Do there seem to be a lot of criticals?

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Abstraction

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• Nov 27, 2007

• #1

In the various playtests reported so far, there seem to be quite a few criticals going on. Even taking out the confirmation roll, there seems to be more than 1 in 20. Has anything come up that accounts for so many crits?

 

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Gimby

Explorer

• Nov 27, 2007

• #2

We don't know how many rounds each combat is going on for - it's entirely possible that the encounters are running for longer than we expect in 3.5 and so the total number of attack rolls (and hence critical chances) is increased.

 

Odysseus

Explorer

• Nov 27, 2007

• #3

i'm guessing there will be no confirming crits. All 20's crit.

 

WhatGravitas

Explorer

• Nov 27, 2007

• #4

Gimby said:

We don't know how many rounds each combat is going on for - it's entirely possible that the encounters are running for longer than we expect in 3.5 and so the total number of attack rolls (and hence critical chances) is increased.

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Don't forget the assumption that there are more opponents - more opponents = more attacks (either from the opponents or though AoO-like mechanisms), therefore you get more chances to crit, add the loss of the confirmation roll, and some flukes, then you can get really crit-heavy sessions.

Furthermore, some melee-focused characters might have some kind of "Improved Critical" going on.

Cheers, LT.

 

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Stogoe

First Post

• Nov 27, 2007

• #5

Also, spells can crit, too, so there's that.

 

Gundark

Explorer

• Nov 27, 2007

• #6

Gad...I hope combats don't take longer in 4e than in 3e

 

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redmagerush

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• Nov 27, 2007

• #7

Gundark said:

Gad...I hope combats don't take longer in 4e than in 3e

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I think he meant it went more rounds so more attacks, but with the streamlined rules played in either the same amount of real time or quicker.

 

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Cadfan

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• Nov 27, 2007

• #8

Lets say we have five player characters, and five monsters. That's 10 attack rolls per round, all of which have a chance to critical. That gives us a critical hit every other round.

 

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KingCrab

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• Nov 27, 2007

• #9

Odysseus said:

i'm guessing there will be no confirming crits. All 20's crit.

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I'm hoping this isn't the case. I remember playing heavily armored cleric back in 2ed. Every hit had to be a critical. It was annoying.

 

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Guild Goodknife

Explorer

• Nov 27, 2007

• #10

All that above mentioned factors + lotsa luck