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I always use the arrow rule from icrpg. You have unlimited arrows until you roll a nat 1. From that point on you have no arrows and have to improvise.
That sounds really annoying. Imagine leaving a town fully stocked, get into a fight, roll a nat 1 on first attack and immediately have no arrows for the rest of the fight. What, did the ranger just forget that the quiver was empty before leaving town?
I've always disliked the concept of critical fails in general, and this is a great example of why. If we're to believe that our characters are truly these great warriors with far more skill and experience than an average person like the texts usually say, how does it make sense for these professionals to just completely blunder 1 in 20 of their attempts at everything? From an RP standpoint, it doesn't add up, and from a gameplay standpoint, it's just annoying as hell IMO.
Right? Like our swordsman is just going to have a 5% chance to forget how to hold a sword
Imagine the Lockpicking Lawyer breaking his tools on a basic lock 5% of the time!