5E Auto Hits & Critical Hits
Monk55
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- Aug 27, 2015
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Monk55
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Ahrimon
Bourbon and Dice
- Aug 27, 2015
thalmin
Retired game store owner
- Aug 27, 2015
Monk55
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- Aug 27, 2015
Monk55
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aramis erak
- Aug 27, 2015
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
Uller
Adventurer
- Aug 28, 2015
Valador
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- Aug 28, 2015
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