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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Illithidbix" data-source="post: 6812376" data-attributes="member: 12283">I preferred the Critical Hit rules from the playtest, not sure why the changed it in the final version.So maximum damage on dice + roll the highest damage dice again.(Unless you wanted to roll a small damage dice because you prefer the damage type...)Which sorta exists with the Half Orc's "Savage Attacks" and Barbarian's "Brutal Critical"Consequences:Crits will do a comparatively reliable amount of damage.Low level monsters/characters with a single damage dice will do slightly more damage with a critical hit. This eventually drops off as the number of dice increase.Greataxes become better when they crit than Greatswords... which I personally rather like.Despite first glance at the horror of maximising a Sneak Attack or Divine Smite, on average I think they'll actually do slightly less damage.Unless I've got my maths very wrong!Maths testingLevel 1 Fighter with Longsword. 1d8+3 (str) = average of 7.5 damageCurrent 5E Rules as Written: Crit does 2d8 + 3 damage = average of 12 damage, minimum of 5, maximum of 19Suggested crit rules: Crit does 8 + 3 + d8 = average of 15.5 damage, minimum of 12, maximum of 19Level 9 Rogue with Rapier = 1d8 + 5d6 (sneak attack) + 5 (DEX) = Average of 27 damageCurrent 5E Rules as Written: Crit does 2d8+10d6 +5 damage = average of 49 damage. Minimum of 17 if you were astonishingly unlucky, maximum of 81 if you were insanely lucky.Suggested Crit rules = 8+30+5+d8 damage = average of 47.5 damage, but you can't get less than 44 or more than 51</blockquote>

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