Any Concept / Any System. Character Vault. Vorpal Swords in Dungeons and Dragons first appeared in the Greyhawk Supplement to Original Dungeons and Dragons in 1975. Just landed a Vorpal Sword in my 5e campaign. Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide by Wizards of the Coast Call of Cthulhu Investigator Handbook by Chaosium Inc. Tools Toggle Dropdown. I think if you're trying to knock someone out then you're not doing slashing damage and therefore the vorpal effect (which only applies to slashing swords, as the description states), would not be permitted. The Vorpal Sword is a magic weapon that ignores resistance to slashing damage. Do I get any added attack bonuses or anything, or is it just an insta-kill on crit? Vorpal Sword. In D&D 5e, the vorpal sword is ... *Weapon (Any sword that deals slashing damage) Legendary (requires attunement)* After examining the Vorpal Sword (DMG, pg. Vorpal Sword property activates; If beheading is not possible, sword delivers 6d8 damage; A 20 is also a critical, which would then activate the double dice; The extra 6d8 is the damage dealt upon rolling the Natural 20 if , and damage dice are doubled on a critical hit. 209) +3 to attack and damage rolls; Ignores resistance to slashing damage; Decapitation occurs on a roll of a 20 on the d20 "to hit" roll; One of the creature's heads is cut off. In addition, the weapon ignores resistance to slashing damage. Compendium Character Vault Manage Audio Roll20 for iPad and Android Token Marker Library. Generic variant, major tier, legendary (requires attunement) You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. This wicked sword had the ability to sever the head of an opponent instantly killing those with only one head to lose. Weapon (any sword that deals slashing damage), legendary (requires attunement) You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Crawford agrees via Twitter: The vorpal sword only does its thing on a crit, so fight him normally until he crits, and use your lucky feat whenever he does so to make him reroll. Vorpal Sword [ Épée vorpale] Weapon (any sword that deals slashing damage), legendary (requires attunement) You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. In addition, the weapon ignores resistance to slashing damage. Vorpal sword "Vorpal sword" and "vorpal blade" are phrases used by Lewis Carroll in his nonsense poem "Jabberwocky", which have been taken up in several other media. In addition, the weapon ignores resistance to slashing damage. Carroll never provided a definition. So the logic was the sword is criting because if the sneak attack, but it's not natural, so he gets the 6d8 instead. 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