Call to the Four Lands - OCC

[Leif]

I read the rules to be as Nightbreeze said. When you inflict a multiple of damage (usually just double) you roll the dice multiple times. You never roll once and multiply. That means that a roll of twice maximum damage for one crit is EXTREMELY improbable. (Happens one time out of sixty-four crits for a longsword, or other d8 weapon. And since a crit probably only happens about one time out of 100 attacks, we're talking about a 1 in 6400 probability, if I recall my math properly, which is by no means EVER certain!)

 

[Nightbreeze]

Whoa, whoa, hold that. As a DM, I enjoy very much making my players eat criticals, and I assure that even with a longsword, crits are not so rare. At low levels, say that you have 50% chance of hitting the enemy. With 19-20 you hit and then you have 50% chance of confirming. That means that one hit on 20 is a confirmed critical.

Actually, I am more afraid from the damned 20-20-hit optional rule, and I assure you that in the last year it happened at least thrice -_-. But then, it also happened twice from for the monsters, and one of those was a rat. Yep, a rat gutted a 4th level dwarf fighter. I house ruled that it is not instant death, but hp set on -5, 10 damage to str, dex, con each.

 

[Leif]

Okay, then, using your probability for a confirmed crit, Nightbreeze, a pc would do maximum damage with a d8 weapon one time in 1,280 attacks.

 

[Nightbreeze]

I'll take the chances

 

[Leif]

I suppose we all will! It's not like we have much choice in the matter!

 

[Nightbreeze]

Well, I could propose to Ja the following deal: if maximum damage in critical happens, it turns out a normal hit. In exchange, I get a +1 to hit (for every hit). Do you thing he'll accept it?

 

[Leif]

Hmmm, well, let's see ..... I've known JA for about 25 years now. In my opinion, the odds of Asmodeus successfully making a snowcone are better than what you suggest.

 

[Leif]

I'm excited! I just found out that as a Community Supporter I can disable those annyoying ads at the top and side of the screen! It's almost like traveling back in time to before the dumb ol' ads appeared!

 

[J. Alexander]

Thank goodness for players who are rule's guru.. you save me from having to refer to the Book of Scotley ............

A proposition
I will allow you guys max damage on the first roll and then you roll normal damage for the critical...but only if the monsters get max damage for their first set of rolls also ...

 

[Leif]

A proposition
I will allow you guys max damage on the first roll and then you roll normal damage for the critical...but only if the monsters get max damage for their first set of rolls also ...

If we were playing face-to-face across your mother's kitchen table, then I KNOW my answer would be SURE, because we'd have Scotley's +57 Vorpal 20-Sider on our side! In fact, my vote is still to do it that way. I figure either I'll kick major boo-tay, or else I'll get to roll up a brand new character!