NPC Mace of Smiting

[astromath]

I have an NPC that uses a Mace of Smiting. I can't seem to word the effect correctly under the Action tab. Any help?

[Zacchaeus]

I have an NPC that uses a Mace of Smiting. I can't seem to word the effect correctly under the Action tab. Any help?

For an NPC it's not possible to get the effects to correctly parse from any wording. You could add a line to the attack action of 'On a critical hit the target takes an additional 2d6 bludgeoning damage and if the target is a construct it takes an additional 4d6 bludgeoning damage'. This will give you two effects which you would apply to the NPC prior to them rolling damage, but there's not a way to get those to automatically apply to critical hits. It's probably easier to create the effects shown below in the effects tab and apply them from there to the NPC.

Mace of Smiting; DMG: 2d6, bludgeoning, critical; IFT: TYPE(construct); DMG: 2d6, bludgeoning critical
And Mace of Smiting;IFT: TYPE(construct); ATK: 2

[astromath]

For an NPC it's not possible to get the effects to correctly parse from any wording. You could add a line to the attack action of 'On a critical hit the target takes an additional 2d6 bludgeoning damage and if the target is a construct it takes an additional 4d6 bludgeoning damage'. This will give you two effects which you would apply to the NPC prior to them rolling damage, but there's not a way to get those to automatically apply to critical hits. It's probably easier to create the effects shown below in the effects tab and apply them from there to the NPC.

Mace of Smiting; DMG: 2d6, bludgeoning, critical; IFT: TYPE(construct); DMG: 2d6, bludgeoning critical
And Mace of Smiting;IFT: TYPE(construct); ATK: 2

That's what I thought. However, the +2d6 is from 2014. Now with 2024, it's a straight +7/+14. Would that change to the following?

Mace of Smiting; DMG: 7, bludgeoning, critical; IFT: TYPE(construct); DMG: 7, bludgeoning critical
And Mace of Smiting;IFT: TYPE(construct); ATK: 2

[Zacchaeus]

That's what I thought. However, the +2d6 is from 2014. Now with 2024, it's a straight +7/+14. Would that change to the following?

Mace of Smiting; DMG: 7, bludgeoning, critical; IFT: TYPE(construct); DMG: 7, bludgeoning critical
And Mace of Smiting;IFT: TYPE(construct); ATK: 2
Yes, indeed it would.

[astromath]

Yes, indeed it would.

I noticed that the examples in the effects portion of the wiki still needs updating to 2024. (See Mace of Smiting example.) This post probably should go to the bug forum, but it was on the topic of how to write a certain effect. If you wish to move it there, go ahead. Thx.

[Zacchaeus]

I noticed that the examples in the effects portion of the wiki still needs updating to 2024. (See Mace of Smiting example.) This post probably should go to the bug forum, but it was on the topic of how to write a certain effect. If you wish to move it there, go ahead. Thx.

Ok, I'll have a look at the wiki examples when I get a minute. I don't think much has changed since 2014 but I'll go through them and check.