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2014-02-04, 08:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Does Strike of Perfect Mind's damage multiple on a crit?
Title pretty much says it all. Why wouldn't it? (The book is Tome of Battle if you are unfamiliar)
Well...Page 43: "You do not multiply extra damage from a strike with a successful critical hit. You treat it just as you would extra damage from another special ability, such as sneak attack."
Now extra damage is almost always dice, but the link is never made official, not even in the Rules Compendium. Further more, Strike of Perfect Clarity (page 70 says) says: "it deals an extra 100 points of damage".
Now I don't think it would be a problem to allow the damage to multiple, but I don't think you can make an argument by RAW that it does. What are your thoughts."It doesn't matter how much you struggle or strive,
You'll never get out of life alive,
So please kill yourself and save this land,
And your last mission is to spread my command,"
Slightly adapted quote from X-Fusion, Please Kill Yourself
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2014-02-04, 08:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Does Strike of Perfect Mind's damage multiple on a crit?
So, does this mean you are looking at how the damage is presented? Example:
Battle leader's charge (White raven) deals 10 extra damage on a successful hit. Since this is extra damage according to what you propose it should not be multiplied on a crit.
Leading the charge (White Raven) is a stance that grants allies bonus damage up to your initiator level. Would this then be multiplied?
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2014-02-04, 08:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Does Strike of Perfect Mind's damage multiple on a crit?
Yes, its appears that by RAW Battle leader's charge would not multiple, because it is a strike and deals extra damage. However, leading the charge would multiple, because it is not a strike (and the rules quote specifies strike) and does bonus damage, not extra damage. That's how I'm reading it.
"It doesn't matter how much you struggle or strive,
You'll never get out of life alive,
So please kill yourself and save this land,
And your last mission is to spread my command,"
Slightly adapted quote from X-Fusion, Please Kill Yourself
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2014-02-04, 08:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Does Strike of Perfect Mind's damage multiple on a crit?
Fixed bonuses multiply on a crit, extra dice do not.
/threadLet me give you a brief rundown of an average Post-3E Era fight: You attack an enemy and start kicking his shins. He then starts kicking your shins, then you take it in turns kicking until one of you falls over. It basically comes down to who started the battle with the biggest boot, and the only strategy involved is realizing when things have gone tits up and legging it.
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2014-02-04, 08:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Does Strike of Perfect Mind's damage multiple on a crit?
"It doesn't matter how much you struggle or strive,
You'll never get out of life alive,
So please kill yourself and save this land,
And your last mission is to spread my command,"
Slightly adapted quote from X-Fusion, Please Kill Yourself
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2014-02-04, 08:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Does Strike of Perfect Mind's damage multiple on a crit?
These two sentences are contradictory. On a critical hit, extra damage is not multiplied if it is expressed in dice ("extra damage dice"), but is multiplied if expressed as a flat bonus. Were strike damage to be treated as extra damage from another special ability, the extra damage from Strike of Perfect Clarity (analogous to the extra damage from a Paladin's Smite Evil ability) would be multiplied on a critical hit, whereas the extra damage from, say, Ancient Mountain Hammer (analogous to the extra damage from a Rogue's Sneak Attack, absent Craven), would not be. The first sentence, as a blanket rule that extra damage isn't multiplied, means that the extra damage from a strike is not treated as you would treat extra damage from another special ability, and hence the statements are at odds.
It's up to the DM to decide which one takes precedence. There is no "correct" RAW answer, because RAW is borked.
Relevant rules from the SRD (with the corresponding PHB text on p. 134):
Originally Posted by SRD, Combat Statistics, Damage, Multiplying Damage
And from Rules Compendium:
Originally Posted by Rules Compendium, Multiplying Damage, p. 17Last edited by Karnith; 2014-02-04 at 09:29 AM.
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2014-02-04, 09:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Does Strike of Perfect Mind's damage multiple on a crit?
That is my point exactly. Extra damage is generally + dice damage, while bonus damage is static integers.
On the other hand, the rules text in the SRD does not use the extra/bonus damage qualifiers, and speaks instead of damage dice and modifiers. Extra damage dice are not multiplied.
The sentence in ToB is contradictory. It is thus up to the table to decide how to proceed.
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2014-02-04, 10:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Does Strike of Perfect Mind's damage multiple on a crit?
Yeah, but I see no reason to suddenly start deviating from the general rule that applies to all the remaining 10000 spells, effects, abilities and feats.
Let me give you a brief rundown of an average Post-3E Era fight: You attack an enemy and start kicking his shins. He then starts kicking your shins, then you take it in turns kicking until one of you falls over. It basically comes down to who started the battle with the biggest boot, and the only strategy involved is realizing when things have gone tits up and legging it.
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2014-02-04, 10:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Does Strike of Perfect Clarity's damage multiple on a crit?
You may want to rename the thread, O.P.
Last edited by Rubik; 2014-02-04 at 10:43 AM.
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2014-02-04, 10:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Does Strike of Perfect Mind's damage multiple on a crit?
Last edited by Boci; 2014-02-04 at 10:44 AM.
"It doesn't matter how much you struggle or strive,
You'll never get out of life alive,
So please kill yourself and save this land,
And your last mission is to spread my command,"
Slightly adapted quote from X-Fusion, Please Kill Yourself
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2014-02-04, 11:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Does Strike of Perfect Mind's damage multiple on a crit?
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2014-02-05, 03:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Does Strike of Perfect Mind's damage multiple on a crit?
The same can be said of Craven, but outside of ToB the rules makes a distinction based on the extra damage being rolled (-dice) or fixed, and not the semantics.