Critical failure - add some excitment to crafting

This threads is for ideas about the horrible things that can happen when using the crafting skills.
Ideally using resources already in game.

Here's some to get started:-

Skill:- Forestry
Title :- 'Don't touch that squirrels nuts'
Description :- You have accidentally disturbed some sleeping squirrels, who aren't to happy!
Effect : - spawn 2-10 'ferocious squirrels' who proceed to attack the player


Skill:- Forestry
Title :- 'I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK'
Description:- That tree is falling straight towards you!
Effect:- Play cower emote, tree falls towards player, knockdown animation on player, player stunned 60s

Skill:- Mining
Title :- 'Rockfall'
Description :- You've dislodged some rocks whilst digging!
Effect:- Play rockfall animation, knockdown animation on player, Player stunned 60s

Skill:- Mining
Title:- 'Whats that smell ?'
Description:- You've mined into a pocket of natural gas
Effect:- fireball explosion centred on player, 50% player hit point damage

Skill:- Field dressing
Title:- 'First blood part two'
Description:- The smell of blood has attracted some interest
Effect:- Spawn wolf or bear looking for a meal

Skill:- Foraging
Title:- 'Whats that buzzing sound?'
Description:- You've disturbed an insect nest
Effect:- black/green particle effect on player, concentration debuff

Skill:- Fishing
Title:- 'That's not a fish!'
Description:- You've fished up something hungry that's looking for a meal
Effect:- spawn crocodile / water spider to attack player

 

I like this idea very much

 

I really like it.

 

60 seconds would annoy many

 

I would rather have a chance of finding something cool while gathering. Already it is boring waiting for the full gathering cycle to complete, just to end up with 1 cotton, or 1 wood.
Critical failure freeze for an additional any amount of time does not sound fun to me.

 

I hope they do something like this when implementing the promised fishing revamp but yeah, all gathering actions should have critical failure and success results as commented here.
Great ideas!

 

This is brilliant.

 

I love crit hit/miss tables!

Is the game using a d20 or a d100 though?

They would need a lot of variety as it could get old quick.

 

While this sounds creative and fun, I think when actually in the game it would quickly become a nuisance. Gathering items is already grindy. Randomly getting stunned or having to fight more spawns would just make the job that much more laborious and time consuming.

 

best idea I've heard in a long time!

would also like to see gear that could get less than normal durability when crafted, a reverse crit.

 

This would piss off bots, good idea

 

no you don't trust me

 

Ok then could you also tell me what to make for dinner? man would it be handy to have someone do all thinking for you. it really isn't my cup of tea

 

Skill:- Cooking
Title :- 'That look a little under cooked'
Description:- You've tasted the food you've just cooked and it is not good
Effect:- Play puke emote, food poisoning - hit-point max reduction 20 mins (yeh this is a bit harsh)

 

love it, good stuff.

 

Love it! but also spawn me a sea monster with a MIB

 

Sounds cutesy but would become annoying VERY quickly. Would rather see us get a little more than one or two of the item we are harvesting in spite of high-level harvesting skill.

 

Skill:- Butchery
Title :- 'what that purring sound?'
Description:- The off-cuts from the meat your butchering has attracted some unwanted interest
Effect:- Spawn a 1-5 cats that follow player, increase chance of material loss due to thieving felines

 

Skill:- Carpentry
Title :- 'The haunted table'
Description :- the table you just made has two adjacent legs longer than the other two legs
Effect : - everything placed on the table slides off and falls to the floor

Skill:- Blacksmithing
Title :- 'The man in the iron mask'
Description :- The release catch on the helm you just make expands with body heat and prevents you from taking it off
Effect : - you have to dunk your head in a bucket of water to cool the catch down enough to remove the helm

Skill:- Tanning
Title :- 'Sincerest form of flattery'
Description :- something went wrong when you were trying to make a dye, and you ended up with the Solution of Sincere Flattery
Effect : - your clothes take on the appearance of those worn by the person nearest to you (try explaining that to your spouse)

 

Skill:- Alchemy
Title :- 'Thats not the way its supposed to work!'
Description :- You've managed to Alchemize gold into base metal
Effect : - 50-500 gold coins are converted into random metal ore