An investigator has the ability to augment skill checks and ability checks through his brilliant inspiration. The investigator has an inspiration pool equal to 1/2 his investigator level + his Intelligence modifier (minimum 1). An investigator’s inspiration pool refreshes each day, typically after he gets a restful night’s sleep. As a free action, he can expend one use of inspiration from his pool to add 1d6 to the result of that check, including any on which he takes 10 or 20. This choice is made after the check is rolled and before the results are revealed. An investigator can only use inspiration once per check or roll. The investigator can use inspiration on any Knowledge, Linguistics, or Spellcraft skill checks without expending a use of inspiration, provided he’s trained in the skill.
Inspiration can also be used on attack rolls and saving throws, at the cost of expending two uses of inspiration each time from the investigator’s pool. In the case of saving throws, using inspiration is an immediate action rather than a free action.
Precision damage (such as from a rogue’s sneak attack class feature) and additional damage dice from special weapon qualities (such as flaming) are not multiplied when you score a critical hit.
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My questions are: the damage provided from the Inspired weapon property is considered an additional damage dice? Although that die is rolled in the attack roll instead of damage roll? if it isn't an additional damage roll, is it an additional flat damage? if it is an additional flat damage, is it multiplied on a critical hit like all the other flat values to damage (precision damage as exception)?
It's to hit so for criticals it won't matter. Damage and to hit are not the same thing.
With the Inspired weapon property you can add twice the result of the inspiration roll to damage. That is the damage that i want to know how is treated
I'm pretty sure it is extra dice of damage and is not multiplied by a critical hit.
I always assumed you would double it on a crit. Nearly every type of damage that can't be doubled tells you it can't be, and this one says nothing. Not proof by any means, but that's how it seemed to me...?
I always assumed you would double it on a crit. Nearly every type of damage that can't be doubled tells you it can't be, and this one says nothing. Not proof by any means, but that's how it seemed to me...?
I believe the rationale would be that since you are multiplying damage from extra dice, it is extra damage dice* from a special weapon quality so you don't get anything out of a crit.
It is a bit of a gray zone though.
*I am assuming that "damage equal to dice"="damage dice"
You're not adding inspiration dice to damage. You roll a number for attack rolls, then double the result for damage. Thus, you roll a dice for attack, but receive a static value for damage. This static value gets multiplied on crits, as all static values do.
I always assumed you would double it on a crit. Nearly every type of damage that can't be doubled tells you it can't be, and this one says nothing. Not proof by any means, but that's how it seemed to me...?I believe the rationale would be that since you are multiplying damage from extra dice, it is extra damage dice* from a special weapon quality so you don't get anything out of a crit.
It is a bit of a gray zone though.
*I am assuming that "damage equal to dice"="damage dice"
Yeah that checks out too. I can honestly understand both sides of the argument here ... hmmm...
Has anyone ever used this in PFS? If so how was it ruled there?
Anything new on this?
Anything new on this?
Nothing new that I've heard of, but I just re-read all the relevant material and I've come up with a new question to make things more complicated:
If it DOES crit, then how would it multiply? Would it double the whole lot for 1d6 X 4 damage*? Or since Double X Double = Triple in Pathfinder would it be 1d6 X 3 damage* instead?
*Assuming a X2 crit-multiplier. Change these numbers accordingly if you're using higher crit-multiplier weapons.
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f the wielder already has the combat inspiration talent, the wielder must still expend one use of inspiration, but in addition to adding the result of the inspiration roll to the attack roll, the investigator adds twice the result of the inspiration roll to the weapon’s damage roll.
A critical hit means that you roll your damage more than once, with all your usual bonuses, and add the rolls together. Unless otherwise specified, the threat range for a critical hit on an attack roll is 20, and the multiplier is ×2.As I see it, you add the effect of Inspired weapon after you have made the damage roll with all its bonuses. So if you get a critical you roll the weapon damage roll, i.e. x2 the damage die+the bonuses and then you add the inspired weapon effect. It is not multiplied by a critical.
Without a official interpretation both interpretations are possible.