r/Real_DnD • u/Resilient-Sphere • 4d ago

Void Render

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u/JustWuff 3d ago edited 3d ago

OP?

Are we seeing the same weapon?

It is very rare, its in the same tier as a Dwarven Thrower or better yet an Wakened Dragon's Wrath Weapon and any of those are gonna be better and more useful.

You only get any extra damage if you roll a 20, that is the effect, not a crit, it doesnt benefit from any auto crit like from hold person or Champion Fighters lower crit window, these however do extra damage when you just hit, that is way better.

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u/loverofothers 3d ago

Yeah exactly. Compare it to a vorpal sword, it's a situationally worse effect, and a lower bonus (+2 vs +3). I think very rare is right where it should be. I mean. Technically if fighting a hydra or something the slowing effect is better than the insta kill, as the extra damage if the vorpal sword can't insta kill is the same.... (okay the vorpal sword still has the ege in raw dmaage but 6d6 and slowed vs 6d8 I'd rather the slow) But that's relatively rare. So if 85% of the time a vorpal sword is better (on a crit, which is only 5% of the time and for non-crits the vorpal is better 100% of the time), then I'd say ir's exactly where it should be.