Critical Success & Critical Failure: Difference between revisions

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Critical Success

A critical success is achieved when a check meets or exceeds the result of a check's DL or the AL of a target by 10 or more. When this check is made to deal damage, like an attack or spell effect, it is usually referred to as a critical hit.

Critical Hit Damage

When you critically hit, i.e. have a critical success on a check that deals damage, the damage is doubled after all positive modifiers have been applied.

Natural 20

If you roll a 20 on the check, the result is one degree higher than it should be. This usually results in a critical success, but can result in a success or a failure if the DL is very high.

Critical Failure

A critical failure is achieved when a check fail to meet the result of a check's DL or the AC of a target by 10 or more.

Natural 1

If you roll a 1 on the check, the result is one degree lower than it should be. This usually results in a critical failure, but can result in a only a failure or a success if the DL is very low.

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+==Critical Success==
+A critical success is achieved when a check meets or exceeds the result of a check's [[DL]] or the [[AL]] of a target by 10 or more. When this check is made to deal damage, like an attack or spell effect, it is usually referred to as a critical hit.
+===Critical Hit Damage===
+When you critically hit, i.e. have a critical success on a check that deals damage, the damage is doubled after all positive modifiers have been applied.
-===Critical Hits & Critical Misses===
+===Natural 20===
-Rolling 1 or 20 PHB p194 [–] Sometimes fate blesses or curses a combatant, causing the novice to hit and the veteran to miss.
+If you roll a 20 on the check, the result is one degree higher than it should be. This usually results in a critical success, but can result in a success or a failure if the [[DL]] is very high.
-If the d20 roll for an attack is a 20, the attack hits regardless of any modifiers or the target's AC. This is called a critical hit, which is explained later in this chapter.
+==Critical Failure==
+A critical failure is achieved when a check fail to meet the result of a check's [[DL]] or the AC of a target by 10 or more.
-If the d20 roll for an attack is a 1, the attack misses regardless of any modifiers or the target's AC. Unseen Attackers and Targets PHB p194 [–] Combatants often try to escape their foes' notice by hiding, casting the invisibility spell, or lurking in darkness.
+===Natural 1===
+If you roll a 1 on the check, the result is one degree lower than it should be. This usually results in a critical failure, but can result in a only a failure or a success if the [[DL]] is very low.