My New Vorpal Blade

[Raithskar]

I shaved with it this morning, and I like it. Smooth shave, and did a great job.

Gracious Thanks Seraphim!

[Singapura]

Careful you don't roll a perfect 10 or it'll take your head off!

[maxman]

I thought a vorpal weapon severed the head on a critical hit (natural 20) with the critical being confirmed by the second roll (3.5e anyway).

oh and nice razor too.

[Seraphim]

From the DD Wiki:

Vorpal

Prefix
Base price modifier: +5
Only found on: Slashing weapons
Effect: A vorpal weapon can instantly kill most kinds of creatures. On an attack roll of a natural 20 which is also confirmed as a critical hit, and if the enemy has 1000 or fewer HP, the enemy's "head is cut off".
There's no special animation shown on a successful vorpal. Aside from a blueish coloration that appears, the monster simply dies.
If the enemy has more than 1000 HP, or is otherwise immune to instant kills (e.g., red- or purple-named enemies) they instead take 100 points of bane damage.
Some items may have a stacking effect which is produced in the event of a vorpal roll, such as Vulkoor's Cunning, and Shocking Blow on Charged Gauntlets.
These creatures are immune to vorpal's instant death or bane damage, generally because they do not have a head, or do not need a head to survive:
Undead (except vampires)
Constructs (except Warforged)
Beholders
Oozes
Also, the Deathblock and Deathward effects prevent vorpal. Fortification, however, does not.
[edit]Trivia
The term comes from "Jabberwocky," the famous poem by Lewis Carroll, where a hero has a special sword that severs his enemy's head with a "snicker-snack" sound.
Not-so-incidentally, Kasquick the Mighty, a fearsome kobold general in The Shroud, attacks with a vorpal blade that, if he is successful in attacking you, shows gruesome messages in your Combat log:
(Combat) You are hit by Kasquick the Mighty's vorpal.
(Combat) Snick-snack went the vorpal blade, and it removed your head, killing you instantly.
Category: Weapon prefixes

[Raithskar]

The Githyanki are all armed with Vorpal blades, or at least they used to be according to the old DD rules. Fearsome enemies to be sure.

Hope i never make a Critical hit with that razor lol.

[strop]

I'm guessing this has something to do with video games.

I guess my custom title is appropriate.

[Skrymr]

I'm guessing this has something to do with video games.

I guess my custom title is appropriate.

DD stands for Dungeons and Dragons. Played with paper, pencil, and dice from 4 sided to twenty (I think). I got a full dice set around here some where.....

[strop]

I remember my boys' collection of those cards! They are probably in some box in the basement.

[trick420]

The nerd is strong with this group...

[Legion]

It was an instant beating by the tough guys at my school if you were seen messing with funny shaped dice. I never risked it.

[Kentos]

Pics or it didn't happen.

[maxman]

There was an RPG thread a while back. Time to ressurect it!

Apologies to the OP for running this off he tracks.
we would like to see pics if you can swing it.

[BakerAndBadger]

Isn't it strange, nerds like us calling other nerds like us nerds. Razors are for nerds, D&D is for nerds. Nerds r Us