OnlineDM
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I realized that I should probably cross-post house rule discussions from my blog onto EN World, since people here tend to be very interested in this sort of thing. My most recent post deals with minions rolling crits.
What do you do as a DM when one of your minions who deals static damage scores a critical hit? I've seen a few options floating around:
What do you do as a DM when one of your minions who deals static damage scores a critical hit? I've seen a few options floating around:
- Nothing special. A minion that deals 5 damage on a hit also deals 5 damage on a crit.
- Double damage. 5 damage on a regular hit -> 10 damage on a crit.
- Bonus damage die. 5 damage on a regular hit -> 5+1d6 damage (or something similar) on a crit.
- Bonus effects. 5 damage on a regular hit -> 5 damage plus some effect like prone or push 1 square on a crit.