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Any ability that uses an attack roll, including spell attacks, is capable of landing critical hits. Any dice that are rolled for damage, including additional dice such as those from [[Divine Smite|smites]] or [[Battle Master|combat manoeuvres]], are rolled twice. Abilities with multiple attack rolls like {{SAI|Slashing Flourish (Ranged)|Slashing Flourish}} or {{SAI|Scorching Ray}} can have multiple critical hits, with each attack rolling independently of one another. | Any ability that uses an attack roll, including spell attacks, is capable of landing critical hits. Any dice that are rolled for damage, including additional dice such as those from [[Divine Smite|smites]] or [[Battle Master|combat manoeuvres]], are rolled twice. Abilities with multiple attack rolls like {{SAI|Slashing Flourish (Ranged)|Slashing Flourish}} or {{SAI|Scorching Ray}} can have multiple critical hits, with each attack rolling independently of one another. | ||
Flat modifiers and bonuses to damage – including the creature's relevant [[ability score modifier]] and [[proficiency bonus]] – are not doubled. | Flat modifiers and bonuses to damage – including the creature's relevant [[ability score modifier]] and [[proficiency bonus]] – are not doubled. Creatures whose attacks deal a flat amount of damage rather than a die roll, such as [[Familiar|Familiars]], can roll critical hits but do not deal extra damage on them. | ||
==Reducing critical threshold== | ==Reducing critical threshold== | ||
Some feats, passive features, and items reduce the critical hit threshold by 1, allowing the creature to land critical hits by rolling either 19 or 20 on attack rolls. Multiple sources of this effect stack, allowing the critical hit threshold to go even lower than 19. | Some feats, passive features, and items reduce the critical hit threshold by 1, allowing the creature to land critical hits by rolling either 19 or 20 on attack rolls. Multiple sources of this effect stack, allowing the critical hit threshold to go even lower than 19. | ||