Crits and Fumbles

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I made new and better tables here - http://tenfootpolemic.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/new-crit-and-fumble-tables.html



I love crits and fumbles. They're the bomb.
Swingy combat, massive potential for my DM plans to be screwed up, and all around good old fashioned gore.
Plus, crits and fumbles generate table stories like nothing else!
Trouble is, if I just make up additional effects myself I can't help but rule in their favour. I'm a huge softie. And if I introduce something like this, I want it to apply to the enemies too. It's only fair.

The DM grins widely.

So here's the deal.
Nat 1 or nat 20, you have to roll again to confirm.
Fighters get to add their level to the confirm roll because they're fighty. This means fighters never choke on their crit confirms and never double-fumble on their fumble rolls, which seems fine to me!

Confirm Fumble

1 : You really fucked up this time! Roll twice on Fumble table.

2 – 10: Roll on Fumble table.

11 – 19: Regular miss.

20: Recover! Reroll to hit.

Confirm Crit

On crit:

1 : Roll damage as normal – You choked!

2 – 10: Regular crit - Max weapon damage

11 – 19: Roll on Overcrit table

20: Roll twice on Overcrit table – MASSIVE DAMAGE!

Then if you lucked out (or fucked up) you get to roll d100 on the bigger tables!

D100 roll	Result	Effects
01 – 05	Glancing blow	Half weapon damage to target.
06 – 10	Weapon twists	Half weapon damage, but lose next action
11 – 15	Weapon(s) tangled	Self and opponent lose next action, 25% chance to drop weapons
16 - 20	Drop weapon	Weapon on ground, one round action to retrieve
21 – 25	Disarmed	As above, but not immediately retrievable
26 – 30	Fumble weapon	Lose next action as you recover
31 – 35	Hit wrong target	Hit another nearby (randomly determined)
36 – 40	Caught on gear	Sacrifice action to untangle – 1-3 on a d6 for success. Dex applies.
41 – 49	Hit yourself	Half damage to self.
50	Weapon breaks	Quarter damage to you and target, weapon broken.
51 – 55	Foot slips	Slip over, fall prone.
56 – 60	Bump ally	Both lose next action.
61 – 65	Bump enemy	As above, randomly determine
66 – 70	Full stumble	Fall against someone sending both sprawling, randomly determine
71 – 75	Off balance	Lose next action, +d4 to attacks against you next round
76 – 80	Hit yourself hard	Full damage to self.
81 – 85	Twist ankle	Lose next turn, limp for next 1d20 minutes
86 – 90	Throw weapon	Hits a random combatant. Full damage.
91 – 92	Hit yourself harder	Full damage to self, +d4 to attacks against you next round.
93 - 94	Weapon snaps	Half damage to self and enemy from shards/shock/etc
95	Weapon shatters	Full damage to self and enemy
96 – 97	Hit and stun ally	Full damage, ally loses next turn
98	Crit ally	Crit your closest friend
99	Overcrit yourself	Oops
100	Megafumble.	Roll twice on this table. Rolling this again stacks.

D100 Roll	Result	Effects
01 – 10	Huge Hit	Max damage, plus reroll damage and add to total.
11 – 20	Advantage	Max damage, +d4 to attack/damage on target next round
21 – 30	Powershot	Max damage, enemy prone and cannot act next round
31 – 40	Legshot	Max damage, random leg useless. Enemy crippled.
41 – 50	Armshot	Max damage, random arm useless. Stuff in hand dropped.
55 – 60	Gutshot	Max damage, enemy takes -2 to attack/damage until pass CON check
61 – 65	Blinding Blow	Max damage, enemy attacks at -d4 for d4 rounds.
66 – 70	Stunning Blow	Max damage, enemy cannot act for d4 rounds
71 – 75	Force Fumble	Max damage, enemy rolls on critical fumble table
76 – 80	Cleave	Max damage, make an attack against another target
81 – 85	Armour Buster	Max damage, enemy armour takes two Notches.
86 – 90	Devastator	Max damage, enemy stunned, prone, -2 to attack/damage, -2 AC.
91 – 93	C-c-c-combo!	As Huge Hit, plus keep rolling attacks against target until you miss.
94 – 97	Headshot	Double max damage, plus reroll damage and add to total
98 – 99	OHKO	Instant kill, no saves
100	Monster Crit	Roll twice on this table, rolling this result again stacks.

This was all made a long while ago and originally pertained to 4e so the results are a bit hokey now.

Between this and the Hack & Slash death crit table, I sure do see a lot of injuries!