inflict wounds no extra critical hit damage

[mookymook]

i can roll 20 and see attack critical hit in combat log, but damage in combat log is base (not x2). any thoughts?

[mookymook]

are inflict wounds spells not supposed to crit when used to do damage to the living?
this is interesting, but fails to directly answer the question:
https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2pf5y?-to-damage-effect-healing
doesn't seem to crit on the helpless either.
any word?

[Fendelphi]

Im not sure spells can even crit. A roll of 20 is a guaranteed hit though, no matter the AC, so there is that.

[mookymook]

spells can crit.
anyone know why inflict wounds can't?

[dulany67]

Is there a damage type requirement for a spell to crit?

[mookymook]

hmm seems we're not getting anywhere
hey devs
if you see this
would you please comment on my original post question?
thanks!

[Fendelphi]

Could the target be immune to criticals?

[BlueBangkok]

As far as I know, inflict X wounds spells should critically strike at natural 20 just as other touch spells. At least in tabletop.

[mookymook]

Originally posted by BlueBangkok:

As far as I know, inflict X wounds spells should critically strike at natural 20 just as other touch spells. At least in tabletop.

exactly- at least versus the (vulnerable) living. something is up.
i encourage you to verify.

[xunlaiAgent]

Same bug is also true for the harm and heal spells. It's been bugged since release.

I think I reported it about an year ago but it's still there I see.

It doesn't really matter for the inflict spells since they are not really useful, but harm and heal are okish so there the bug bothers me a little.

[xunlaiAgent]

Originally posted by Fendelphi:

Im not sure spells can even crit. A roll of 20 is a guaranteed hit though, no matter the AC, so there is that.

All spells that require an attack roll can crit and this doubles their damage. This includes ability and level damage. For example a maximized and empowered energy drain will drain 24 levels if it crits. Pretty fun way to one shot bosses that aren't immune to it.

[Myrryr]

Originally posted by xunlaiAgent:

Originally posted by Fendelphi:

Im not sure spells can even crit. A roll of 20 is a guaranteed hit though, no matter the AC, so there is that.

All spells that require an attack roll can crit and this doubles their damage. This includes ability and level damage. For example a maximized and empowered energy drain will drain 24 levels if it crits. Pretty fun way to one shot bosses that aren't immune to it.

You can't maximize and empower energy drain. You can't metamagic it yourself because it's 9th level, and you can only use 1 metamagic rod on a given spell. If the game has some other way to do it, it's not supposed to.

[mookymook]

hello
devs
are you there?
they're always jumping in without request, yet now...

[BlueBangkok]

Originally posted by Myrryr:

Originally posted by xunlaiAgent:

All spells that require an attack roll can crit and this doubles their damage. This includes ability and level damage. For example a maximized and empowered energy drain will drain 24 levels if it crits. Pretty fun way to one shot bosses that aren't immune to it.

You can't maximize and empower energy drain. You can't metamagic it yourself because it's 9th level, and you can only use 1 metamagic rod on a given spell. If the game has some other way to do it, it's not supposed to.

You can empower & maximize level 9 spells by using the Grandmaster's Rod (in addition the "grandmastered" spells ignore SR checks).

[Remove skull merchant]

Originally posted by mookymook:

Originally posted by BlueBangkok:

As far as I know, inflict X wounds spells should critically strike at natural 20 just as other touch spells. At least in tabletop.

exactly- at least versus the (vulnerable) living. something is up.
i encourage you to verify.

You're probably a little bit to needy and demanding. Please consider being more polite. Also, the devs don't watch Steam forums (anymore).

[mookymook]

Originally posted by Herr Brappner:

You're probably a little bit to needy and demanding. Please consider being more polite. Also, the devs don't watch Steam forums (anymore).

i was polite.
im answering a dev reply that just appeared in response to my other forum post.
minimizing your own self-righteousness would be polite.