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<blockquote data-quote="Systole" data-source="post: 5753925" data-attributes="member: 93930">In PF, a crit has to be confirmed.&nbsp; And the benefits of a crit are extra damage.&nbsp; In his game, a 1 does not have to be confirmed, and the epic failure of a fumble far outweighs the benefits of extra damage from a crit.&nbsp; Like, go prone in front of the boss.&nbsp; Lose weapon.&nbsp; Hit the healer.&nbsp; Push the mage in front of the boss while trying to open a door.&nbsp; (That last one actually happened.)&nbsp; I would happily give up my crits if it meant I never fumbled.&nbsp; There's no balance here.&nbsp;In the game I ran with him, I kept fumbles but ruled that they had to be confirmed (i.e. by missing on a second roll) in hopes that maybe he'd pick that up.&nbsp; I also tried putting in lesser penalties (shaken for a round).&nbsp; No luck.&nbsp; Failures are epic, and constant.&nbsp;As far as why I don't walk away: The GM is a friend.&nbsp; He's not a bad guy.&nbsp; And the game he runs is one of the few times I get to see some other friends who are busy a lot of the time.&nbsp;I really don't think the GM realizes he's running a meatgrinder campaign.&nbsp; When he started, he assured us it would be a casual, friends and family deal, and he stated outright he wanted fun characters rather than min-maxed ones.&nbsp; Cut to several levels later, and I'm currently trying to turn my lovable-but-goofy rogue into a hardened warrior against the unspeakable grimdark minions of an undead god.&nbsp;Yeah.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Systole, post: 5753925, member: 93930"] In PF, a crit has to be confirmed. And the benefits of a crit are extra damage. In his game, a 1 does not have to be confirmed, and the epic failure of a fumble far outweighs the benefits of extra damage from a crit. Like, go prone in front of the boss. Lose weapon. Hit the healer. Push the mage in front of the boss while trying to open a door. (That last one [U]actually happened[/U].) I would happily give up my crits if it meant I never fumbled. There's no balance here. In the game I ran with him, I kept fumbles but ruled that they had to be confirmed (i.e. by missing on a second roll) in hopes that maybe he'd pick that up. I also tried putting in lesser penalties (shaken for a round). No luck. Failures are epic, and constant. As far as why I don't walk away: The GM is a friend. He's not a bad guy. And the game he runs is one of the few times I get to see some other friends who are busy a lot of the time. I really don't think the GM realizes he's running a meatgrinder campaign. When he started, he assured us it would be a casual, friends and family deal, and he stated outright he wanted fun characters rather than min-maxed ones. Cut to several levels later, and I'm currently trying to turn my lovable-but-goofy rogue into a hardened warrior against the unspeakable grimdark minions of an undead god. Yeah. [/QUOTE]

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