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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Evilhalfling" data-source="post: 3980808" data-attributes="member: 16991">Whee! I love crit fumbles.   They add more drama, to combat, and present unexpected challenges.  They also increase the effect of the enviornment on the game ice bridges, fighting in a muddy stream, swinging a great axe in closequarters.  They add excitement, humor and fun.  They should also be uncommon, as lots of fumbles slow the game and reduce the impact of each one.  Here are my HR Only the first attack roll can fumble, all other "1's" are merely automatic misses. This rule prevents hydras and tempests from fumbling every other round. A fumble will always end any your turn.    Its six seconds, anything that goes wrong will throw you off. Make Reflex save DC 12 (modified by stupidity) dc 18 max. Success prevents further problems.Agile people fumble less, experieanced people fumble less. Reconfirming a missed roll  gives a higher fumble rate than crit rate, as many rolls require at least a 14 roll.Stupidity involves fighting w/large weapons in tight spaces, fighting with poor footing, fighting next to something it would be funny to fall in or off.  Anyone using a spiked chain/flail, who also get the injure self possibility. A random table is generated on the fly ususally: 1. fall prone 2. make new attack roll vs. ally (not used if no allies threatend)3. weapon dropped or stuck in scenery.4. provoke AoO 5. weapon damaged (bow string breaks most likely, magic weapons ingore this except in special circumstances, like stabbing a iron golem) 6. used to double the chance of the most likely event. The table changes if I can think of a fumble that is especially appropriate to the circumstance. If a player suggests an appt fumble while I am jotting down the table, that is added to the table or just allowed to happen. We also use the Critical Hit Deck, but as suggested only named villians or those with augmented criticals get to use it.  PCs use it every time.  I find the crit deck magnifies criticals, and can end a fight much faster than a little extra damage.  Next time I run I may add a second level of conformation to reduce the number of villians one-shotted.</blockquote>

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