>Where does the "routine" death crits start coming in....I think I remember someone saying Celepeze?

Those open rolls became mortal blows to me when I started hunting longfanged warcats and orc bandits. You are most likely to die from one hit when you move into a new critter level. Best advice I can give you if open rolls worry you, is to hunt things at worthy appraisal or weaker and stop training defenses when the skills lock.

I'd vote for taking more damage overall if that means no more instant kills. But only if the hospitals start moving faster. ;)

-Ghodbane