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This question concerns an item in Doomsday Dawn:
The Owlbear Claw:
OWLBEAR CLAW ITEM 1
Price 3 gp
Method of Use affixed, weapon; Bulk —
Activation Focus Activation;
Trigger: You critically succeed at an attack roll with the affixed weapon.
Requirements: You are an expert with the affixed weapon.
This claw set in an iron clasp and chain isn’t always the claw
of an owlbear, but this trinket is associated with that strange
beast due to its original formula. When you activate the claw, the
triggering attack gains the weapon’s critical specialization effect.
If you already gain the critical specialization effect for the affixed weapon, this trinket has no effect.
I'm not sure what the purpose of the last sentence is. If the trigger is "critically succeed at an attack roll," the claw provides the weapon’s critical specialization effect, but doesn't a critically-succeeded attack roll already provide the critical specialization effect?
If the trigger is "critically succeed at an attack roll," the claw provides the weapon’s critical specialization effect, but doesn't a critically-succeeded attack roll already provide the critical specialization effect?
No. Weapons do not automatically grant access to critical specialization effects. You have to gain this through class features, like Fighter's Weapon Mastery, or other means, like Ancestry weapon feats.
The owlbear claw trinket allows you to use the critical specialization effect once, even if you don't normally have access.
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If the trigger is "critically succeed at an attack roll," the claw provides the weapon’s critical specialization effect, but doesn't a critically-succeeded attack roll already provide the critical specialization effect?No. Weapons do not automatically grant access to critical specialization effects. You have to gain this through class features, like Fighter's Weapon Mastery, or other means, like Ancestry weapon feats.
The owlbear claw trinket allows you to use the critical specialization effect once, even if you don't normally have access.
Ah! I was confusing "critical specialization effect" with the weapon trait, like agile, or deadly.
Thanks!