# Can a Magus Kensai Use Perfect Strike Multiple Times on a Crit?

The Perfect Strike ability states:

At 4th level, when a kensai hits with his chosen weapon, he can spend 1 point from his arcane pool in order to maximize his weapon damage. Don’t roll for damage—the weapon deals maximum damage. This affects only the weapon’s base damage dice, not additional damage from sneak attack, magical weapon properties, spellstrike, or critical hits. If the kensai confirms a critical hit, he can instead spend 2 points from his arcane pool to increase his weapon’s critical multiplier by 1.

However there is nothing on the table of bonuses that effect crit multipliers or even says that it is a bonus in the first place. Can the Kensai use perfect strike multiple times to continuously increase the crit multiplier?

• RE: "[T]here is nothing on the table of bonuses that effect crit multipliers…." What does the question mean by table of bonuses? (Can the question include a link to that table?) – Hey I Can Chan Dec 12 '19 at 19:58

If you successfully make that case, you can make a RAW argument that an “increase” is not a “bonus” and thus is not subject to the bonus-stacking rules. This, to me, is even more dubious, since quite frankly Pathfinder isn’t that careful about its wording and that is some fine splitting of hairs. But you could make the argument. And if your GM agrees with both arguments, you could spend $$\2x\$$ points in order to increase your multiplier by $$\x\$$.