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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 2554879" data-attributes="member: 326">Hey Sledge mate! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Nothing is impossible, its only a matter of how powerful you need to be to gain the ability.Which is why the balance between threat range and damage multplier are critical...no pun intended.I have thought about this, I don't think you need to be able to reduce threat range, but I do think you need to be able to reduce the multiplier.The way I plan to do this is by breaking down Immunity to Critical Hits into sub-types.1. Fragile (Crystalline object with bludgeoning weapon, two dimensional object with piercing/slashing weapon)2. Mechanism (Such as the human body, something with intricate working parts)3. Solid (Corporeal Undead, Plants, Golems, Animated Object, Earth Elemental)4. Liquid (Oozes, Water Elemental)5. Gaseous/Incandescent/Incorporeal etc. (Certain Undead, Air and Fire Elementals)At the moment I am just try to find the sweet spot for each sub-types critical divider.I think this idea brings up a lot of possibilities.Of course things like Fortitude Armour would also be subject to change.What do the rest of you think?At the moment I am considering having the Solid Sub-type have a -2 critical divider modifier (this would allow pick-axes and scythes to deal x2 damage on a crit versus a solid object. The Liquid Sub-Type might be -4 and the Gaseous Sub-type might be -6, but I am not sure about those as yet.Impossible is not in my vocabulary. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />There are two modifiers.1. The chance to increase Threat Range.2. The chance to increase Critical Multiplier.Threat Range increase is dependant upon the weapons initial threat range, which is either 1/20, 2/20, 3/20.Critical Multiplier is not necessarily linked to Threat Range, but for the purposes of balance, increasing it must be linked to the Threat Range. As I mentioned before I think the most balanced solution is to invert the modifier.So that...Base 18-20 threat range gives +1 damage multiplierBase 19-20 threat range gives +2Base 20 threat range give +3Epic Fighter w. ScimitarImproved Critical, Keen weapon, Overwhelming Critical, Vorpal WeaponThreat Range 12-20, Critical Multiplier x3 (x8 on a '20')Demigod w. LongswordImproved Critical, Keen Weapon, Overwhelming Critical, Vorpal Weapon, Divine Improved Critical, Divine Keen Weapon, Divine Overwhelming Critical, Divine Vorpal Weapon.Threat Range 11-20, Critical Multiplier x8 (x18 on a '20')Intermediate God w. Warhammer (a.k.a. you know who) Improved Critical, Impact Weapon, Overwhelming Critical, Bonecrushing Weapon, Divine Improved Critical, Divine Impact Weapon, Divine Overwhelming Critical, Divine Bonecrushing Weapon, Cosmic Improved Critical, Cosmic Impact Weapon, Cosmic Overwhelming Critical, Cosmic Bonecrushing Weapon.Threat Range 14-20, Critical Multiplier x12 (x27 on a '20')I'm just using the Divine and Cosmic prefixes in this example for convenience.</blockquote>

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