Dev Imperium

The GameMastery Critical Hit Deck available from Paizo is pretty slick:

Tired of the same old double damage? Wouldn’t you rather chop your opponent’s head off in one clean swing or put an arrow through his heart? Paizo Publishing presents the GameMastery Critical Hit Deck!

Rolled a critical hit? Draw a card and apply the result! Each of the Critical Hit cards in this 52-card deck has four different results based on weapon type, all of which are compatible with the world’s most popular fantasy roleplaying game. Chop off a head, slice through a tendon, poke out an eye—crushing your enemy has never been this much fun.

Useable [sic] by experienced GMs and novices alike, this product fits perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal.

In our last session we used the deck for the first time with good results.  It hasn’t made much difference in the combat yet, but it certainly wasn’t a hindrance.  The new damage types haven’t come into play because the only combat was pretty short with our opponents obliterated (Laike, a cleric of Aventurnus, brought one opponent to -20 hp or so) or in hiding. But I do like the idea of some more variety in damage dealt — and the additional work is all the DMs!

This week we should be able to give the deck more of a run as we penetrate the Temple of Demogorgon on the Isle of Dread.