Talk:Critical hit

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There's a web magazine called "Critical Miss." Is there an article about it someplace?

"ablative"
I understand the example/concept but not the word. Should this link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablative_case? 203.36.161.41 (talk) 00:17, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
 * No. Here, "ablative" is not used in its grammatical sense, but in the medical sense of the removal, especially of organs, from the body by mechanical means. See http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ablation. D A Patriarche, BSc 12:30, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Related non-combat concepts
There should probably be a mention of similar random modifiers for non-combat situations. I believe Star Wars Galaxies has critical failures in crafting, for example. --Mrwojo 20:45, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Did critical hits originate in D&D?
The article says that critical hits originated in D&D, but there are no critical hits in 1st edition AD&D. The concept of critical hits does make an appearance in 2nd Edition AD&D, as an optional rule, but I'm sure that by that time (1989) they had appeared in many other RPGs. Akiyama (talk) 01:59, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Andy Slack implies that while the concept originated in D&D, the term critical hits was new in the additional house rules originating in the Empire of the Petal Throne. D A Patriarche, BSc 12:28, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

On Chrono Trigger
They are actually called Critical Hits in Chrono Trigger, not "Double Hits". This is most clearly visible in the DS version of the game. --71.231.52.36 (talk) 13:05, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

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Needs Citations
I have added two but obviously more are needed. Over to someone with more extensive knowledge of RPG history than me! D A Patriarche, BSc 13:00, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

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Improved lead
Tried to improve the lead section by making it encompass more of the article in its summary and adding citations where needed. Feel free to edit and improve lead section further, as well as adding more citations that can be used throughout the article. SmittenGalaxy (talk) 06:53, 1 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you! 2601:240:E200:3B60:E0FD:4466:64:7446 (talk) 12:40, 1 October 2023 (UTC)