Question about the maths behind attack roll and defense rolls

[laguna]

Originally Posted by gjc8

It's a key feature of the system. 3e lacked such a system by default, and suffered exactly the problem you pointed out.

The books, unfortunately, don't really explain how important it is.

yeah, it had been my intention to expand the crit numbers beyond 6 (for skill 16) to 7 and beyond so that two master swordsmen would chop each other to pieces with crits instead of endless parries.

now i'm thinking that won't be necessary.