Critical Hit

The official GemStone IV encyclopedia.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Critical Hit is a buff effect. When it is active, your next attack against a target has a chance to critically hit:

  • Using an attack has a 10% chance to critically hit, rolling again for additional damage. This second hit is post-attack resolution.
  • Using any other maneuver increases the open roll potential to 10%, and removes the negative roll chance.
    • Any maneuver used this way costs 25% less stamina.

The Critical Hit effect is consumed after maneuver activation.

Messaging

Critical Hit extra damage flare activating from a Riposte:

Before an indistinct waern can recover, you smoothly segue from parry to riposte!
An indistinct waern wilts with frailty.
You swing a perfect drakar handaxe at an indistinct waern!
A lustrous sphere momentarily flashes around an indistinct waern.
  AS: +370 vs DS: +227 with AvD: +33 + d100 roll: +35 = +211
   ... and hit for 74 points of damage!
   Whoosh!  Several ribs driven into lungs.
   The waern is stunned!
 ** Critical hit!  Your drakar handaxe strikes the waern a savage blow! **
A lustrous sphere momentarily flashes around an indistinct waern.
   ... 45 points of damage!
   Awesome shot collapses a lung!
You lose your focus on an indistinct waern's critical weaknesses.
Roundtime: 3 sec.

Critical Hit charge being consumed by a maneuver:

A dybbuk swings a length of rusted chain at you!
With extreme effort, you block the attack with your greatshield!
Your attention on a dybbuk is keen to spot its critical weaknesses.
You charge forward at a dybbuk with your drakar greatshield and attempt a shield charge!
[SMR result: 303 (Open d100: 177, Bonus: 53)]
Your size considerably hinders your attack!
You lunge forward with an awesome shield charge!
   ... 50 points of damage!
   Massive blow to abdomen!
   The dybbuk is stunned!
   ... 40 points of damage!
   Chest strike.  Opponent knocked down and stunned!
A dybbuk wilts with frailty.
Your attack exposes a vulnerability in a dybbuk's defenses!
You lose your focus on a dybbuk's critical weaknesses.
Roundtime: 4 sec.

Sources