Looking at giant charts of numbers is borderline videogame-backend and not fun You are doing machine sorting, manually. There is nothing engaging with looking at number charts. There is no player imput on looking at number charts, finding stuff in number charts, and declaring an output in number charts. Critical hit charts are fun when you use it once. You get a laugh at the result "If you hit 18 a small goblin comes out and steal your socks lol", the table laughs, it's fun. After that, you quickly learn the outcomes and becomes stale like, by the second time you roll 18 "yeye the goblin, ok"

>>2744 >You are doing machine sorting, manually. Isn't that the DM's role?

Why use them when there are better ways? Nobody wants to pause the game and go look at a chart when they can just + a number onto their roll.