I don't know if this as already been thrown out there and I'm not too optomistic about getting one, but hey why not ask anyway?
I was always a big fan of the 2E crit chart. How impossible of a task would it be to get an optional rule on the ole' crit hit chart for PFRPG?
I like the critical hit deck for extra flavor to critting. No need for an AD&D-like table.
I like the idea of the Critical Hit Deck, but its results are particularly nasty. The concept is brilliant, but I wouldn't mind a toned-down version...
I gather you've never played Rolepmaster Laurefindel hehe :)
Critical Hit Deck....best thing since sliced bread. Well, there is the Critical Fumble Deck. Both of these are full of all maner of flavor crystals for your game.
I gather you've never played Rolepmaster Laurefindel hehe :)
On the contrary, Rolemaster still comprise the biggest RPG section of my library. Gotta love those type "E" criticals... and the XPs that comes with them if you manage to survive!
That being said, the Critical Hit Deck (and the Fumble Deck for that matter) bring a bit more that mere "flavour" IMO. in D&D, being stunned for 1d4 rounds pretty much means that you are dead, and even if you survive, you're still weaponless...
In Rolemaster, you have a bit more control over the criticals that you deal and those that you can expect to receive (by balancing you OB/DB, wearing armor etc).
I personally think there is a niche for critical effects that are somewhere in between core and the Deck of Critical Hits.
I have to admit that the Deck idea is really neat 'though.
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Ordinarily I'd be against it, but the idea of a sidebar with the "best of" from the crit decks would be pretty sweet.