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[BX/RC] Rolls of 20 and 1?
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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8158290" data-attributes="member: 2629"><p>From around 1980 on, I used the Critical Hit and Bad Misses column from Dragon magazine on 20s and 1s. We used it whenever we played D&D, including BECMI, although there were few BECMI games played once we started with AD&D. I hand wrote out the tables, with my hand written modifications (which were likely not good, but I can't confirm as I no longer have any copies of it), to hand to players. </p><p></p><p>As I recall, our rule was: If you roll a 20, you reroll. If it is a hit, you critical hit. If it is a miss on the confirming roll, you still hit, and deal max damage. If you roll a 1, reroll. If the confirming roll is a miss, you roll on the fumble table. If it is a hit, you don't. I had a low level cleric crush the skull of an ally on a fumble - critical hit ally - roll 99 on critical hit table.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8158290, member: 2629"] From around 1980 on, I used the Critical Hit and Bad Misses column from Dragon magazine on 20s and 1s. We used it whenever we played D&D, including BECMI, although there were few BECMI games played once we started with AD&D. I hand wrote out the tables, with my hand written modifications (which were likely not good, but I can't confirm as I no longer have any copies of it), to hand to players. As I recall, our rule was: If you roll a 20, you reroll. If it is a hit, you critical hit. If it is a miss on the confirming roll, you still hit, and deal max damage. If you roll a 1, reroll. If the confirming roll is a miss, you roll on the fumble table. If it is a hit, you don't. I had a low level cleric crush the skull of an ally on a fumble - critical hit ally - roll 99 on critical hit table. [/QUOTE]
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