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<blockquote data-quote="RigaMortus" data-source="post: 1800634" data-attributes="member: 1077">Funny little story...I'm playing a range-based Ranger in a campaign.&nbsp; Something that has sort of become my &quot;signature&quot; shot is firing at an enemy who is grappling an ally of mine.&nbsp; The first time I tried this shot, I knew there was a chance of hitting my ally.&nbsp; As per the Core 3.5 rules, you have to randomly roll to see who you hit during a grapple.&nbsp; Since only 2 people were involed in the grapple at the time, I had a 50% chance to hit my ally.&nbsp; Being that I am Chaotic Neutral, I felt the odds were in my favor <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; Besides, even if I hit my ally, they can take a measily 8 points of damage, right?&nbsp; So I make my attack roll, and wouldn't ya know it?&nbsp; It's a crit!!!&nbsp; So now I am a little bit worried as I just trippled my damage (using a +2 Composite Longbow).&nbsp; Fortunately I rolled well in the percentages, and I hit and killed the enemy I was intending to target...Later in the campaign, I came into the same situation again.&nbsp; An enemy was grappling my ally.&nbsp; Well, I pulled off this shot once in the past, I can surely do it again, right?&nbsp; Besides, he can take&nbsp; the 8 points of damage if I hit him, and it's not like I'm going to crit again.&nbsp; What are the chances of that happening?&nbsp; Well, apparently very low...&nbsp; Because I did crit again, and I had to randomly roll (50%) to see who I hit in the grapple.&nbsp; The bad news, I hit my ally...&nbsp; The good news, the DM allowed him to use his &quot;luck&quot; ability from the Luck Domain and let me reroll the percentages...&nbsp; This time it faired in our favor and on my second attempt I hit the enemy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RigaMortus, post: 1800634, member: 1077"] Funny little story... I'm playing a range-based Ranger in a campaign. Something that has sort of become my "signature" shot is firing at an enemy who is grappling an ally of mine. The first time I tried this shot, I knew there was a chance of hitting my ally. As per the Core 3.5 rules, you have to randomly roll to see who you hit during a grapple. Since only 2 people were involed in the grapple at the time, I had a 50% chance to hit my ally. Being that I am Chaotic Neutral, I felt the odds were in my favor :) Besides, even if I hit my ally, they can take a measily 8 points of damage, right? So I make my attack roll, and wouldn't ya know it? It's a crit!!! So now I am a little bit worried as I just trippled my damage (using a +2 Composite Longbow). Fortunately I rolled well in the percentages, and I hit and killed the enemy I was intending to target... Later in the campaign, I came into the same situation again. An enemy was grappling my ally. Well, I pulled off this shot once in the past, I can surely do it again, right? Besides, he can take the 8 points of damage if I hit him, and it's not like I'm going to crit again. What are the chances of that happening? Well, apparently very low... Because I did crit again, and I had to randomly roll (50%) to see who I hit in the grapple. The bad news, I hit my ally... The good news, the DM allowed him to use his "luck" ability from the Luck Domain and let me reroll the percentages... This time it faired in our favor and on my second attempt I hit the enemy. [/QUOTE]

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