Re: archery

[Steve Ames <steve@ns1.cioe.com>]

> The rookie, on the other hand, will likely not hit on the first, second,
> third, perhaps fourth roll of the d20.  However, when he DOES hit it's a
> piercing crit 1/2 the time.  Because he may roll the d20 many more times
> in an attack than the veteran (once for each target the GM deems in the
> area he was firing into, until he runs out of targets or hits), if there
> are sufficiently densly packed opponents, the rookie will crit more
> frequently/combat round than the veteran because he gets more rolls/round.

Are you implying that the rookie gets a d20 on everyone in the group
until he hits someone? Not. After the first roll he may get a random
person and roll d20 on them... but that roll isn't against a group its
against an individual and hence the loop becomes broken. Also on that
roll his MM wouldn't come into play so his crit may just be a hit (if
it hits at all which it won't 90% of the time in your former example).

						-Steve