High Rollers

A look at the ever-changing impact of a natural 20

The party is exhausted. You just drank your last healing potion. The bodies of dead enemies lie strewn about the battlefield. You stand toe-to-toe with the beholder—or you would be if it had toes. Your counterparts have gotten in some nice hits and now they look to you, the barbarian, to finish off this villain once and for all.

You raise your battleaxe …