[Twilight Time] Addendum to "To crit or not to crit?"

[Heather Grove]

I just wanted to send out a brief addendum to vol. 8, issue 1 of the 
Twilight Time, "To crit or not to crit?" (something I try to avoid 
doing, but when I make a mistake it's good to fix it!).

As one reader rightly pointed out (thanks Clint!) I was misremembering 
the D&D 3.5 crit rules... which in this case is kind of interesting 
because every person I've gamed with under 3.5 has misremembered them 
in the exact same way. Which is to say, I always remember it as once 
you threat, you have to threat again in order to get a crit, when 
really you have to achieve a HIT after you threat--a big difference.

If I had to guess why this keeps getting misremembered, it is perhaps 
because a clear "this number crits/anything else doesn't" rule is a bit 
simpler. And thus, I go back and forth on which I prefer. I'm also not 
entirely sure how I feel about different characters thus having 
different chances to crit, given that you can't crit similarly on 
spells and the like. I might be tempted to simply change the die I use 
to determine threat --> crit, perhaps to a d3 or odds/evens 
(d2)--although I'll have to think about it for a bit. And I do still 
prefer having a fun chart with dramatic effects to simple weapon 
damage, as well as a fumble chance.

As always, do whatever works for your own game style!

Heather

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