Critical Focus Feat Question

[Shal'nadrune of Veluna]

I have a fighter with falchion, Keen edge special ability. Does the "Critical Focus" feat give me the bonus off of the natural threat range of the falchion, or the enhanced threatened range of the falchion? Many thanks!

[Mort the Cleverly Named]

I'm honestly not entirely sure what you are asking.

Critical Focus gives a +4 bonus on attack rolls to confirm critical hits.

So when you roll a critical threat (natural 18+ for a Falchion, natural 15+ for a Keen Falchion), then you get an extra +4 bonus on your roll to confirm that critical hit. So, say your normal attack with the Falchion was +10, you would roll with a bonus of +14 when confirming the critical hit.

I hope that explains it.

[Shal'nadrune of Veluna]

That's what I'm asking. Would I get a confirm at 15+ or a confirm at 18+? If I roll an 11 (+4 for the feat), then I'd make it, unless the feat is going off the un-enhanced threat range, in which case I missed the confirmation.

[Just Some Bard]

You're misunderstanding how criticals work. First you have to roll a 15 or above to threaten a critical. Then you have to make a second roll to confirm against the target's AC. Not the threat range of the weapon. The +4 is applied to this second roll.

[Mort the Cleverly Named]

Ah! I think I understand now.

When confirming a critical, you only need to hit the opponent's AC with the confirmation attack roll, not roll within the "critical threat range" a second time. Critical Focus is a bonus to that attack roll.

Lets say you have an attack bonus of +10 and are attacking an opponent with an AC of 20. You roll a critical threat, then roll again to confirm. You would normally need a 10+ roll to hit, but Critical Focus means that your bonus is now +14 and you will confirm the critical on a 6+ instead.

[Shal'nadrune of Veluna]

You are absolutely correct! What the heck was I thinking? :-D