Critical hits

[gran_orco]

I think that the critical hits are not so devastating as RQ3.
If I score a critical hit and the target succesfully dodges, I do normal damage, even with an impaling weapon. Pfffff :evil:
With RQ3, when my group of players was rolling a critical, they shouted "CRITICAL!!!!", but now the say:"oh, critical hit. Has he dodged?" :? RQ is very light. Eih! But it is great, despite this

Is this correct? Or am I wrong?

 

[Rurik]

You are correct. You are not wrong.

Under the Deluxe Rules criticals can be even worse than normal successes in many cases.

What I have found works well is doubling rolled damage, so on a critical a war sword does 2d8 for example. On average damage is going to be about the same as Max (or slightly higher) but the potential for significant damage is there.

 

[halorix]

In my campaign i boost the critical a bit.
Critical roll (even number) as normal rules, critical roll (odd number) as normal rules, but ignore armour also.
E.g. a swordsman with 50% skill roll a 02 or 04 its a normal crit, but a 01, 03 or 05 is a crit which ignores armour.

 

[Deleriad]

I also use double damage for criticals rather than maximum damage. It's a bit more random but also fun. Do remember that in RQ3 and other BRP, a critical is 1/20 whereas in MRQ it is 1/10 therefore a critical should *not* be as powerful as previously because it happens twice as often.

 

[RosenMcStern]

Another simple but functional houserule is to use the actual number rolled as a damage modifier, or to subtract it from armor if you are not using the precise attack rules. This way a 100% fighter can deal really devastating blows with a crit, while a novice that has a lucky shot is more limited.