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| Mazrim_Taim |
Posted - 22 Nov 2005 : 08:19:05
I hate using the standard system in place for critical hits, and some of my most memorable moments as a player were those times when I rolled a 20, and did something amazing like my wizards sling bullet actually cracked an orc who was running aways kneecap.
I made this post to see what kind of system you all like using for critical hits. If you have a good one, I was hoping maybe I could glance it over and see if it would fit into my game?
Few things I dont like in a critical hit table
**lots of instant death/losing arms, legs, etc. There could be some of this on the table
**one that is likely to confuse the players more than add excitement to the game (oh trust me this is a big one, had one DM whose table took like 3 minutes to figure out and get through each time we rolled a 20)
I am mostly just looking for ideas. One of my favorites was one my last DM used which used a weapons size to determine the severity of the critical hit. I thought this was pretty realistic as a large weapon wielded by a large creature is a lot more likely to deal a crushing blow than a small dagger wielded by a medium sized creature :)
I have a feeling there is already a topic on this somewhere, if so I'll quickly delete this and make it something else, for now I'm hitting reply though |
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| KnightErrantJR |
Posted - 22 Nov 2005 : 15:45:23
The upcoming Dragon Compendium volume one is going to have a 3.5 update for Dragon Magazine's classic critical hit article. |
| Crennen FaerieBane |
Posted - 22 Nov 2005 : 14:44:46
You could always take a chunk of the critical hit table and make them bleeding wounds - like head wounds, or deep wounds that will continually draw 1 or 2 hit points per round.
I have oft thought about revising the crit table I was using. The old - you lose an arm (or leg, or both!  ) isn't as fun anymore. Always has you running around looking for something that will regenerate it - that or switch your deity to Tyr.
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