D&D 3.5e Critical Hit/Fumble, Called Shots, and Injury Tables

Trazic’s D&D 3.5e Critical/Fumble, Called Shot and Injury Tables

Critical Hit Table

d20	Effect	Explanation
1-5	Normal Damage	Critical hit is calculated normally
6-9	Flat Footed	The opponent is flat footed for the next round
10-12	AoO	The opponent triggers an AoO which you or an ally may take
13-14	Disarm	You disarm the opponent
15	Trip	You trip the opponent
16	Stagger	The opponent is staggered for the next round
17	Dazed	The opponent is dazed for the next round
18	Crushing Blow	Land a heavy strike on a particular body part. Roll for body area and body part, add crit modifiers, opponent rolls fort or ref save against your attack to cancel effects
19	Double crit, roll again	Double your crit modifier and roll on the critical hit table again
20	Dismemberment/ Mortal Wound	Deal massive damage to a particular body part, in some cases severing it from the body. Roll for body area and body part, add crit modifiers and the opponent gets no save against debuffs.

Fumble Table

d20	Effect	Explanation
1	Hit Self	Immediately hit yourself, roll damage
2	Hit Ally	Reroll attack on nearest ally within range
3	Dazed	You are dazed for the round
4	Trip	You trip and fall prone
5	Disarm	You drop your weapon
6-7	Shaken	You take -2 to attacks for the next round
8-10	AoO	You provoke an AoO which an opponent may take
11-14	Flat Footed	You are flat footed for the next round
15-19	Nothing Happens	Nothing happens and your attack ends
20	Reroll Attack	You may reroll your attack as though you hadn’t fumbled

Body Area Table

d4	Body Area
1	Legs
2	Arms
3	Torso
4	Head

Called Shots

Head	-10 to Attack
Torso	-8 to Attack
Arms	-6 to Attack
Legs	-4 to Attack

Head Table

d10 (odd=right even=left)	Body Part	Effect
1-4	Ear	+1 damage die to crit, Flat Footed, (Ref save)
5-6	Face	+1 crit multiplier, Staggered (Fort save)
7-8	Eye	+2 crit multiplier, Dazed, Blind (Ref save)
9	Skull	+3 crit multiplier, Unconscious (Fort save)
10	Throat/Brain	+4 crit multiplier, (Fort save or death)

Torso Table

d10	Body Part	Effect
1-5	Ribs	+1 damage die to crit, Flat Footed (Ref save)
6-7	Gut	+2 crit multiplier, Staggered (Fort save)
8-9	Lung	+3 crit multiplier, Dazed (Fort save)
10	Heart	+4 crit multiplier, (Fort save or death)

Arms Table

d10 (odd=right, even=left)	Body Part	Effect
1-5	Hand	+1 damage die to crit, Disarm (Ref save)
6-8	Elbow	+1 Crit multiplier, Disarm, Staggered (Fort save)
9-10	Shoulder	+2 Crit multiplier, Disarm, Dazed (Fort Save)

Legs Table

d10 (odd=right, even=left)	Body Part	Effect
1-5	Foot	+1 damage die to crit, Trip (Ref save)
6-8	Knee	+1 Crit multiplier, Trip, Staggered (Fort save)
9-10	Hip	+2 Crit multiplier, Trip, Dazed (Fort save)

Injuries:

Head Injury Table

d10	Affliction	Effect
10-7	Severed/ Crushed Ear (Ear)	-2 init, halved listen skill points per ear
6-5	Facial Wound (Face)	Grotesque (-4 to all Charisma checks)
4-3	Blackened/ Missing Eye (Eye)	-1 AC, halved Dex bonus to AC, -2 to attacks, halved spot and search skill points per eye
2	Concussion (Skull)	Staggered, Sickened (-2 to all checks)
1	Head Trauma (Throat/Brain)	Comatose (unconscious until injury is alleviated)

Torso Injury Table

d10	Affliction	Effect
10-7	Broken Rib (Ribs)	Fatigued (-2 Str/Dex, cannot run or charge)
6-4	Internal Bleeding (Gut)	Sickened (-2 to all checks)
3-2	Collapsed/ Punctured Lung (Lung)	Sickened (-2 to all checks), Exhausted (-6 Str/Dex, cannot run or charge, half speed)
1	Ruptured Organ (Heart)	Nauseated (cannot make standard actions)

Arm Injury Table

d10	Affliction	Effect
10-6	Sprained Wrist/ Crushed Hand (Hand)	-4 to all checks involving use of affected hand (dismembered loses all use of the hand)
5-2	Dislocation/ Torn Tendon (Elbow)	-10 to all checks involving use of affected arm (dismembered loses all use of the arm)
1	Broken Bone (Shoulder)	Lose use of the affected arm

Leg Injury Table

d10	Affliction	Effect
10-6	Sprained Ankle/ Crushed Foot (Foot)	Cannot run or charge, half speed, -4 to climb, jump, swim, and any checks involving affected foot (dismembered loses all use of the foot)
5-2	Dislocation/ Torn Tendon (Knee)	Staggered, cannot run or charge, half speed, -10 to climb, jump, swim, and any checks involving affected foot (dismembered loses all use of the leg)
1	Broken Bone  (Hip)	Lose use of the affected leg

Called Shots:

Creatures may initiate a called shot to a body area before rolling an attack. The attack takes a designated penalty associated with the body area (see table: Called Shots). If a called shot is made on a chosen area, roll on the appropriate body part table. If the called shot was not a critical hit, the target makes the applicable save against the opponent’s attack roll (with the included penalty). If the target fails the save, apply the effects of the called shot without applying the critical hit bonus. If a critical hit is rolled on a called shot, roll on the appropriate body part table as a dismemberment/ mortal wound, add the critical hit modifier (either additional damage die or increased multiplier), and apply the called shot’s effects without a save. A critical hit on a called shot results in the dismemberment / impairment of the afflicted area (severed arm, crushed foot, collapsed lung, etc.)

Critical Hits:

If the attack is not a called shot and is a critical hit, roll for the confirmation. If the confirmation is a hit but not within the critical threat range, roll on the critical hit table and apply the appropriate effects. If the confirmation is within the critical threat range, roll again, and if the second confirmation is a hit, roll twice on the critical hit table. If the second confirmation roll is within the critical threat range, roll one more confirmation. If the third confirmation is a hit, the opponent is dead. If the initial attack, first confirmation, and second confirmation are each natural twenties, the opponent is dead.

Injuries:

Whenever a character is taken to 0 or lower hp, they sustain a temporary penalty in the form of an injury. The penalties from an injury last until the character has been healed back to max health through any means, after which the injury leaves a permanent scar without negative effects (dismemberment being the exception, see below). If the attack that dropped the character was a called shot, select the appropriate injury relating to the body part hit. If the attack was not a called shot, roll on the body area table and then roll on the appropriate injury table corresponding to the body area to randomly determine which body part was injured.

Dismemberment/ Mortal Wound:

When a character loses an appendage through dismemberment or receives a mortal wound, they enter a condition of bleeding out. If their hp is above 0, it immediately drops to 0. At the beginning of their next turn, they must make a fort save (or a heal check) against DC 15. If they fail, their hp drops to -1 and they are dying (unconscious, -1 hp per round). If they succeed the fort save before dying, they stabilize and are no longer bleeding out (they have made efforts to stop the bleeding or the wound has simply stopped bleeding profusely). The character then receives an injury from the relevant injury table, including any modifiers for dismemberment (the affected body part is gone and the injury does not end until the body part is replaced through extensive magical healing or through the introduction of a prosthetic).