{"id":1479,"date":"2011-07-18T17:29:53","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T17:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=1479"},"modified":"2014-12-04T17:33:06","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T17:33:06","slug":"critical-fumble-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=1479","title":{"rendered":"Critical Fumble Deck"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A few years back, Paizo released a deck of effects caused by critical fumbles, and I stumbled across one this week at Half Price Books, so I picked it up.\u00a0 They come roughly as a set of playing cards (same size, 52 cards, easily shuffled or handed out face down at the beginning of the session for dramatic effect, etc), with four effects per card to cover multiple scenarios for when an attacker rolls a 1 on the d20 and a Melee, Ranged, Natural, or Magic attack fails miserably.<\/p>\n

These effects should provide most sessions with plenty of high-stakes outcomes without unbalancing encounters, especially if they are used on both sides of the action. \u00a0For instance, picture a dangerous troll clobbering his own brethren in his froth-filled bloodlust (and untimely critical fumble roll).<\/p>\n

There are times when the storyteller will want to determine unique campaign-relevant effects (I am fully in favor of this, and really enjoy the challenge of having to think on my feet), but for those times when you\u2019re looking for a quick effect without resorting to lookup tables or delaying the action, these cards should provide great action-packed flavor without much effort on the part of the storyteller.<\/p>\n

The size of a regular playing deck, these cards are portable enough to take to cons and weekend sessions, and make a great addition to any GM\u2019s tacklebox, especially if you can find it at half off! \u00a0The 52 cards provide enough variety that you shouldn\u2019t encounter the same effects in the same session, or even across multiple sessions, unless you have cursed dice (I\u2019m looking at you, Frank, and your much-maligned alien dice!<\/em>).<\/p>\n

\"\"Kudos to Paizo<\/a> for thinking 4-dimensionally in their simple design of this\u00a0useful role playing supplement.<\/p>\n

Sample effects include:<\/p>\n