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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 3998539" data-attributes="member: 2804">It does indeed work both ways. It adds a grittiness to combat because players make more rolls and are thus more likely to roll 1s and get smacked. Likewise, it encouraged movement a bit more and less toe to toe slugfests at higher levels. If you had 4 attacks in a round and the last one was likely to miss anyway, was it worth you to risk leaving yourself open and potentially getting smacked back if you rolled that 1?We implemented this originally because our DM felt that if nat 20s were always crits there should be a corresponding drawback to rolling a 1. We originally had a fumble rule but it became really annoying and all the players hated it. So we came up with this instead.My current group (different DM and players) doesn't use these house rules. They run the game pretty much as is right out of the 3.5 rule books. But I may bring back the natural 1 roll in 4e. I want to play the system as is first and house rule it after I get a feel for how my changes might impact things.</blockquote>