I have a rules question regarding the specifics of the Fortification that is provided by the Force Field armor upgrades in the CRB equipment section. Specifically, if I am wearing armor with a Prismatic Force Field installed (100% fortification) that is turned on, and an enemy rolls a natural 20 on an attack with a laser weapon, with a high enough attack bonus to overcome my AC, does fortification prevent that attack from being treated as a critical hit?
The specific wordings that make this ambiguous are as follows:
Regarding fortification,
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More powerful force fields also have a fortification ability, which gives a percentage chance that a critical hit is treated as a normal attack, dealing normal damage and not applying any critical effect. You roll your fortification percentage chance before the critical hit’s damage is rolled.
and regarding laser weapons,
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The force field blocks solids and liquids but not gases or light (including laser beams)
(source: CRB)
This means that laser weapons bypass the force field's temporary HP, but are they subject to the chance for turning critical attacks into normal attacks that fortification provides?
