Bloodstone trinket

[geezee]

Can anyone explain to me how this thing casues people to do so much more damage? I guess I was wrong to think that confirming a crit was just a matter of being able to hit a second time? If not, does this mean that the fighter enhancement also causes more damage?

Thanks for the help.

[binnsr]

As of mod 4.1(?), seeker bonuses are added to the base damage BEFORE multiplication on criticals. So, for the bloodstone, that's an additional 12 damage on a x2 weapon (bastard sword, longsword, etc), 18 damage on an x3 weapon (axes, khopesh, etc) and 24 damage on x4 weapons (picks)

My fighter with a bloodstone typically crits in the 90-100 range with his charoush's inferno (or however it's spelled). With improved crit:slashing, that's 15% of all hits that are doing that much damage (plus elemental (1d6) and elemental burst (2d6) damage). Were I using a dwarven-, great- or battle-axe, that number would go through the roof..
For a barbarian with the critical rage enhancements, it's just sickening..