Critical Hit: Difference between revisions

*** And then there are "High Crit" weapons,such as the scimitar, katar, and greataxe, which (on a crit) deal maximum damage and an extra weapon damage die roll. This can become absolutely ridiculous - a greataxe, if maximum damage is rolled on the extra roll, will deal 24 damage - and don't get me started on a two-blade ranger double critting on a Twin Strike with scimitars and rolling max damage each time (not counting enhancement, it deals 32 damage, enough to kill a level 1 creature.)

**** For a game where [[PCs]] are supposed to be superhuman at relatively low levels, it seems ridiculous to need a once in a lifetime roll to kill the lowest creature in one hit...

* ''[[Role Master]]'' had pages upon pages of critical hit tables. It was famous for them. Overcoming your opponent in a battle in Rolemaster isn't so much about draining their hit points but landing criticals. Each attack consists of an attack roll (adding your skill bonus for the weapon you're using and subtracting the enemy's defensive bonus), and if the weapon's attack table indicates that you get a critical hit you roll for the critical (the severity of which depends on whether your hit resulted in A, B, C, D or E criticals) and see how well you succeed in that critical, the results of which range anywhere from small wounds to smashed skulls, so the criticals play a... erm, ''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|critical]]'' role in resolving a combat.

* ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' has a few of them itself: Irresistable Force, a critical success at casting a spell that means it can't be dispelled (contrast with [[Critical Failure|Miscasts]]); [[Poisoned Weapons]] which will always wound on a critical hit roll; and the Killing Blow skill which auto-kills on a critical wound roll. One magazine article suggested a critical success house rule for psychology tests, as well, to represent the small chance of warriors [[Heroic Resolve|holding out against impossible odds]].