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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DeathMutant" data-source="post: 4039005" data-attributes="member: 59406">To keep every combat "risky" and less predictable you could always use Old Skool (remember Arduin Grimoire?) critical hit charts like this:The Arduin Grimoire Critical Hit Table% Die Roll Hit Location Results Point Damage01-02 Head, frontal Brain penetrated, immediate death 4d803-04 Neck, frontal Voicebox ruined, total voice loss. (permanent) 1d805-06 Wrist Hand severed, bleed to death in 1d8 minutes 3d607-08 Chest or back Impalement, weapon stuck there 3d1009-10 Side 1d5 ribs broken 1d3 per rib11-15 Leg Major artery cut, bleed to death in 1d10 minutes 1d816-20 Arm Major artery cut, bleed to death in 1d12 minutes 1d621-25 Foot, rear Achilles tendon cut, fall immediately (permanent) 1d326-30 Fingers 1d5 severed 1 each31-32 Toes 1d5 severed 3 per two33-34 Face Eye ruined or torn out (permanent), unable to fight for 1d10 rounds 1d635-36 Forehead Gashed, blood in eyes, can’t see or fight for 1d10 rounds 1d337-38 Crotch/chest Genitals/breasts torn off, immediate shock induced coma, death in d4 minutes 3d639-40 Head, side Ear taken off, 50% hearing loss, -2 charisma 1d341-42 Buttocks Buttock torn off, fall, shock induced coma for 3d10 minutes, permanent –3 dex, ½ speed 4d443-44 Head, general Stunned, 1d10 rounds no fighting 1d245-46 Head, general Stunned, 1d6 minutes no fighting 1d447-48 Head, general Minor concussion, Stunned, 1d10 minutes no fighting 1d649-50 Head, general Moderate concussion, unconscious 1d6 rounds, confused & groggy for 6d10 minutes 1d851-55 Head, general Major skull fracture, unconscious 2d10 minutes, amnesia: 1-60 lasts 2d12 hours, 61+ permanent 1d1056-60 Neck, frontal Throat cut, death in 1d3 minutes 1d861-65 Arm Torn off (roll % for how much, starting at wrist), bleed to death in 1d3 rounds 4d666-70 Leg Torn off (roll % for how much, starting at wrist), fall, bleed to death in 1d3 rounds 4d1271-75 Chest Heart pierced, immediate death 1d1076-80 Back, lower Spine ruined, roll d6: 1. 100% paralyzed 2. Left side paralyzed 3. Right side 4. Waist up 5. Waist down 6. Death in one minute 2d1081-85 Face Both eyes ruined or torn out (permanent), unable to fight for 1d10 rounds, permanently blinded 2d686-90 Face Nose ruined, -6 cha, stunned, breathing problems (-2 on con checks involving endurance), bad speech prblems for 1d12 months (relearning to speak properly) 1d891-94 Head, general Nothing apparent, later problems when brain hemmorhages in 1d10 days, 50/50 chance of death or permanent insanity 1d295 Guts ripped out 20% chance of tangling feet, die in 1d10 minutes 2d896 Head, top Skull caved in, major brain damage, all mental faculties permanently halved, 50-100% memory destroyed, -8 cha 2d697 Chest Lung punctured, internal damage, halve str & con (permanent) 1d1298 Neck Head torn off, immediate death 5d1099 Body Split in twain, immediate death 10d10100 Head Entire head pulped and splattered over wide area, irrevocable death TotalOf course, you'd have to adjust the damage rolls but the idea is that a critical hit is more of a detrimental effect than just more damage (=boring). DM fiat might be required to keep the result within the realm of possibility but the idea of permanent scars or disability from a single encounter gives characters more "character", imo.</blockquote>

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