D&D 5E Rolling a 20 always hits

[Ruin Explorer]

Personally, though, I think they're wise to ditch that bit, as it was just a nuisance. The benefit of being able to jump straight to the crit outweighs the drawback, IMO. YMMV, of course.

Agree 100%. It was an improvement on 3.XE's complicated "crit check" deal (ugh another dice roll!), but better still to cut to the chase!

(Of course I don't like 5E's "double dice" crits much, but that's another story, you win some, you lose some, I guess!)

 

[Gargoyle]

Does this matter?

I mean, if your target is AC19 and your attack has a -2, then ok. But doesn't it almost always hit anyway now?

I can say with some certainty that, unless you have advantage, at least 95% of the time it does not matter at all.