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Lethality

Code:
MA 221
Prerequisites:
Required For:
Level:
2
Study DC:
10

Passive

You critically hit more often with weapons.
You deal more damage with critical hits with weapons.

Critical Hit:
When you roll a natural 20 on a roll to hit with an attack, you score a critical hit, sometimes also referred to as a crit.
The attack automatically hits, regardless of enemy AC, and the number of any damage dice for that hit gets doubled.
(ex: If you swing a greatsword with Bear Strength which deals 1d12 +1d4 +3 slashing damage normally, on a critical hit, it would deal 2d12 + 2d4 +3 slashing damage.)

Critical Threat Range:
Critical threat range makes you crit more often.
Critical threat range lowers the minimum you need to roll on a d20 to threaten a critical hit. For example, if you have -1 to the number you need to roll to threaten a critical hit, you will crit, dealing damage with double the amount of dice, if you roll either a natural 19 (and the critical is confirmed) or a natural 20.

Critical Confirmation:
If your roll to hit threatens to crit and ties or beats the enemy’s AC, it is actually a critical hit.
If your roll is less than the enemy AC, the attack misses instead.
Natural 20s are always critical hits.

Extra Damage on a Critical Hit:
A critical hit doubles the number of damage dice as part of its normal effect.
This damage is of the same damage type as a weapon or ability’s base type (ex: a slashing weapon deals extra slashing damage on a critical hit) if no damage type is explicitly specified.

Tags: Crit, Damage

Upgrades
Name Effort Requires Description
Crit Threat Range 20 -1 to the number you need to roll to threaten a critical hit with weapons
Crit Damage +1 3 +1 damage on critical hits with weapons
Crit Damage +2 3 Crit Damage +1 +2 damage on critical hits with weapons
Crit Damage +3 3 Crit Damage +2 +3 damage on critical hits with weapons
Crit Damage +4 3 Crit Damage +3 +4 damage on critical hits with weapons
Crit Damage +5 3 Crit Damage +4 +5 damage on critical hits with weapons
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