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<blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 6035170" data-attributes="member: 363">I don't think the substance of the charts really fits the setting or matches what went on in the books, but again, that just proves my point about how everyone perceives a work of fiction differently. I have my own rationales for most of those &quot;crits&quot; characters from the books endured, and how they weren't necessarily &quot;crits&quot; in a gaming sense, based just on what Tolkien wrote. I mentioned Smaug elsewhere. Frodo was hit by a cursed knife, and was a mostly sedentary intellectual at the time (not many hit points). Theoden had fought his way through an army, striking down another king, before his horse landed on him (low on hit points). And etc. This isn't meant to ping-pong this back and forth; I get why &quot;crit&quot; charts would appeal to some for these things...just not for me. All those instances of critical hits from the book can be explained by me in non-crit-chart terms. Yeah, even the fell beast Legolas shoots down near the Anduin. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> It was a curious lapse. One of the things I really love about Decipher's game is how they backed up everything in the game using direct quotes and language from the book.Not...necessarily...but I have to get away from this topic, because now I feel the urge to explain why I think crit charts could work as-is even with the hobbits fully exposed to their potential wrath.&nbsp; DUCK SEASON! RABBIT SEASON! RABBIT SEASON! DUCK SEASON! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="ColonelHardisson, post: 6035170, member: 363"] I don't think the substance of the charts really fits the setting or matches what went on in the books, but again, that just proves my point about how everyone perceives a work of fiction differently. I have my own rationales for most of those "crits" characters from the books endured, and how they weren't necessarily "crits" in a gaming sense, based just on what Tolkien wrote. I mentioned Smaug elsewhere. Frodo was hit by a cursed knife, and was a mostly sedentary intellectual at the time (not many hit points). Theoden had fought his way through an army, striking down another king, before his horse landed on him (low on hit points). And etc. This isn't meant to ping-pong this back and forth; I get why "crit" charts would appeal to some for these things...just not for me. All those instances of critical hits from the book can be explained by me in non-crit-chart terms. Yeah, even the fell beast Legolas shoots down near the Anduin. ;) It was a curious lapse. One of the things I really love about Decipher's game is how they backed up everything in the game using direct quotes and language from the book. Not...necessarily...but I have to get away from this topic, because now I feel the urge to explain why I think crit charts could work as-is even with the hobbits fully exposed to their potential wrath. DUCK SEASON! RABBIT SEASON! RABBIT SEASON! DUCK SEASON! :D [/QUOTE]

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