Need confirmation, Bard's Luck song has the same effect as Luck with regard to Hit Rolls?

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• Abel Member Posts: 785

  November 2014

  Yes, it's opcode #22. See below (from IESDP):
  

  #22 (0x22) Stat: Cumulative Luck Bonus [22]
  Parameter #1: Statistic Modifier
  Parameter #2: Type
  Description:
  
  Applies the modifier value specified by the 'Statistic Modifier' field in the style specified by the 'Type' field. Luck affects the minimum damage caused by a weapon (up to the normal maximum damage of the weapon) and the attack roll modifier (up to a maximum of 20, excluding natural attack roll modifiers, e.g. high STR, invisibility etc) by 'Statistic Modifier' amount. 'Statistic Modifier' also affects the damge rolls of opponents (in feature blocks, not extension headers). The effect does not set STATE_LUCK.
  Known values for 'Type' are:
  0 Cumulative Modifier -> Luck = Luck + 'Statistic Modifier' value
  1 Flat Value Modifier -> Luck = 'Statistic Modifier' value
  2 Percentage Modifier -> Luck = (Luck * 'Statistic Modifier' value) / 100

  
  Interestingly, it inversely impacts enemies spells damage rolls.

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• Zyzzogeton Member Posts: 526

  November 2014

  Somehow I still end up with critical misses
  
  So I'm guessing Luck's effect doesn't apply to the natural roll

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• Abel Member Posts: 785

  November 2014

  Too bad. So I guess it's the same for critical strikes?
  That'd mean it only matters in terms of THAC0.

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• Wiggles Member Posts: 571

  November 2014

  A rolled 1 is always a miss. Even if you have buffs and a THAC0 of -45, a natural 1, is a natural 1, it always misses. Likewise a natural 20 is always a hit. Certain weapon styles can cause you to critical hit on a 19-20, but a rolled 19 can still miss.

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• Gotural Member Posts: 1,229

  November 2014

  I'm pretty sure in the IE games, a critical hit always hit, even if it is a 19 critical hit roll (single weapon style / Two handed weapon style).
  
  The same way the HLA Critical Strike makes all your attacks for the next round critical hit, it also makes all your attacks in the next round 100% accurate.

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• Wiggles Member Posts: 571

  November 2014

  Gotural said:

  I'm pretty sure in the IE games, a critical hit always hit, even if it is a 19 critical hit roll (single weapon style / Two handed weapon style).
  
  The same way the HLA Critical Strike makes all your attacks for the next round critical hit, it also makes all your attacks in the next round 100% accurate.

  I didn't know that. You, sir, get an insightful. :P

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