Converting Critical Hits

[the Jester]

That's a fine system jester, and since it deals with current hp it still mantains the axe/sword balance. More crit damage = harsher disabilities.

Yup, I wanted to make sure that it would just as well for 20/x3 as it would for 19-20/x2.

 

[DaveStebbins]

...the weapons with the higher crit modifier could have more powerful special effects to balance them against the weapons with a bigger crit range

Correct. If you build a system which takes this into account (like Jester has), it would work fine. However, just adding straight extras to criticals, as the original post infered would be done, would be unbalanced in favor of weapons which crit more often. This was why I felt a warning was in order.

-Dave
"Be who you are and say what you feel 'cause people who mind don't matter and people who matter don't mind." --Theodor Suess Geisel (1904-1991), writer

 

[Stalker0]

Yup, I wanted to make sure that it would just as well for 20/x3 as it would for 19-20/x2.

Jester if you don't mind I wouldn't mind yanking your system and playtesting it the next time I dm.

 

[the Jester]

Jester if you don't mind I wouldn't mind yanking your system and playtesting it the next time I dm.

Go crazy with it. We've been using it in my campaign for quite some time, though I recently retooled the chart and simplified the system (used to be you'd roll for location and then exact effect, based on severity, by location- this simplifies it to a single roll, much better).

And I'd love to hear any feedback you have to offer after playtesting it.