Critical Specialization Effects
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Certain feats, class features, weapon fusions, and other effects can grant you additional benefits when you make a Strike with certain weapons and get a critical success. This is called a critical specialization effect. The exact effect depends on which weapon group your weapon belongs to, as listed below. You can always decide not to add the critical specialization effect of your weapon.
Axe
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Choose one creature adjacent to the initial target and within reach. If its AC is lower than your attack roll result for the critical hit, you deal damage to that creature equal to the result of the weapon damage dice you rolled. This amount isn't doubled, and no bonuses or other additional dice apply to this damage.
Weapons Doshko, Fangblade, Plasma Doshko*
* Nethys Note: weapon may have a different critical specialization effect than its weapon group, due to the Critical trait.
Brawling
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The target must succeed at a Fortitude save against your class DC or be slowed 1 until the end of your next turn.
Weapons Battleglove, Fist, Pulse Gauntlet*
* Nethys Note: weapon may have a different critical specialization effect than its weapon group, due to the Critical trait.
Club
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You knock the target away from you up to 10 feet (you choose the distance). This is forced movement.
Weapons Baton, Bone Scepter, Shock Truncheon
Corrosive
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The target takes 1d6 persistent acid damage. You gain an item bonus to this acid damage equal to the weapon's item bonus to attack rolls.
Weapons Acid Dart Rifle, Disintegration Lash, Talon*
* Nethys Note: weapon may have a different critical specialization effect than its weapon group, due to the Critical trait.
Crossbow
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The target takes 1d8 persistent bleed damage. You gain an item bonus to this bleed damage equal to the weapon's item bonus to attack rolls.
Weapons Crossbolter
Cryo
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This weapon freezes part of the target, making it hard for them to move their body. The target is clumsy 1 until the start of your next turn.
Weapons Cryopike*, Thermal Dynafan, Zero Cannon, Zero Knife, Zero Pistol
* Nethys Note: weapon may have a different critical specialization effect than its weapon group, due to the Critical trait.
Dart
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The target takes 1d6 persistent bleed damage. You gain an item bonus to this bleed damage equal to the weapon's item bonus to attack rolls.
Weapons Card Slinger, Force Needle, Shuriken Drone
Flail
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The target is knocked prone unless they succeed at a Reflex save against your class DC.
Weapons Battle Ribbon, Neural Lash
Flame
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The target takes 1d6 persistent fire damage. You gain an item bonus to this fire damage equal to the weapon's item bonus to attack rolls.
Weapons Artillery Laser*, Flamethrower, Skyfire Sword
* Nethys Note: weapon may have a different critical specialization effect than its weapon group, due to the Critical trait.
Hammer
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The target is knocked prone unless they succeed at a Fortitude save against your class DC.
Weapons Hammer
Knife
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The target takes 1d6 persistent bleed damage. You gain an item bonus to this bleed damage equal to the weapon's item bonus to attack rolls.
Weapons Aucturnite Chakram*, Grindblade*, Knife, Shooting Starknife, Tailblade, Talon*
* Nethys Note: weapon may have a different critical specialization effect than its weapon group, due to the Critical trait.
Laser
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The target must succeed at a Fortitude save against your class DC or be dazzled until the start of your next turn.
Weapons Aeon Rifle, Artillery Laser*, Laser Pistol, Laser Rifle, Rotolaser
* Nethys Note: weapon may have a different critical specialization effect than its weapon group, due to the Critical trait.
Mental
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The target must succeed at a Will save against your class DC or be stupefied 1 until the start of your next turn.
Weapons Aucturnite Chakram*
* Nethys Note: weapon may have a different critical specialization effect than its weapon group, due to the Critical trait.
Plasma
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The target takes 1d6 persistent electricity damage. You gain an item bonus to this electricity damage equal to the weapon's item bonus to attack rolls.
Weapons Plasma Cannon, Plasma Caster, Plasma Doshko*, Plasma Sword*, Starfall Pistol
* Nethys Note: weapon may have a different critical specialization effect than its weapon group, due to the Critical trait.
Polearm
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The target is moved 5 feet in a direction of your choice. This is forced movement.
Weapons Cryopike*, Painglaive
* Nethys Note: weapon may have a different critical specialization effect than its weapon group, due to the Critical trait.
Projectile
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The target must succeed at a Fortitude save against your class DC or be slowed 1 until the start of your next turn.
Weapons Autotarget Rifle, Breaching Gun, Gyrojet Pistol, Machine Gun, Magnetar Rifle, Reaction Breacher, Rotating Pistol, Scattergun, Semi-Auto Pistol, Stellar Cannon
Shield
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You knock the target back from you 5 feet. This is forced movement.
Weapons Shield Bash
Shock
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The target must succeed at a Fortitude save against your class DC or be stunned 1.
Weapons Arc Emitter, Arc Pistol, Arc Rifle, Polyglove, Pulsecaster Pistol, Shock Pad, Singing Coil
Sniper
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The target takes 2 additional damage per weapon damage dice.
Weapons Assassin Rifle, Coil Rifle, Seeker Rifle, Shirren-Eye Rifle
Sonic
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The target must succeed at a Fortitude save against your class DC or be deafened for 1 minute.
Weapons Boom Pistol, Pulse Gauntlet*, Screamer, Singing Spear*, Sonic Rifle, Streetsweeper
* Nethys Note: weapon may have a different critical specialization effect than its weapon group, due to the Critical trait.
Spear
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The weapon pierces the target, weakening its attacks. The target is clumsy 1 until the start of your next turn.
Weapons Singing Spear*
* Nethys Note: weapon may have a different critical specialization effect than its weapon group, due to the Critical trait.
Sword
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The target is made off-balance by your attack, becoming off-guard until the start of your next turn.
Weapons Dueling Sword, Grindblade*, Nano-Edge Rapier, Phase Cutlass, Plasma Sword*, Puzzleblade
* Nethys Note: weapon may have a different critical specialization effect than its weapon group, due to the Critical trait.