Swipe feat + Sweep weapon trait

[thorindale]

I'm sure this is an easy answer, but just want to make sure I understand this combo. If I use an axe with the Swipe feat, that attack would have the +1 to hit both the ACs of the targets within the Swipe.

[Truffor]

Yes. That's what says the feat.

The tricky question is, what happens on a critical double hit swipe with axe critical specialization effect ? Does it :
- Affect target A & B (both receiving a critical hit, both receive additional damage from their buddy being Axored) ?
- Affect target B (swipe is 1 attack so just 1 effect and not A as the first target being hit)?
- Must affect a target C, adjacent & within reach, or the effect is lost (ruling B can't be Swiped and affected by it from that same attack, even triggering from A) ?

[Castilliano]

As of now it'd be:
-Roll high enough to crit both targets.
-Both targets take same double damage + crit effect
-W/ axes, then choose a target adjacent to the initial* target that had the crit effect. Which could very well be the B for A and A for B (assuming your Swipe is normal and requires them to be adjacent).

*In context this isn't addressing initial target for a Strike w/ multiple targets, but rather designating the target of the Strike in contrast to the one that'll get struck by the crit effect. One could argue it is there for multiple targets, but that'd be overreaching AFAICT.

As wild as it seems, any other weapon would get the full effect on each from a crit. I think the only exception might be Penetrating Shot since there's only one missile to pin them down and it traveled past the first target.

It's quite a spectacular image, like a flurry cutting easily (or at least critically) through your enemies. In a more realistic campaign one could argue the order of events prevents this, but PF2 has a high fantasy foundation.

[Truffor]

Well, you can't swipe with a missile weapon, that solves pin problem (and multi-shot feats imply multiple projectiles ^^).

[Ice Titan]

The barbarian in my AoA group consistently crit swipes with sweep. With a grievous weapon enchant things become even dumber.

I think he's managed to do about 300 damage in one swipe so far. 70 crit, 48 dice, then 80 crit, 50 dice, and the poor guy on the side who wasn't swiped taking the 50. It was pretty gross, but we're also level 13 so it wasn't even half any of the enemies hit points.