Epic Fail Chart

[Shazman]

Paizo sells a critical fumble deck as well as a critical hit deck. You might want to check out their website.

 

[Scott DeWar]

seen the funble and crit cards. We were haveing a bit of bad luck and were hitting the fumble deck 1 out of 3 attacks while the bad guys were hitting the crit deck about one out of 4.

The players reberlled. the cards were put away.

 

[Ycore Rixle]

I like the idea of an epic fail chart - not for when you roll a 1 in combat, but when a Pc does something so staggeringly stupid...

I do too. Reminds me of the Random Damage table from Dragon 100. I used to threaten players with that all the time. Now if they do something stupid, I could threaten them with the Epic Fail table instead. Let's see.

1-2 - Roll every die you own for damage. Don't add them. Multiply them.
3-4 - Any character you ever make again in any system gains no skill points.
5-6 - Draw Richard Simmons in your character portrait spot on the character sheet. That's what you look like now.
7-8 - ?
9-10 - ?
etc.

 

[TarionzCousin]

For no good reason, here is the epic D&D "Random Harlot Table."

 

[the Jester]

My fumble chart's worst possible result is "Spontaneous Human Combustion."

It's highly unlikely- it has never happened, in fact- but it's there.

 

[Maggan]

For no good reason, here is the epic D&D "Random Harlot Table."

Hehe, it gives a new meaning to the phrase "Epic Fail Chart" to me.

/M

 

[steeldragons]

This is fun. I remember our fumble chart with my group in high school (and a few others during college)...or the gist of it. No fun those 1's.

It is entirely possible this came from some old source (I see a list from Dragon being mentioned a few times) but I don't know if it did.

Also, this not exact (it was , but you'll get the idea.

1- Double Fumble- In an incomprehensible series of never before seen mishaps, you behead yourself.
2- Dismemberment: left leg, from hip
3- Dismemberment: right leg, from hip
4- Weapon dropped: in reach, attack next round
5- Weapon dropped: out of reach, spend next round retrieving weapon
6- Dismemberment: left arm, from shoulder
7- Dismemberment: right arm, from shoulder
8- Weapon dropped: in reach, roll/take normal damage
9- Weapon dropped: out of reach, roll/take normal damage
10- Weapon dropped: out of reach, take normal damage, weapon broken
11- Dismemeberment: right leg, from knee
12- Dismemeberment: left leg, from knee
13- Weapon dropped: out of reach, roll damage (with bonuses) on nearest ally
14- Weapon dropped: out of reach, roll damage on adjacent enemy
15- Dismemberment: right arm, from elbow
16- Dismemberment: left arm, from elbow
17- Weapon broken. No one takes damage, but weapon is useless.
18- Hit ally, roll full damage (incl. all bonuses). Weapon is not dropped.
19- Hit yourself, roll full damage...and double it (effectively a nat. 20 on yourself)
20- Natural 20! Cancels out the Fumble. Attack as normal next round.

 

[DragonLancer]

I'd advise against a chart which kicks in every time someone rolls a 1 - it punishes those characters who are skilled enough to make multiple attack rolls.

In my games a character can only fumble once per combat round regardless of the number of attacks made. Keeps it fair. I wouldn't even use them but my players like having the fun aspect of it.

 

[Shazman]

To the OP. Random fumble chart is the accepted terminology for what you are looking for. An epic fail chart would be something like a chart of WotC's questionable decisions in the past 4 years with the magnitude of each decision's epic fail being a number between 1 and 10.

 

[Ycore Rixle]

An epic fail chart would be something like a chart of WotC's questionable decisions in the past 4 years with the magnitude of each decision's epic fail being a number between 1 and 10.

So true!

Of course, it would have to be a logarithmic scale.