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Message: <blockquote data-quote="demadog" data-source="post: 3975188" data-attributes="member: 8156">I disagree.  In fact the confirmation roll is excellent game design.  It makes sure that no matter what a player needs to hit, those hits always produce criticals at exactly the same rate.For example, if a player who needs to a 20 to hit also has to confirm the crit with a 20, then 100% of all their hits are threats and 5% of all their hits are crits.  If a player needs a 16 to hit and a 20 to threat, then 20% of all their hits are threats and 5% of all their hits are crits.  If a player needs a 10 to hit and a 20 to threat, then 10% of all their hits are threats and 5% of all their hits are crits.  if the player needs a 6 to hit and a 20 to threat, then 6.66 of all their hits are threats and 5% of all their hits are crits.  If a player needs a 1 to hit and a 20 to threat, then 5% of all their hits are threats and 5% of all their hits are crits.The bottom line is that for all players no matter what they need to hit, 5% of all their hits are crits.  Other threat ranges work out similiarly with a higher percentage of crits, but get a little wonky on the ends (ie needing a 20 to hit, with a 19-20 threat range weapon).Now wether that consistency is worth an extra roll is debatable, but the designers of 3e thought that is was.  Can the 4e desingers pull of something better?  I can't wait to find out.</blockquote>