Automatic successes and failures

[EKB]

Automatic & critical success rolls, and automatic failure & fumble rolls?

I don't use them. If you have adjDx 18+, you will succeed on a 3-die roll even if you roll an '18', and if you have adjDx 2 or less, you will fail even if you roll a '3.' And those very high or low rolls are in no way special.

The closest I come is my rule for "cheap and shoddy" weapons: These break on a roll of '3.' Which means that when they break, it's usually on a successful hit (but not a hit for extra damage - a '3' still doesn't give you that) rather than a wild swing & miss.

Improvised weapons usually - but not always - count as "cheap and shoddy."

(Now let the cries of "Anathema!" and "Burn the heretic!" begin.)