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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 8152781" data-attributes="member: 6775477">Pretty much. Gygax opposed the idea of critical hits, because at the time it was widely desired to players to have them. He stated that if there were rules for it, he'd have to have them affect the players too. One of his Sorcerers Scroll articles had a discussion of it.2E was the worst for it, because there were a billion and one charts and options, all of which were broken and nasty. The one my college DM used was feared, as a critical hit often meant maiming or even death. A 1 HD commoner could kill any creature about 3% of the time they rolled a 20 on an attack. Death was one of the better options though, since the maiming required Regeneration, a much high level spell. Oh, and it was possible to kill yourself or break your magic weapoin if you rolled a 1 on an attack roll. One time I had to bludgeon an ogre to death with my own severed arm, since my roll of 1 broke my +3 longsword and the ogre's roll of 20 cut my arm off.</blockquote>