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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the_bruiser" data-source="post: 1025120" data-attributes="member: 6126">Re: Re: Against the Slavers - Critical Hit RulesAbsolutely, happy to.  Note - these are not real names in our campaign <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.Bob the Slaver swings his greatsword at Happy the PC, delivering a devestating blow (successful critical) for 23 damage.  Happy makes a fortitude save DC 23.  His bonus is +7 and his roll is only a 2, so his adjusted roll is a 9; he fails the save by 14.  In addition to the 23 damage, he suffers a critical effect.  We roll a d10 to determine where.  We roll a nine, so we'd look at the following line for the character;s right arm:11-15 / moderate / arm broken, 1/2 move, no attacks or spellcasting with that armOkay - until the character receives a cure moderate wounds spell (or better), that arm is useless.  But let's say that the best cure spell available is a cure light wounds.  It would take four days' rest (with successful heal checks) to reduce the 14 severity to a 10 severity, at which point a cure light wounds spell would be sufficient.  In the meantime, the character cannot cast spells, wield a weapon/shield, or do whatever else he might normally with that arm.  Because it is the right arm, any character that has not established himself as left handed (or ambidextrous) would receive penalties (probably -4) for attacks with that arm. Does that help?</blockquote>

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