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<blockquote data-quote="Savage Wombat" data-source="post: 167802" data-attributes="member: 1932">I run him casually through the throat.I've got one, but it's a Rolemaster story... please forgive me.One character, off on a side quest, comes to our party's aid just as the orcish warlord comes riding out.The character announces, with much bravado, &quot;I run him casually through the throat.&quot;Rolling his attack with his rapier, he rolls percentiles - a natural 100.Now, in rolemaster (at least at the time) a critical hit such as that (96-00, I think) lets you roll again and add the results together.Next roll - 98.Next roll - 96.Next roll - 99.I forget the next roll, but it wasn't a crit.&nbsp; But with his skill added in, that's well over 400 - and the hit table maxed out well before that.So now he gets to roll on the piercing critical table - another percentile roll, this one unmodified.Naturall 100.The GM starts to read the crit description - Rolemaster crits are very graphic, and usually humorous.&nbsp; Something about cutting the foe's heart out, I think.&quot;No,&quot; says the player, &quot;I run him casually through the throat.&quot;&quot;Just let me read this here,&quot; says the GM.&quot;No, I run him casually through the throat.&quot;&quot;But...&quot;&quot;No,&quot; the group as a whole choruses, &quot;he runs him casually through the throat.&quot;&quot;Fine,&quot; says the GM.&nbsp; &quot;You run him casually through the throat, and without a sound, he slides slowly off his warg mount.&nbsp; All fighting stops, and everyone stares in awe.&nbsp; The orcs surrender en masse.&quot;What can diceless roleplaying have to compare with that?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Savage Wombat, post: 167802, member: 1932"] [b]I run him casually through the throat.[/b] I've got one, but it's a Rolemaster story... please forgive me. One character, off on a side quest, comes to our party's aid just as the orcish warlord comes riding out. The character announces, with much bravado, "I run him casually through the throat." Rolling his attack with his rapier, he rolls percentiles - a natural 100. Now, in rolemaster (at least at the time) a critical hit such as that (96-00, I think) lets you roll again and add the results together. Next roll - 98. Next roll - 96. Next roll - 99. I forget the next roll, but it wasn't a crit. But with his skill added in, that's well over 400 - and the hit table maxed out well before that. So now he gets to roll on the piercing critical table - another percentile roll, this one unmodified. Naturall 100. The GM starts to read the crit description - Rolemaster crits are very graphic, and usually humorous. Something about cutting the foe's heart out, I think. "No," says the player, "I run him casually through the throat." "Just let me read this here," says the GM. "No, I run him casually through the throat." "But..." "No," the group as a whole choruses, "he runs him casually through the throat." "Fine," says the GM. "You run him casually through the throat, and without a sound, he slides slowly off his warg mount. All fighting stops, and everyone stares in awe. The orcs surrender en masse." What can diceless roleplaying have to compare with that? [/QUOTE]

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