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<blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 3974726" data-attributes="member: 11146">We're a bit crazy with the natural 20 rule at our table.&nbsp; I like high drama during combat in my games, so when I DM a natural 20 on an attack roll is an automatic crit.&nbsp; Doesn't matter what weapon (or its critical threat range) you're using.&nbsp; You don't need to roll to confirm.&nbsp; Likewise, a natural 1 is a critical fumble.&nbsp; You won't be asked to roll to confirm.&nbsp; Critical fumbles do two things--best I can tell--for our table.&nbsp; First, they add nail-biting drama.&nbsp; It's a rarity that when someone rolls a natural 1, the rest of the table doesn't boom out, &quot;Oooh!&nbsp; Natural one!&quot;&nbsp; And then everyone leans forward to see what happens next.&nbsp; Second, they add hilarity.&nbsp; I'm prone to graphic description of violence when I DM. Natural 1s play right into that.&nbsp; Logical?&nbsp; Nope.&nbsp; But we use them to good effect and have a lot of fun with them.I noticed that for the games I ran online for what I consider to be a crowd more grounded in the statistics and rules of D&amp;D that no one wanted to use critical fumbles.&nbsp;&nbsp; People who post on the internet about D&amp;D seem to take their gaming a lot more seriously than lay gamers.&nbsp; I do not mean that meanly.&nbsp; But I figure--we're posting here, so to a lot of us D&amp;D is probably more than just an excuse to drink mountain dew and eat cheetohs on a Friday night.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CanadienneBacon, post: 3974726, member: 11146"] We're a bit crazy with the natural 20 rule at our table. I like high drama during combat in my games, so when I DM a natural 20 on an attack roll is an automatic crit. Doesn't matter what weapon (or its critical threat range) you're using. You don't need to roll to confirm. Likewise, a natural 1 is a critical fumble. You won't be asked to roll to confirm. Critical fumbles do two things--best I can tell--for our table. First, they add nail-biting drama. It's a rarity that when someone rolls a natural 1, the rest of the table doesn't boom out, "Oooh! Natural one!" And then everyone leans forward to see what happens next. Second, they add hilarity. I'm prone to graphic description of violence when I DM. Natural 1s play right into that. Logical? Nope. But we use them to good effect and have a lot of fun with them. I noticed that for the games I ran online for what I consider to be a crowd more grounded in the statistics and rules of D&D that no one wanted to use critical fumbles. People who post on the internet about D&D seem to take their gaming a lot more seriously than lay gamers. I do not mean that meanly. But I figure--we're posting here, so to a lot of us D&D is probably more than just an excuse to drink mountain dew and eat cheetohs on a Friday night. [/QUOTE]

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