A spell cast on you can have different outcomes. Each outcome is checked in a logical order, as follows: * Reflect* * Immune* * Resist* * Partial Resist * Critical hit * Absorb Outcomes with an asterisk can only occur exclusively; this means that whenever one of these outcomes occurs, no further outcome checks are made. In contrast, outcomes without an asterisk can occur in combination with others. Examples: So that means that in order to be able to score a critical hit with a spell: