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I see one line in the SRD stating:

you roll your damage more than once, with all your usual bonuses

However, that is immediately followed by the line:

Exception: Extra damage over and above a weapon’s normal damage is not multiplied when you score a critical hit.

My question is this: At the moment, I have a +2 strength bonus and a +2 weapon specialization bonus.

On a critical hit, do I get to add those bonuses to my total twice?

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This is a corrected quote from the SRD "Exception: Extra damage dice over and above a weapon’s normal damage is not multiplied when you score a critical hit." – Simon Gill Oct 19 '12 at 20:02
Voting to close as "not a real question" since the confusion and question is based on a misquote. – SevenSidedDie Oct 19 '12 at 20:32
@SevenSidedDie We all share the edit button for a reason, it seems to me. It's more constructive to show them a better way to ask than to tell them how they're asking wrong. – tex Oct 20 '12 at 3:23
@tex The close button is shared too. I'm just giving the courtesy of explaining my vote. Many of my close votes come after trying to salvage a broken question and giving up. I have some experience there. There's just no question here to salvage after the misquote is fixed. – SevenSidedDie Oct 20 '12 at 6:07
@SevenSidedDie Gah, I'm sorry, the enter button snuck up on me. Original comment deleted. What I was trying to say was that it seems like a nonquestion because we're experienced gamers used to reading rules text. David may agree with you and delete the question, I dunno, but I personally would keep it around because this kind of confusion comes up a lot. – tex Oct 20 '12 at 14:28
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I’m away from books so I cannot double-check this, but I believe the rule is that straight numbers get multiplied, but extra dice (beyond the weapon’s damage di(c)e) are not.

So you Sneak Attack for +3d6 with a Rapier (1d8) and have Strength 14 (+2) and Weapon Specialization (Rapier) (+2), your normal attack is 1d8+4+3d6, and a Critical Hit is (1d8+4)×2+3d6.

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Agreed. Unless a dice bonus says explicitly that it is multiplied on a critical hit, it is not. Basic numeric bonuses ( i.e. morale, Strength mod, magic +X bonus, etc. ) are multiplied. – Phill.Zitt Oct 19 '12 at 20:24

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