yeah, but what your talking about (instant kill) requires rolling 3 19-20's in a row. That's your instant kill. A double crit just does more damage than a regular crit. Critical+Critical.
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yeah, but what your talking about (instant kill) requires rolling 3 19-20's in a row. That's your instant kill. A double crit just does more damage than a regular crit. Critical+Critical.
Its *normal crit range* critical *20* the crit modifier doubles, say from x2 to x4 *20* instant death.Quote:
Originally Posted by Behold the Void
that's the stupidest rule i've ever heard.
I never play with instant kill on a special kind of crit, it ruins a LOT of things for both PCs and players, and also gives a 1st level commoner the ability to 1-shot a Great Wyrm Red Dragon with as much frequency as a 20th level Fighter.
it's stupid because crits can kill parties often...instant death would make it happen MORE often...no one cares if the bad guy dies...but the PCs get upset when they die.
Well yeah, that too, but I thought it obvious :p
often i overstate the obvious...it's a bad habit, but it helps in writing hehehehQuote:
Originally Posted by Behold the Void
But you also have to look at the chance of it happening, first you need to crit, which is between marginal chance, then roll another 20, which is even less likely, then ANOTHER 20, the chances of that happening are extremely low, in my many years of playing D&D I've only seen it happen twice, maybe 3 times, the most recent was to me last year, a possessed Dwarven Defender 1-hit killed me after I took down two others.
Yes it sucks when a PC dies, but it also depends on the DM, my DM plays a unique game, you dont get exp from killing monsters, you get it from completing a floor of the dungeon, or another major part, and the 3 life rule, your character can be resurrected for free 3 times, afrer that your soul can no longer withstand the stress and you are perma-dead, at the point you can make a new character, but the race and class have to be different, also at any time you die you can forgo resurrection and make a new character.
I really like the way my DM has it set up, and he throws in massively insane puzzles for us to solve, and most generally I'm the only one who can solve them, unless it's an obvious answer.
i thought the rule was 20, 20, hit...but k
just depends on how you like to play, is all. the critical hit system is sufficient for me as it is without the optional death rule.
This one time my friend, literally, rolled nothing but 1's or 20's for a 2 hour sitting.
The 1's were the majority of the important rolls.
I'm trying to get into OD&D. ("Original D&D" -- the game before 1st edition) I've played 3rd edition, but never liked having too many class options. 3.5 made it even worse.
I usually favor bards, or sometimes a simple fighter. Usually half-elf.
Yeah, the probability of rolling 3 20's in a row is next to my room ever being cleaned. It. Just. Won't. Happen.
Don't you hate it when that happens!!!?!!! Some of my dice just hate me. The d8 and the d12 are just vicious. I think I should get some holy water or something. It could get dangerous if I don't do something.Quote:
This one time my friend, literally, rolled nothing but 1's or 20's for a 2 hour sitting.
The 1's were the majority of the important rolls.
If I roll someone else's dice I generally accidentally curse them, somehow. I'll roll a 15 or higher, then all they can roll is under 5 until I roll badly on that die, speaking in terms of d20.
It's always amused me that even the most respected statisticians who play D&D will always test-roll a die before they purchase it, to see if it rolls well.
I never do that. Though perhaps I should try it.