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11 questions linked to/from Does a critical hit from an expanded crit range always hit regardless of AC?
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With Improved Critical, can a critical hit still miss? [duplicate]
The Fighter archetype "Champion" lists the skills "Improved Critical" and "Superior Critical", which state that my weapon attacks score a critical hit on natural 19-20 and natural 18-20, respectively. ...
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Is the Fighter's Improved Critical a roll with or without modifiers? [duplicate]
So, with the fighter's Improved Critical, do I add my modifiers to the roll or no?
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Can a Lore bard's Cutting Words feature cancel a critical hit?
The Lore bard's Cutting Words feature says (PHB, p. 54; emphasis mine):
When a creature that you can see within 60 feet of you makes an attack roll, [...] you can use your reaction to expend one of ...
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Does a natural 20 on the attack roll still automatically hit if the target is wearing adamantine armor?
My Fighter (Battlemaster) Warlock (Hexblade) build character has just acquired a suit of +1 adamantine plate armour.
From the description of adamantine armor (DMG, p. 150):
This suit of armor is ...
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Does a Champion fighter automatically hit someone wearing Adamantine Armor if they roll a 19 (or 18 at higher levels) on the attack roll?
Without adamantine armor, a critical hit is an auto-hit regardless of AC. Though Jeremy Crawford once tweeted that a Champion fighter with the Improved Critical and Superior Critical features auto-...
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Natural 20 vs higher AC
If a character or creature has an AC that with all bonuses requires a 20 to hit does that mean that every hit is a crit? Or alternately the creatures AC is so high that with all bonuses no hit would ...
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How does replacing Advantage with a flat +2 affect Champion critical hit damage output?
My DM does not like Advantage/Disadvantage. While I disagree with his reasons on this, he has decided to replace it with a +2/-2 rule and I respect him (mostly) enough to follow his rules.
I recently ...
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Is the Vicious Weapon enchant compatible with the Champion archetype's Improved Critical feature?
The Champion's (a Fighter Archetype) "Improved Critical" feature says that he can score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20. However, the vicious Weapon enchantment specifically says that you need to ...
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Things that stack with the Champion's Improved Critical? [duplicate]
On the PHB p. 72 it just says:
Improved Critical
Beginning when you choose this archetype at 3rd
level, your weapon attacks score a critical hit on a
roll of 19 or 20.
So my assumption is that on ...
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Is there any way to get melee to-hit bonuses as high as ranged to-hit bonuses?
The Archery Fighting Style (PH 72) gives +2 to hit. Adding in a magic weapon +3 and magic ammunition +3 gives a whopping +8 bonus to hit in addition to the Dexterity and proficiency bonus.
On this ...
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What should be the rarity of this Homebrew Critical Chance Item?
Several classes have access to features that improve the likelihood of rolling a Critical Hit, such as the Improved Critical feature of the Champion Fighter. All of these abilities, however, are ...
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