Nahat Anoj
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This seems like a neat approach. What would happen when the PC rolls a natural 20 on his defense check? IMO, something cool should happen just like with an attack roll.
Players roll a defense against NPC/Monster attacks.
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buddhafrog
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Not sure if you were referencing my last post or the OP, but I'll bite regardless:
First of all, we didn't quite get to the rooftop crossbow assassin ambush on the PC's last night. That'll happen tonight. I'll post back with PC feedback.
Roll a "1", and not only is the PC hit, and I'll probably say the arrow is lodged (in his leg?) and can't be readily pulled out -- since this will be a highly mobile defense/attack encounter, I will give that PC a -2 movement until he can deal with the arrow (If he just rips it out, he'll take another damage roll). Roll a "20" and.... I was actually going to wing it and see what seemed appropriate. But you asked and it got me thinking. In this case vs. the rooftop assassins, I think I'll let the player spot the assassin and get an immediate ranged attack on him.
buddhafrog
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A "20" means that they are missed -- a defensive save. A "1" means that they've been crit hit.
I'll give the attackers the standard +11, plus their attack/advantage bonuses. They PC's will have to roll defensively to see if they can top that attack score. So rolling a "20" would be a crit defensive save and for that turn put our fighter's AC at 20+12 (his current bonuses are +12) = 32AC (usually he has a 22AC). Rolling a "1" would be a crit defensive failure and the PC would be hit with some sort of extra thematic damage that hopefully would relate to the defensive nature of the current encounter.
