Help me understand the Grievous weapon rune

[dpb123]

Hi all,

Let's say I have a monk who's given handwraps that are etched (stitched?) with the grievous weapon property rune. And let's also say said monk does NOT have the Brawling Focus feat. Does the grievous rune grant my monk the critical specialization when I crit with an unarmed attack even though I don't have Brawling Focus?

Many thanks for your help.

[Aratorin]

dpb123 wrote:

Hi all,

Let's say I have a monk who's given handwraps that are etched (stitched?) with the grievous weapon property rune. And let's also say said monk does NOT have the Brawling Focus feat. Does the grievous rune grant my monk the critical specialization when I crit with an unarmed attack even though I don't have Brawling Focus?

Many thanks for your help.

No. You have to get access to a Critical Specialization effect before Grievous can enhance the effect.

[dpb123]

Thanks Aratorin. I thought that was the case but hoped I was wrong :)

[Ascalaphus]

Grievous wrote:

When your attack roll with this weapon is a critical hit and gains the critical specialization effect, you gain an additional benefit depending on the weapon group.

WHEN (you roll a crit) AND (you gain the crit spec effect) THEN (you gain good stuff).

So you need to be gaining crit specialization effects to fulfill the second condition as well.