Critical Fumbles

Stuff happens, especially in the heat of combat. Critical Fumbles represent a minor, debilitating effect that occurs when you roll a Critical Failure on an attack roll.

Critical Fumbles represent a minor, debilitating effect when you roll a Critical Failure when making an attack roll. There are four types of Critical Fumbles, covering four broad types of attacks: melee weapon, ranged weapon, unarmed and supernatural. When you roll a Critical Failure, roll a d20 and consult the table below for the consequences for your critical fumble. Your GM may choose to forgo the roll and instead pick a narratively appropriate consequence.

Unless otherwise noted, penalties for critical fumbles go away at the end of combat. If a fumble applies a numbered condition with the caveat "until healed," that condition is locked and does not naturally decrease at the start of your round until you receive magical or medical healing.

Melee Weapon Critical Fumbles

1 - Is This Bad?: You take 1d6 persistent bleed damage.
2 - Catch Your Breath: You are Staggered until the end of your next turn.
3 - Better to Give: You hit yourself instead of the target, taking standard damage.
4 - Sorry!: You hit an ally in melee range instead of the target.
5- Rang Your Own Bell: You are Deafened until the end of your next turn.
6- Strained: Until healed, you are Clumsy 2.
7 - BONK!: You are Stunned 2.
8 - Stop Spinning: You are Sickened 2.
9 - Winded: You are Fatigued.
10 - Attack the Darkness: Your enemies gain the Concealed condition against you until the end of your next turn.
11 - Eat Dirt: You fall Prone and are Blinded until the end of your next turn.
12 - Decision Paralysis: You are Slowed until the end of your next turn.
13 - Wait, What?: You are Confused.
14 - Go For the Eyes: You are Dazzled until the end of your next turn.
15 - Stuck: Your weapon becomes lodged into a nearby surface. To free it, you must spend 1 Action to succeed at a DC 15 Athletics check.
16 - YEET!: Your weapon slips and flies to a random location within Close Range.
17 - Wide Open: You are Flat-Footed until the end of your next turn.
18 - All In: You take a -1 Circumstance Penalty to attack rolls until you score a Critical Hit.
19 - Butter Fingers: You drop one item you are currently holding.
20 - Sweaty Palms: You take a -2 Circumstance Penalty to all attack rolls with this specific weapon until the end of your next turn.

Ranged Weapon Critical Fumbles

1 - Overcompensate: Any level of Cover provides an additional +4 Circumstance Bonus to Armor Defense against your ranged attacks for 1 minute.
2 - Overthinking It: Until the end of your next turn, all ranged attacks require 1 additional Action for you to stabilize yourself before firing.
3 - Backfire: You hit yourself, instead of your target.
4 - Friendly Fire: You hit the ally nearest to the target.
5 - Mix It Up: You cannot make ranged attacks until the end of your next turn.
6 - Shot Your Own Foot: Until healed, you are Clumsy 2.
7 - Shaky Grip: You are Staggered until the end of your next turn.
8 - Head Rush: You are Sickened 2.
9 - Astonishing Miss: You are Stunned 1.
10 - Close to the Ear: You are Deafened until the end of your next turn.
11 - Hunh?: You are Confused.
12 - Kickback Like a Mule: You fall Prone.
13 - Seeing Double: You are Dazzled until the end of your next turn.
14 - Misjudged the Distance: Until the end of your next turn, all your range increment penalties are doubled.
15 - Awkward Positioning: You are Flat-Footed until the end of your next turn.
16 - Weapon Problem: Something on your weapon malfunctions. You need to spend 2 Actions to Interact and fix it before you can attack with it again.
17 - Firing Like an American: You use twice the normal amount of ammunition for this attack, and you still miss.
18 - Klutz: You drop one item you are currently holding.
19 - Lost the Target: You take a -2 Circumstance Penalty to attack rolls until the end of your next turn.
20 - Tunnel Vision: You gain a +1 Circumstance Bonus to attack rolls for the next 3 rounds, but you suffer a -2 Circumstance Penalty to all Defenses.

Unarmed Attacks Critical Fumbles

1 - Head, Meet Fist: You fall Unconscious until you are woken up or until the end of your next turn.
2 - Deep Cut: You take 1d6 persistent bleed damage.
3 - Stop Hitting Yourself: You hit yourself instead of your target.
4 - Battered and Bruised: Until healed, you take a -1 Circumstance Penalty to all Defenses.
5 - Random Flailing: You hit an ally adjacent to your target.
6 - Something's Broken: You take 1d4 bludgeoning damage and cannot use this specific natural attack until you are healed.
7 - Off Balance: You are Staggered until the end of your next turn.
8 - Sprain: Until healed, you are Clumsy 2.
9 - Torn Muscle: Until healed, you are Enfeebled 1.
10 - Dizzying Headbut: You are Stunned 1.
11 - Pins and Needles: You are Sickened 3.
12 - Kick up Dust: You kick up a cloud of debris, becoming Blinded until the end of your next turn.
13 - Hit the Wall: You are Fatigued.
14 - Show Your Hand: Your target gains a +2 circumstance bonus to Armour Defence against you for the next 1 minute.
15 - Got Too Close: The target of your attack may choose to immediately use a Grapple action against you as a Reaction.
16 - Caught Your Attack: The target of your attack may choose to immediately use a Trip or Shove action against you as a Reaction.
17 - Eye Strain: You are Dazzled until the end of your next turn.
18 - Bruised Ego: You cannot attack another creature until the target you critically fumbled against is defeated, or until the end of your next turn.
19 - Awkward Attack: You are Flat-Footed until the end of your next turn.
20 - Frustration: You take a -2 Circumstance Penalty to all attack rolls until the end of your next turn.

Supernatural Attacks Critical Fumbles

1 - Bleeding Eyes: You take 1d6 persistent bleed damage.
2 - Mental Backlash: Until healed, you are Stupefied 3.
3 - Blastoff: You are thrown to a random location within Close Range and take 3d6 bludgeoning damage from the violent translocation.
4 - Spontaneous Combustion: You take 2d6 fire damage
5 - Reflection: The supernatural ability targets you instead of the intended target.
6 - Apprentice-Level Mistake: The supernatural ability targets the ally nearest to the initial target.
7 - Can You Hear Me Now?: Until healed, you are Deafened.
8 - Unstuck in Time: You are Staggered until the end of your next turn.
9 - Everything Comes Down to Fear: You are Frightned 3.
10 - Hopeless Case: You are Hopeless 3 (reducing your Anima Pool by 3).
11 - Anima Outflow: You take 1d6 points of Anima damage.
12 - Draining Magic: You are Fatigued.
13 - Left Reeling: You are Stunned 1.
14 - Behold the Colours of Magic: You are Blinded until the end of your next turn.
15 - Occult Repulsion: You take a -2 Circumstance Penalty to all supernatural attack rolls until the end of your next turn.
16 - Accidental Spacetime Rift: You are teleported directly into Melee with your target. If you are already in Melee, you instead fall Prone.
17 - Unwarranted Spell Shield: The target gains a +2 Supernatural Bonus to all Defenses for 1 minute.
18 - You Made 'Em Faster: The target is Quickened for 2 rounds.
19 - You Made 'Em Stronger: The target gains a +2 bonus to attack rolls until the end of your next turn.
20 - You Made 'Em Harder: The target gains Resistance 5/- to all damage until the end of your next turn.

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