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Podcast: The Eldritch Lorecast
Episode: #08. What's the Best Way to Handle a Critical Hit?
Description: Ben and Dael get recklessly empathetic for their new D&D characters while Shawn onboards new players by limiting their options. James get critical about the result of rolling a natural 20... or a natural 1.
Topics:
00:00 - Intro
02:31 - Character creation
23:38 - Using pre-generated characters
29:24 - Onboarding new players & Session 0's
37:00 - Having 'Reckless Empathy' for your character
40:59 - Scoring a Natural 20 and a Natural 1
46:40 - Designing rules for rolling criticals