Do there seem to be a lot of criticals?

[Abstraction]

In the various playtests reported so far, there seem to be quite a few criticals going on. Even taking out the confirmation roll, there seems to be more than 1 in 20. Has anything come up that accounts for so many crits?

 

[Gimby]

We don't know how many rounds each combat is going on for - it's entirely possible that the encounters are running for longer than we expect in 3.5 and so the total number of attack rolls (and hence critical chances) is increased.

 

[Odysseus]

i'm guessing there will be no confirming crits. All 20's crit.

 

[WhatGravitas]

We don't know how many rounds each combat is going on for - it's entirely possible that the encounters are running for longer than we expect in 3.5 and so the total number of attack rolls (and hence critical chances) is increased.

Don't forget the assumption that there are more opponents - more opponents = more attacks (either from the opponents or though AoO-like mechanisms), therefore you get more chances to crit, add the loss of the confirmation roll, and some flukes, then you can get really crit-heavy sessions.

Furthermore, some melee-focused characters might have some kind of "Improved Critical" going on.

Cheers, LT.

 

[Stogoe]

Also, spells can crit, too, so there's that.

 

[Gundark]

Gad...I hope combats don't take longer in 4e than in 3e

 

[redmagerush]

Gad...I hope combats don't take longer in 4e than in 3e

I think he meant it went more rounds so more attacks, but with the streamlined rules played in either the same amount of real time or quicker.

 

[Cadfan]

Lets say we have five player characters, and five monsters. That's 10 attack rolls per round, all of which have a chance to critical. That gives us a critical hit every other round.

 

[KingCrab]

i'm guessing there will be no confirming crits. All 20's crit.

I'm hoping this isn't the case. I remember playing heavily armored cleric back in 2ed. Every hit had to be a critical. It was annoying.

 

[Guild Goodknife]

All that above mentioned factors + lotsa luck