what happens? Does a 2nd bleeding critical take effect? Or do you roll both effects (i.e. 2d6 twice) and take the higher roll?
The confusion stems from the wording specifically in the bleeding critical text which states that "The effects of this feat stack."
That tells me that it should stack (with itself). On the other hand, there is language in Bleed which says "Bleed effects do not stack with each other unless they deal different kinds of damage."
So how to reconcile those two statements? Did the author mean that bleeding damage trumps the language in Bleed (since other things, like Rogue, can cause bleed)? Or was the intention simply to mean that bleeding critical stacks with other types of critical damage, but you are limited to a single bleeding critical effect?
I'm trying to decide between Improved Weapon Focus and Shield Focus vs these to Critical feats (to build the better overall fighter once he makes 11th level...he's just made 10th now).
Jeff
PS: yes, I saw the post and answers from 2010, but was hoping for an official answer....there is disagreement in our gaming group about how this feat should be run.
