Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 4485269" data-attributes="member: 40177">I got to say, though, one thing I dislike about 4e crits is how they lose some of their specialness.&nbsp; While a PC critting still gets to roll the bonus from his magic item (and maybe from his high crit weapon), it still seems a bit flat.&nbsp; Mostly because, on wednesday, there were a few times where PCs were rolling max damage on normal attacks.&nbsp; Still, I'll take that over a x3 great axe attack anyday.&nbsp; Even a character with a +1 d12 high crit weapon will only deal 2-18 damage more on a crit (about 10 points or so on average).&nbsp; A bit, but not a huge amount, really.EDIT:&nbsp; Regarding Minions.&nbsp; Minions should not be able to crit.&nbsp; Blargney pointed this out to me a while back.&nbsp; Minions shouldn't be able to crit... because you can't crit them.&nbsp; Plus, there's usually so many more of them (and actions are worth more than damage in the D&amp;D &quot;action economy&quot;) that the odds of one of them rolling a 20 are much higher than the PCs.&nbsp; If you put in a rule that let minions deal extra damage (say, 1d6 from 1-10, 2d6 from 11-20, and 3d6 from 21-30), you have to throw in something for the PCs.&nbsp; I'd suggest an extra basic attack if you hit one, sort of a free cleave.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wik, post: 4485269, member: 40177"] I got to say, though, one thing I dislike about 4e crits is how they lose some of their specialness. While a PC critting still gets to roll the bonus from his magic item (and maybe from his high crit weapon), it still seems a bit flat. Mostly because, on wednesday, there were a few times where PCs were rolling max damage on normal attacks. Still, I'll take that over a x3 great axe attack anyday. Even a character with a +1 d12 high crit weapon will only deal 2-18 damage more on a crit (about 10 points or so on average). A bit, but not a huge amount, really. EDIT: Regarding Minions. Minions should not be able to crit. Blargney pointed this out to me a while back. Minions shouldn't be able to crit... because you can't crit them. Plus, there's usually so many more of them (and actions are worth more than damage in the D&D "action economy") that the odds of one of them rolling a 20 are much higher than the PCs. If you put in a rule that let minions deal extra damage (say, 1d6 from 1-10, 2d6 from 11-20, and 3d6 from 21-30), you have to throw in something for the PCs. I'd suggest an extra basic attack if you hit one, sort of a free cleave. [/QUOTE]

Verification