Improved Critical

[ShadowMaster]

Can we choose a ranged weapon, like Mighty Composite longbow, with improved Critical? What will be the critical range if I use Keen arrows with my longbow? does it stack or overlap?

thanks

 

[comrade raoul]

You can apply Improved Critical to any weapon type. It stacks with the keen enchantment, but in sort of a weird way. Both double your threat range, but when something like a threat range is doubled twice, it becomes tripled -- here "double x" means "increase x by its original amount." So if you have Improved Critical in the composite longbow and you fire keen arrows, you have a crit of 18-20/x3. A keen scimitar used with Improved Critical has a crit of 12-20/x2.

 

[HellHound]

We've seen several characters in our games with Improved Critical on their bows and crossbows (crossbows get significantly more criticals... but a bow critical coming from a sniper specialist is a VERY ugly thing... watched the party Paladin get taken down in two shots the other night).

So I guess what I'm saying is... "Yes".

 

[Taloras]

Keen arrows? keen is only for slashing...are you talking about the equivalent one for piercing weapons?

 

[Varius]

Keen can be placed on piercing weapons.

 

[Crothian]

Keen arrows? keen is only for slashing...are you talking about the equivalent one for piercing weapons?

It's been errated, Keen works for piercing now.

 

[Darkness]

Keen arrows? keen is only for slashing...are you talking about the equivalent one for piercing weapons?

What Varius & Crothian said! Still, there is indeed an equivalent to keen - for bludgeoning weapons! It's a spell in Magic of Faerun, IIRC.

 

[Shard O'Glase]

What Varius & Crothian said! Still, there is indeed an equivalent to keen - for bludgeoning weapons! It's a spell in Magic of Faerun, IIRC.

There should of been one from the begining. They were just trying to keep the man with a club down. But the practitioners of the bludgeoning arts finally won a small victory and gained the power of keen for their weapons, at least in the FR.

 

[Darkness]

There should of been one from the begining. They were just trying to keep the man with a club down. But the practitioners of the bludgeoning arts finally won a small victory and gained the power of keen for their weapons, at least in the FR.

Absolutely. Now all we need is an equivalent for vorpal...

 

[kreynolds]

Absolutely. Now all we need is an equivalent for vorpal...

Ooooh...good idea. Excuse me for a while...