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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bacon Bits" data-source="post: 7011920" data-attributes="member: 6777737">I'm assuming you mean replacing crits with exploding damage dice on all damage rolls.<a href="https://eric22222.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/a-mathematical-analysis-of-exploding-dice/" target="_blank">This wonderful blog</a> shows that an exploding fair die deals n/(n-1) times as much damage, where n is the number of sides.In the games I've played, the exclamation point is used to indicate an exploding die.1d4 = 2.5 avg1d4 /w crits = 2.5 * 0.95 + 2.5 * 2 * 0.05 = 2.625 avg1d4! = 2.5 * 4/3 = 3.33 avgResult: +0.705 (+26%)1d6 = 3.5 avg1d6 /w crits = 3.5 * 0.95 + 3.5 * 2 * 0.05 = 3.675 avg1d6! =  3.5 * 6/5 = 4.2 avgResult: +0.525 (+14%)1d8 = 4.5 avg1d8 /w crits = 4.5 * 0.95 + 4.5 *2 * 0.05 = 4.725 avg1d8! = 4.5 * 8/7 = 5.14 avgResult: +0.415 (+8.8%)1d10 = 5.5 avg1d10 /w crits = 5.5 * 0.95 + 5.5 * 2 * 0.05 = 5.775 avg1d10! = 5.5 * 10/9 = 6.11 avgResult: +0.335 (+5.8%)1d12 = 6.5 avg1d12 /w crits = 6.5 * 0.95 + 6.5 * 2 * 0.05 = 6.825 avg1d12! = 6.5 * 12/11 = 7.09 avgResult: +0.265 (+3.9%)2d6 = 1d6 + 1d6 = 7 avg2d6 /w crits = 1d6 crit + 1d6 crit = 7.35 avg2d6! = 1d6! + 1d6! = 8.4 avgResult: +1.05 (+14%)And, with Great Weapon Fighting Style, which is complicated because the dice stop being fair:1d12 /w GWF = 7.33 avg1d12 /w GWF & crits = 7.33 * 0.95 + 7.33 * 2 * 0.05 = 7.70 avg1d12! /w GWF ~= 8.1 avg (calculated with a script and a pseudorandom number generator at 100,000 samples)Result: ~+0.40 (+5.2%) (~+1.6 over base 1d12)2d6 /w GWF = 8.33 avg2d6 /w GWF & crits = 8.33 * 0.95 + 8.33 * 2 * 0.05 = 8.75 avg2d6! /w GWF ~= 10.7 avg (calculated with a script and a pseudorandom number generator at 100,000 samples)Result: ~+1.95 (+22%) (~+3.7 over base 2d6)I'm assuming here that exploded dice can also be re-rolled on a 1 or a 2 (i.e., if you explode a die and then roll a 1 or a 2 on it, you can reroll that die once), and that re-rolls can still explode (i.e., if you reroll a 1 into a 6, it explodes).  It'd be somewhat less significant if they don't do these things, but it will be less across the board.  This is as powerful as you can make GWF and exploding dice, however, so it's a good upper bound.You'd have to figure out what to do with abilities that use the crit rule (Great Weapon Master, Half-Orc and Barbarian bonus damage dice, Champion Fighter increased crit range, etc.).You'd also have to decide if you want spells and sneak attack to explode.Actual bottom line is that there's not much change, except 2d6 weapons look much better than 1d12 weapons.</blockquote>

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