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<blockquote data-quote="aboyd" data-source="post: 4395052" data-attributes="member: 44797">OK, I ran the math and found a surprise.&nbsp; If you set crits to only be on 20s for everything and you increase the multiplier by 1 for each crit range you drop off, the math is exactly perfect.&nbsp; It's not off by even a hundredth of a point.&nbsp; You can keep the damage potential of every weapon at exactly the same ratio.Here's how it works.&nbsp; If the weapon had a crit of 19-20/x2, you would drop the 19 and add one to the multiplier, so 20/x3.&nbsp; If the crit for a weapon was 18-20/x2, you would drop the 18 &amp; 19, add 2 to multiplier, and get 20/x4.&nbsp; Those are the only two variants of crits, so the rule becomes this:Natural 20s auto-crit; if the weapon previously was 19-20/x2 it is now 20/x3, and if the weapon was 18-20/x2 it is now 20/x4.That's it.&nbsp; The amount of damage of each weapon is now not &quot;out of whack&quot; anywhere.I'm so happy I found such a mathematically simple solution.&nbsp; Yay.EDIT: this solution is completely retarded.&nbsp; The problem?&nbsp; I was originally trying to reduce damage output a little to compensate for having automatic crits, and my new math doesn't do that.&nbsp; It only fixes the &quot;weapons changed in relative power&quot; issue, by keeping damage exactly the same.&nbsp; Knowing that I've come to this point, I'm inclined to simply tell my gaming group &quot;all crits are automatically confirmed&quot; and change absolutely nothing else.&nbsp; This would be incredibly simple and fast and requires no reductions to threat ranges or damage multipliers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aboyd, post: 4395052, member: 44797"] OK, I ran the math and found a surprise. If you set crits to only be on 20s for [i]everything[/i] and you increase the multiplier by 1 for each crit range you drop off, the math is [i]exactly[/i] perfect. It's not off by even a hundredth of a point. You can keep the damage potential of every weapon at exactly the same ratio. Here's how it works. If the weapon had a crit of 19-20/x2, you would drop the 19 and add one to the multiplier, so 20/x3. If the crit for a weapon was 18-20/x2, you would drop the 18 & 19, add 2 to multiplier, and get 20/x4. Those are the only two variants of crits, so the rule becomes this: Natural 20s auto-crit; if the weapon previously was 19-20/x2 it is now 20/x3, and if the weapon was 18-20/x2 it is now 20/x4. That's it. The amount of damage of each weapon is now not "out of whack" anywhere. I'm so happy I found such a mathematically simple solution. Yay. [B]EDIT: this solution is completely retarded.[/B] The problem? I was originally trying to reduce damage output a little to compensate for having automatic crits, and my new math doesn't do that. It only fixes the "weapons changed in relative power" issue, by keeping damage exactly the same. Knowing that I've come to this point, I'm inclined to simply tell my gaming group "all crits are automatically confirmed" and change absolutely nothing else. This would be incredibly simple and fast and requires no reductions to threat ranges or damage multipliers. [/QUOTE]

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