5e auto crit

5E Auto Hits & Critical Hits

Monk55

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• Aug 27, 2015

#1

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• Aug 27, 2015

#2

Monk55

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• Aug 27, 2015

#3

Ahrimon

Bourbon and Dice

• Aug 27, 2015

#4

thalmin

Retired game store owner

• Aug 27, 2015

#5

Monk55

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• Aug 27, 2015

#6

Monk55

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• Aug 27, 2015

#7

aramis erak

• Aug 27, 2015

#8

In the Rogue’s Assassinate paragraph, it states

It isn’t a critical until you hit him.

Scorpio616

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• Aug 27, 2015

#9

Uller

Adventurer

• Aug 28, 2015

#10

Valador

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• Aug 28, 2015

#11

I guess you could see the system as two separate things –

Critical HIT = rolling a 20 (or 19 in this argument), it means auto hit.
Critical DAMAGE = the bonus damage rewarded on a critical hit or hitting someone who’s condition or whatever would make the damage into critical damage.

So just because you don’t roll a 19/20 doesn’t mean that you can’t deal critical damage to something if their condition causes it.

critical hit = auto hit AND critical damage
critical damage does not = auto hit

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