What is multiplied by spirited charge and what is not?


Rules Questions


The title is probably clear enough, but i'll make some examples:
1) flat bonuses: strenght modifier, power attack bonus, smite evil... will they be multiplied?
2) precision damage like a sneak attack: multiply or not?
3) extra dice from weapon special abilities: bane, flaming... multiply? No multiply?
4) extra dice from other items' special abilities: rhino hide, mammoth hide... Yes or no?
6) Do you have some other interesting example i could be missing?
Thanks


1) yes, to all of those
2) no
3) no
4) no
you skipped 5
6) it's just like a crit, without being a crit.


Does a crit then multiply it even further?
So a Lance is X9 on a crit, A greatsword is X4 on a crit, a greataxe is X6 on a crit, and a scythe is a X8 on a crit?


Multiiers are added, not multiied. Think of double as +X, triple as +2X and so on. So lance crit on spirited charge is X5.

Liberty's Edge

No, despite the fact that they're written as x2 or x3, what you're really doing is adding. So a lance gains an additional 2x the regular damage, which would normally be 1x+2x=3x for a crit, but in the case of spirited charge would be 3x+2x=5x regular damage. A greatsword crit would do 3x, a greataxe 4x, a scythe 5x with spirited charge.


Tyinyk wrote:

Does a crit then multiply it even further?

So a Lance is X9 on a crit, A greatsword is X4 on a crit, a greataxe is X6 on a crit, and a scythe is a X8 on a crit?

Yes, but not like that. The way you do two multipliers is by making both work off of the base. A lance crit would be x6 (effectively). Since it's base*3 (crit)+base*3 (spirited charge). Greatsword would be x4 (x2+x2) and scythe would be x6 (x2+x4).


I'd heard it went up to X5, because critical modifiers stack additively, but Spirited Charge isn't actually a critical modifier, so I wasn't sure if it would qualify like that.

Grand Lodge

It's any time you multiply a roll, not just criticals.


Thanks for clearing that up.

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