Critical Hits To determine the outcome, a second attack rolls is made using all the same bonuses as the first. If the second roll would hit the target, then the attack threat is said to be “confirmed” and you achieve what’s known as a critical hit.
Is sneak attack damage doubled on a crit Pathfinder?
When you score a critical hit, you get to roll the attack’s damage dice an additional time. If the attack involves extra dice—from a feature like Orcish Fury or Sneak Attack—you roll those an additional time too.
Can spells crit in Pathfinder?
No. For that, you would want to take Improved Critical specifically for your melee touch spells. Touch: You must touch a creature or object to affect it. A touch spell that deals damage can score a critical hit just as a weapon can.
Are there any spells that don’t affect a weapon?
The same rule applies to weapon-like spells such as flame blade, mage’s sword, and spiritual weapon–effects that affect weapons work on these spells. Most ranged touch attacks which aren’t rays are things like acid splash — spells where you actually throw or aim a physical object.
Why are rays and touch attack spells weapon like?
This is all following the precedent set by 3.5; in Complete Arcane it specifies that rays and touch attack spells are “weapon-like” and thus interact with feats in the same way that other weapons do, with a split between ranged/melee type spells. Thanks for contributing an answer to Role-playing Games Stack Exchange!
Can a ranged attack be considered a weapon?
Yes, ranged attacks from spells are typically considered to be “weapon-like”. This is definitely true of rays (and almost all ranged touch attack spells are rays) since from the rules: The rules further clarify that rays function as weapons for several other purposes, and the FAQ makes this very explicit:
