Combat Mechanics and Comments

[Yaw]

Hadn't gotten back to this yet.

By using Attack > Defense + n as the criterion, it'll automatically be easier to get critical hits against poorer fighters than against better ones. I'm just guessing here, but for Nithrar fighting Soulair vs. Ska-Skelesh (the poor fighter), critical hit would probably go from around 1% with Soulair to 15% with Ska-Skelesh, using n=9. (Which doesn't seem too horrible. It's far more meaningful to get a critical hit if it's harder to do, while this change doesn't in any way impact the non-critical numbers, which make it clear that Ska-Skelesh is getting his ass kicked in no uncertain terms.)

But I see what you mean now about the effects of a critical hit needing to be defined first. hm...

[Yaw]

Ok, how's this:

Critical hit means a severe injury. Essentially, the combat is over, seek medical help immediately.

Slashing weapons would probably result in something being cut off, piercing weapons would probably result in hitting an eye or something like that, bludgeoning weapons would result in a blow to the head and unconsciousness.

Essentially, this takes things out of the realm of being dealt damage, and would result in Hit Points being set to 1 (or something similar to that). For this reason, the probability of this happening should not be more than 1% in an even matchup. (Naturally, it scales when the matchup isn't even...)

Comments?

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