Quote Originally Posted by zimmerwald1915 View Post
Actually, the Empowered Sunburst would deal 37d6 damage assuming Darth V's caster level counted as 25 or above. Empower multiplies the "x" in the expression "xd6", not the damage put out by the dice. Still, Xykon did make his reflex save. Thus the average damage dealt would be 64, and the minimum damage dealt would be 18.
But it's the 6 is xd6 that is variable - it's a number between 1 and 6. The x is a set value determined by your level.

Empower should make xd6 into xd9.