Timeline for How does extra damage work for critical hits?
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| Dec 7, 2023 at 13:20 | comment | added | ShadowRanger | @Adeptus: Obviously not relevant to D&D rules, but with real world venom (D&D's "injected poison"), it absolutely matters where it was injected. Real-world venomous animals even choose when to release the venom based on whether the injection site would more efficiently incapacitate their prey. Most venoms do the most damage near the injection site; paralytic (neurotoxic) venoms immobilize the limb first, cytotoxic venoms do the most damage near the injection site. It's a lot better if that's arm or leg muscle, rather than heart muscle. | |
| Aug 19, 2021 at 0:12 | comment | added | Adeptus | Doesn't only depend on the attack roll | |
| Aug 18, 2021 at 16:54 | comment | added | WakiNadiVellir | But the spider's poison damage does depend on the attack roll success, just like the pieecing damage. Bad attack roll, no damage. You might want to re-phrase that part a bit. | |
| Oct 12, 2020 at 3:56 | history | edited | Adeptus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 4, 2018 at 18:47 | history | edited | KorvinStarmast | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 28, 2016 at 14:25 | comment | added | KevinO | Ah, my apologies. I did not mean to suggest you should update your answer; I can see where the language would suggest that. I was merely attempting to note that the extra damage from a critical hit should be rolled, and not merely doubled. I apologize for any confusion in my word choice. | |
| Apr 27, 2016 at 23:52 | comment | added | KevinO | I would add that some people double the damage rather than rolling extra dice. The very nice analysis here suggests why one should roll the extra dice. | |
| Apr 27, 2016 at 22:06 | history | edited | Adeptus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 17, 2015 at 3:29 | vote | accept | K.Niemczyk | ||
| Mar 16, 2015 at 23:11 | history | answered | Adeptus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |