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Elementals in Dragon Heresy

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Part of the challenge of the SRD5.1 is that all of the flavor text – or very nearly all of it – has been cut out of the document. It’s nearly all stat blocks and mechanics. Part of the fun of the SRD5.1 is that all of the flavor text – or very nearly all…

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Save or Die revisited

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Setting the Stage Today Jeffro Johnson linked to a post by The Frisky Pagan where the author analyzes in some depth that Hit Points aren’t really wound points, and why. I pointed out what I call “The Quote,” which is found on p. 82 of the 1st Edition Dungeon Master’s Guide: “It is quite unreasonable to…

New Blogs Incoming – watch this space

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I’ve heard rumblings that at least three blogs will be hitting the GURPS and other games pavement over the next month or so.  +Jake Bernstein, who goes by Apoc527 on the SJG Forums, was instrumental in playtesting some of my stuff. He took Technical Grappling for a spin, as well as playtesting On Target before…

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90 pieces of art, indexing, and Kickstarter

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As the light at the end of the tunnel becomes clearer, it appears that to make the book I want to make, I’m going to need art. Lots of art. (“a Picasso or a Garfunkel!”) I’m far enough along in the writing process that while I can clearly see that I have a lot to…

Moe Tousignant Reviews Dragon Heresy (preview edition)
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Moe Tousignant Reviews Dragon Heresy (preview edition)

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Moe Tousignant has a rep for thorough and detailed reviews. We’ve been in each others’ gaming orbits for a while, as he discussed below. When his dance card came up empty after reviewing James Spahn’s White Start, I teased him about reviewing Dragon Heresy. He accepted. He’s working through the preliminary-but-playable PDF file I’ve been…

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Pyramid #3/57 (Eidetic Memory) – Brock-Avery Guns

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This is an article-by-article review of Pyramid #3/57: Gunplay. While I don’t usually do this, the subject matter of this issue is just what this blog ordered, and even if one of my own articles is in it, I really think every article, and nearly every word, of this issue is worth reading. So, a series…