I thought it was pretty spiffy. If I see anything else of interest, I'll send it out. Damon Kline wrote: > That's fascinating! I had no idea that you could get a critical with a > spell! That actually makes some of those spells more effective and more > likely for someone to take one. Imagine if a high level character got a > critical with a Vampiric Touch! Very cool. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Johnathan Detrick [mailto:jdetrick@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 11:12 AM > To: Riders II > Subject: [dungeoncrawl] Rules trivia and IMAX > > Guys, > Two short topics, one e-mail. > > Attack of the Clones comes out on IMAX next Friday. From what I > have been able to determine (on the official IMAX website), the only > place in PA to get it is Pittsburgh, and the closest place is the IMAX > theater at the Smithsonian. I'm guessing we probably won't be able to > get a group to go see it, but if anyone is interested, let me know. > > I've been reading some of the rulebooks recently. I'm usually > interested in rules if they are well written. I'm always looking for DM > ideas (even though I won't be DMing for a while). I'm also looking for > ideas for new characters, and I'm also checking out ideas for our new > world. > Anyway, is anybody aware that magical spells where you have to roll > to hit, can get critical hits just like a weapon attack? That's right, > according to third edition, if you roll a 20 on your Shocking Grasp and > then hit again, it does double damage. In fact, you can take Improved > Critical with one type of magic spell (like all touch attacks) and > double the threat range, just like a weapon. > Thought that was interesting. > John