

In any event, it is a ranged attack and therefore the Combat rules state: Other ranged spells will state whether it's a ranged attack or a ranged touch attack, which determines whether you are trying to hit the enemy's normal AC or their touch AC. A ray spell threatens a critical hit on a natural roll of 20 and deals double damage on a successful critical hit.


If a ray spell deals damage, you can score a critical hit just as if it were a weapon. If a ray spell has a duration, it's the duration of the effect that the ray causes, not the length of time the ray itself persists. Intervening creatures and obstacles, however, can block your line of sight or provide cover for the creature at which you're aiming. You don't have to see the creature you're trying to hit, as you do with a targeted spell. As with a ranged weapon, you can fire into the dark or at an invisible creature and hope you hit something. You aim a ray as if using a ranged weapon, though typically you make a ranged touch attack rather than a normal ranged attack.
