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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8769617" data-attributes="member: 29398">And completely the fault of the 3e system as designed, to not be (mathematically) flexible enough to decently handle both very-high and very-low wealth parties.The DM was put in a bind because the system put said DM in a bind.&nbsp; The only blame I can assign to the DM here is that of trying to adhere too closely to the CR system rather than just winging it.Oh...yeah...er...right!&nbsp; So we were. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Very much, yes.But then it's not one in a million, is it.&nbsp; If &quot;dramatic moments&quot; are occurring with any degree of regularity (or worse, predictability) then they're not so much dramatic as they are just another element in the game.That's the cool thing about crits and fumbles that need a confirm roll: the confirm roll means they don't happen all that often, making them unusual when they do occur.&nbsp; A flat 1 in 20 chance for each is far too frequent IMO.Metagame coupons = complete non-starter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8769617, member: 29398"] And completely the fault of the 3e system as designed, to not be (mathematically) flexible enough to decently handle both very-high and very-low wealth parties. The DM was put in a bind because the system put said DM in a bind. The only blame I can assign to the DM here is that of trying to adhere too closely to the CR system rather than just winging it. Oh...yeah...er...right! So we were. :) Very much, yes. But then it's not one in a million, is it. If "dramatic moments" are occurring with any degree of regularity (or worse, predictability) then they're not so much dramatic as they are just another element in the game. That's the cool thing about crits and fumbles that need a confirm roll: the confirm roll means they don't happen all that often, making them unusual when they do occur. A flat 1 in 20 chance for each is far too frequent IMO. Metagame coupons = complete non-starter. [/QUOTE]

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