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How does this behave if you have a magical enhancement? If you have one, no matter how small, do you have to roll to confirm. Does this, in some circumstances, make you *less* likely to get a critical hit? No matter what, if you are focused on critical hits, this looks like its pretty complicated to factor in. --[[User:Msallen|Msallen]]
 
How does this behave if you have a magical enhancement? If you have one, no matter how small, do you have to roll to confirm. Does this, in some circumstances, make you *less* likely to get a critical hit? No matter what, if you are focused on critical hits, this looks like its pretty complicated to factor in. --[[User:Msallen|Msallen]]
  
:Well, you could do it that you only have to confirm for things like keen/vorpal--if it doesn't confirm, it still does crit damage, just not the keen/vorpal special effect. -[[User:Slitherrr|Slitherrr]]
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:Well, you could make it so that you only have to confirm for things like keen/vorpal--if it doesn't confirm, it still does crit damage, just not the keen/vorpal special effect. -[[User:Slitherrr|Slitherrr]]

Revision as of 14:01, 8 June 2010

Auto-confirming, nice.

I do feel obligated to point out that Align Weapon is level 2 as well. It has more flexibility than Profane Weapon, though, so it might be safe to call it balanced. -Slitherrr

Wouldn't this be more appropriate if it revolved around the Chaotic alignment? Evil doesn't seem to be far outside Alexandria's wheelhouse. --Msallen

Also, I'm pretty confused by this:

In addition, critical hits threatened against good foes automatically confirm. This effect does not apply to any weapon that has a magical effect related to critical hits, such as keen and vorpal, but does apply to critical increasing feats, such as improved critical.

How does this behave if you have a magical enhancement? If you have one, no matter how small, do you have to roll to confirm. Does this, in some circumstances, make you *less* likely to get a critical hit? No matter what, if you are focused on critical hits, this looks like its pretty complicated to factor in. --Msallen

Well, you could make it so that you only have to confirm for things like keen/vorpal--if it doesn't confirm, it still does crit damage, just not the keen/vorpal special effect. -Slitherrr