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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Trainz" data-source="post: 1587088" data-attributes="member: 2122">It might appear so, but let's see: In 3.5, creatures immune to crits is kind of a new "sacred cow" of sorts. The designers must have a very good reason to not have even touched with a 10 foot pole that aspect. Thus, when toying with the concept, I have a feeling that one must be very extra careful. So... Making it a skill check is opening the door for abuse, especially when coupled with other things. For one, an Invisible Blade from the Complete Warrior can make very good use of such a feat. Add to this that he has much skill points, probably fights with two daggers, and whatever skill is used to determine the crit (as per your suggestion) can be <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=89652" target="_blank">boosted in many different ways</a>. Soon, your PC will make sneak attacks on every attack on every critter he fights. You will have a huge balance issue on your hands (the epic rogue's damage output will quickly surpass even the wizard's or fighter's). Thus my reason why a percentile level check: the player has NO WAY to increase his chance other than... gaining a level. You also suggest doubling a percentile level check. More reasonable, but still risky. Your 30th level rogue/invisible blade will have 60% chance to sneak on any of his (possibly) 9 attacks, thus about 6 attacks. Versus evil critters (BoED, exalted strike), and Lingering Damage from ELH, that's an average of 180d8 per round on any evil critter immune to sneaks, or an average of 810 damage. That's a lot for a 30th level critter. It is also very important to keep in mind that critters who are immune to crits sometimes have less hit points than regular critters to reflect the fact that they are immune to crits and sneaks. Their CR is also determined with that in mind. Like many others, I feel that the rogue and big crits dudes kind of get the shaft versus certain critters, and as a DM, i hate it when the PC's enter the undead dungeon to see the rogue sulk for half of it or the falchion weilding fighter go "YEAH CRIT ! oh... no never mind." for most of the ride. But I still want a balanced game. In such a dungeon and with this house feat, at least the 10th level fighter in question will have some excitment when rolling a crit because there will be a 1 in 10 chance that he actually does score a crit on the spectre !</blockquote>

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