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Reply To: Question in regards to Probability

February 19, 2020 at 10:24 pm #1488465

limburger

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The ridiculously low chance of scoring a particular result on a second table kind of makes the cost of creating it pretty high.

Couldn’t you *eh* copy critical hit charts from an existing game ?
I think Runequest (not sure) that was known/infamous for the vast amounts of tables detailing all sorts of things, including critical hits for every conceivable weapon. It probably is out-of-print.

DCC also has critical hit tables.

Other examples :

https://sterlingvermin.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/critical-hits-revisited.pdf

http://www.angelfire.com/dragon3/vinifera/critical_hit_table_2e.pdf

This one appears to be from D&D 5th edition :

D&D 5e – Questionable Arcana – Crit Confirmed: Critical Hit Charts and Fumble Charts

You could let the GM decide what the effect is on a case by case basis, because it ought to be rare enough that you’re not doing it in every combat all of the time.