Holy crap! I critted a demon!

[Neowolf]

My 11th level Halfling Monk just killed a demon in one shot with a lucky crit. Our DM uses a special "critical hit chart" to produce some interesting random effects based on a d% roll. I rolled 2 20s and 100%, which apparently means I caved in the darn thing's skull. This should get Cade (my character) back in Yondalla's good graces; he was kinda in the dog house (because of the people he was hanging around with; read: the other PCs).

Just had to tell the story.

Edit: in case anyone's wondering, it was a CR 14, along with a ton of Quasits.

 

[psychognome]

Hmmm, maybe those Critical Hit Charts aren't so bad after all.

*goes to get out his old Rolemaster Crit Charts*

 

[Eye Tyrant]

A PC in the game I'm running did the same thing this week... Though with a Nine Lives stealer; he rolled his 20, then rolled for the crit and made it... Big Whoop right? So the Barbazu gets a Fort save at DC 17 (to prevent the sword from sucking up his soul)... again Big Whoop right? I rolled a 1 for the Barbazu... Sucked into the sword his soul is.... 1 dead devil...

Now I know some DMs would say a devil might not have a "soul"... But I found nothing that told me he was immune to crits, so there you have it...

Thankfully the sword only has 6 charges left.

 

[Grazzt]

Sounds like the old "Good Hits and Bad Misses" critical charts from Dragon #39 way back when. I dont use those in 3e/3.5 but we used them all throughout 1e and 1.5e (we never fully switched to 2e, hated it....)

 

[Taloras]

Maybe i should find some crit charts....and use them in my upcoming 3E campaign...might be interesting. Instead of doing double/triple damage, you roll, i guess?

 

[LGodamus]

I had a player do this, but I dont even use the alternative crit stuff...he did massive damage (ie. over 50) and the darn cornugon punked out on its fort. save and died..

 

[Utrecht]

As a DM, I loooooove Crit charts - as a player, I hate them - after all what is good for the goose is good for the gander.......... (and as the DM all my creatures are inherintly disposable anyway - so having one critted is no big whoop)

Granted they do make for some awsome cinimatic moments - and these tend to be the ones that are remembered.