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Dalin · 04-16-2019, 03:27 PM

Speaking of clerics in combat, if I cast Flaming Weapon on my morningstar and smack someone in the skull, does the +2 burning follow-up get multiplied by 4, just like the penetrating damage from the crushing attack?

Normally, I don't multiply follow-ups because they generally have a x1 multiplier. For example, a flaming sword does cutting (x1.5) to the torso, but I would not multiply the follow-up. In that case, the follow-up is burning rather than cutting and there is no multiplier for burning attacks to the torso. The skull, however, is unusual because it does have a multiplier for burning attacks.

If the damage does multiply, this makes me quite eager to boost my cleric's skill to the point where he can smack people's skulls regularly with his burning ball of swinging death. (A good roll with Heroic Grace will do the trick... might try this in tomorrow's game if we meet an enemy with a skull worth bashing.)

04-16-2019, 03:27 PM	#7
Dalin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Saint Paul, MN	Re: Holier Warriors And Thiefbucklers Speaking of clerics in combat, if I cast Flaming Weapon on my morningstar and smack someone in the skull, does the +2 burning follow-up get multiplied by 4, just like the penetrating damage from the crushing attack? Normally, I don't multiply follow-ups because they generally have a x1 multiplier. For example, a flaming sword does cutting (x1.5) to the torso, but I would not multiply the follow-up. In that case, the follow-up is burning rather than cutting and there is no multiplier for burning attacks to the torso. The skull, however, is unusual because it does have a multiplier for burning attacks. If the damage does multiply, this makes me quite eager to boost my cleric's skill to the point where he can smack people's skulls regularly with his burning ball of swinging death. (A good roll with Heroic Grace will do the trick... might try this in tomorrow's game if we meet an enemy with a skull worth bashing.)