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Get the stupid critical fail on skill checks out of the game.
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Originally posted by Mike Garrison:
Originally posted by Agony_Aunt:
Crit fails can work in PnP where the DM can add in some RP reason why it happened or, if too stupid, simply override it.

Whether BG should use it not.... well, i'd say if they were to get rid of crit fails, they should also get rid of crit success - which is equally stupid. A person with zero skill at lockpicking can somehow unlock the most complex locks in the game 1 in 20 times?

So, if you want Larian to get rid of critical fail, also ask them to get rid of crit success... and enjoy the loss of automatic 1 in 20 win rolls.

That not fair?
Nat 20s don't *have* to be balanced by critical fails (or vice versa). They are automatically balanced if the DM allows NPCs and monsters to have the exact same rules.

I tend to think as a game system that crit fails/successes should not be used for ability checks, but that they are OK for saving throws and attack rolls. It makes more sense for combat-type stuff to be a little chaotic than it does for ability checks.

So you never had a conversation, seen one, or heard of one where it was going just fine until one side says something they didn't expect to cause a blow out, a large blow out at that, despite what they said being something they thought would be harmless? How about someone working on a mechanical object and a freak accident happens on an action they have taken a thousand times across a thousand like parts?

That is what a critical failure would represent in this case.
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