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Old School Grappling in Gothridge Manor #8

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When I wrote Technical Grappling for GURPS, I had a basic design philosophy: use the same concepts as a striking roll – attack, defense, damage – to inflict a variable amount of effect on your foe. In this case, the effect is control and restraint, rather than injury. +Peter V. Dell’Orto liked the concept enough to…

Dragon Heresy and Gaming Ballistic (LLC!) update
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Dragon Heresy and Gaming Ballistic (LLC!) update

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A bit of bullet-point news, because I have a review of Dungeon Fantasy 19 I want to write. Gaming Ballistic is now Gaming Ballistic, LLC Anticipating a real product with real sales, and not wanting to lose my house, ever, over a game, I have stood up a company for the purpose of selling the…

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Technical Grappling Q&A – Part 1

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With any new system that introduces new mechanics, questions come up. Technical Grappling introduces some new stuff, such as Trained ST, Bite ST, Control Points, and a host of changes and tweaks to existing mechanics. I thought I’d throw down a list of the questions I’ve had to answer, either on the SJG Forums, my…

Heretical Playtest: Group 3 gets dogpiled by orcs
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Heretical Playtest: Group 3 gets dogpiled by orcs

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I’m tired. so this will be a quick summary. I was joined by +Erik Tenkar , +Tim Shorts , and +Rob Conley in the first session for “Group 3,” one of the playtest campaigns I’m running for the Heretical RPG. The characters were two rangers with chain shirts and longbows, both with one or two short swords, plus a dwarven cleric…