(wisdom saving throws: 9, 7+2. 17, 15+2. 10, 8+2. 5, 3+2. OOC: the save dc was 10 and you said what happens if we roll between 1 and 8, but you didn't say what would happen if we get a 9)
It is the same rolls you had to make the previous rounds so I omitted some text for brevity. The DC is 10. If you fail to hit that, you fail the Saving Throw and must roll the 1d8 to see the consequence of that failure during your turn. I will resolve multiple failures.
1–4. You do nothing on your turn. 5–6. You take no action or Bonus Action and use all your movement to move in a random direction (determined by me). 7–8. You make a melee attack against a randomly determined creature (determined by me) within your reach or do nothing if you can’t make such an attack.
[nat 20! 15 damage assuming you just do double damage dice]
This is worth mentioning actually. Originally, the group decided to use RAW regarding Critical Hits.
Roll the attack’s damage dice twice, add them together, and add any relevant modifiers as normal.
I had proposed what I call 'Epic Crits' as an alternative, where you only roll once but also add the highest value of the Attack (all dice) to that roll. For example, a Greatsword is 2d6 normally, so you roll that, and then add 12 to it (the highest value of the Attack). This would make the average much higher than normal Critical Hits and when you have multiple abilities included (like Sneak Attack or Smites), it would have created phenomenal damage.
The reason why the party at the time declined this offer was because I would also be using it with my monsters, but I am open to revisiting this alternative if this new party makeup all unanimously agrees to it.
[nat 20! 15 damage assuming you just do double damage dice]
This is worth mentioning actually. Originally, the group decided to use RAW regarding Critical Hits.
Roll the attack’s damage dice twice, add them together, and add any relevant modifiers as normal.
I had proposed what I call 'Epic Crits' as an alternative, where you only roll once but also add the highest value of the Attack (all dice) to that roll. For example, a Greatsword is 2d6 normally, so you roll that, and then add 12 to it (the highest value of the Attack). This would make the average much higher than normal Critical Hits and when you have multiple abilities included (like Sneak Attack or Smites), it would have created phenomenal damage.
The reason why the party at the time declined this offer was because I would also be using it with my monsters, but I am open to revisiting this alternative if this new party makeup all unanimously agrees to it.
"Epic Crits" is normally how I do it as well in my own games. I'm fine either way. In this case, I used RAW rules for the damage I indicated (15 total) [side note, this serves as a good example of why some DMs like Epic Crits. It ensures a crit is indeed critical. My original damage roll was 3+4+3. I rolled 2+3 for additional damage, where as Epic Crit would have been an additional 8+8. So I did 15 instead of 26. Big difference.]
OOC: Ii also use eipc crits in my games. On the forums I can't really as there is no button for it on the roller. But for my person to person games I do. So many many times I've seen crits roll less than average and it really deflates a player when it happens.
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"real life is a super high CR."
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"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
OOC: Ii also use eipc crits in my games. On the forums I can't really as there is no button for it on the roller. But for my person to person games I do. So many many times I've seen crits roll less than average and it really deflates a player when it happens.
It is the same rolls you had to make the previous rounds so I omitted some text for brevity. The DC is 10. If you fail to hit that, you fail the Saving Throw and must roll the 1d8 to see the consequence of that failure during your turn. I will resolve multiple failures.
1–4. You do nothing on your turn.
5–6. You take no action or Bonus Action and use all your movement to move in a random direction (determined by me).
7–8. You make a melee attack against a randomly determined creature (determined by me) within your reach or do nothing if you can’t make such an attack.
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This is worth mentioning actually. Originally, the group decided to use RAW regarding Critical Hits.
I had proposed what I call 'Epic Crits' as an alternative, where you only roll once but also add the highest value of the Attack (all dice) to that roll. For example, a Greatsword is 2d6 normally, so you roll that, and then add 12 to it (the highest value of the Attack). This would make the average much higher than normal Critical Hits and when you have multiple abilities included (like Sneak Attack or Smites), it would have created phenomenal damage.
The reason why the party at the time declined this offer was because I would also be using it with my monsters, but I am open to revisiting this alternative if this new party makeup all unanimously agrees to it.
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"Epic Crits" is normally how I do it as well in my own games. I'm fine either way. In this case, I used RAW rules for the damage I indicated (15 total) [side note, this serves as a good example of why some DMs like Epic Crits. It ensures a crit is indeed critical. My original damage roll was 3+4+3. I rolled 2+3 for additional damage, where as Epic Crit would have been an additional 8+8. So I did 15 instead of 26. Big difference.]
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OOC: Ii also use eipc crits in my games. On the forums I can't really as there is no button for it on the roller. But for my person to person games I do. So many many times I've seen crits roll less than average and it really deflates a player when it happens.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
Easy enough to add it in as a modifier
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