[RQ-Rules] Scimitar Impale

[Leon Kirshtein]

--- Nikk Effingham <phl0nje at leeds.ac.uk> wrote:
> But why do you think the damage for a
> criticalling truesworded scimitar 
> with Bladesharp 4 is 2d6+8+16? I've alawys played
> that an critcal from an 
> impaling weapon does maximum damage possible, so an
> scimitar that imapled would 
> do 2d6+4, so if it was a critical that'd be 16
> points straight off the bat, if 
> it was truesworded that'd be 32, plus the bladesharp
> 4 makes 36 points on a 
> crit, plus damage bonus. Have I misread a rule all
> this time?

As far as I know, an impale does normal weapon damage
plus maximum weapon damage. A critical ignores armor. 
An impaling critical does both, adds damage and
ignores armor. 

Therefore: 

Scimitar 1d6+2
w/Truesword 2d6+4
w/Bladesharp 2d6+4+4
impale Max(2d6+4) = 16
impale 2d6+4+4+16

Leon Kirshtein


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