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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 6498673" data-attributes="member: 29398">And that's just the way we do it.  Anything requiring aim (and that includes a whole bunch of spells) needs an aiming roll or to-hit roll, and on any such roll fumbles are possible.However, it's not a 5% chance of a full fumble but is in fact somewhat less.  Roll a natural '1' and you automatically miss; roll something low enough that negative modifiers bring down to 1 or below and you threaten a fumble but if you don't fumble then it's checked as usual to see if you hit.  Then, to confirm a fumble roll a d6; if it comes up '1' then you've fumbled.  A melee fumble can lead to any number of things via rolling on a chart held by the DM: - common - minor (d4) damage to self or an ally; or drop weapon nearby; or damage weapon (save applies if magic); etc. - uncommon - trip or slip and give your foe a free attack; or throw weapon; or full damage to self or ally; or drop shield - rare - critical damage to self or ally; or some cascading combination of some or all of theseMissile fumbles usually involve either breaking the weapon, breaking the ammo, or hitting a friendSpell or device or spell-like ability fumbles can involve all kinds of things most of which are not much fun for the caster.Lan-"of all our thousands of 1e house rules this one might be the longest-surviving without alteration"-efan</blockquote>