4th Edition - Critical hits, pas mal moins violent

[MoonZar]

Should this go in 4E News or Reviews? I'm not sure. Damn those arbitrary categories - who chose those?* Anyway, you can read the first review of Wizards Presents: Races & Classes at RGP.net.


*Oh. Right. It was me.


Critical hits are the subject of the latest article to be found on the official site. So, what does it tell us?

• As we'd already figured out, the confirmation roll is gone.
• Critical hits don't deal double damage.
• Instead, when you roll a critical hit, all the dice are maximized.
• Magic weapons deal extra damage on crits.
• Monsters don't get this benefit, so PC crits outclass monster crits most of the time.
• Weapons can have the high crit property, giving extra dice on a crit.

Also interesting is the sample weapon stat block:

Weapon: War Pick

Prof: 2 [what does this mean?]

Damage: d8 [note, just one damage roll listed]

Range: -

Cost: 15gp

Weight: 6lb.

Category: Pick ["Pick" is a "category" of some kind]

Properties: High crit, versatile ["high crit" is mentioned above; "versatile" is something else]