I spoke before about taking a gas piston upper receiver, chambered in 6.8x43mm SPC, out for a few test drives. Stag Arms has a great setup here, complete with flip sights, comfortable foregrip with lots of room for small accessory rails, a full length rail on top, and a gas piston setup, which makes cleaning…
Just for fun, I used the Damage = 4 * Log5(Kinetic Energy) conversion on a longer list of cartridges than I provided here. As you can see, most weapons fit into a fairly small range of stats. The .22LR does about as much damage as a shortbow (between 1d6+3 and 1d6+4), where a 7.62 Battle…
Just a side-note, and a thank-you. My article, Delayed Gratification, appeared in Pyramid #3/52: Low-Tech II, this past Thursday. I received my check in the mail from Steve Jackson Games on Saturday. That’s fast, professional behavior, right there. +Steven Marsh and +Steve Jackson Games are to be commended; my understanding is this kind of alacrity is the exception,…
Joined +Erik Tenkar, +Peter V. Dell’Orto., +Tim Shorts , and +Chris Maler for some Swords and Wizardry Mad Overlord action. First thing is we pick up Bello the homeless Dwarf. He’s been tying his shoes for a while, we decide. We put him in front so he can detect the wheelchair-ramp slope of 5%. We set up a marching order, get…
One of the new mechanics in the DnD Basic ruleset is the concept of being advantaged or disadvantaged. It’s a simple mechanic reminiscent of GURPS’ Luck advantage (though a tetch less powerful) or bonus point expenditures (where it’s basically the same concept). The key bit is if you’re advantaged or disadvantaged on a roll, you…
I was never really a big Marvel comics guy when I was younger. I was at Edinborough Park with my family yesterday, wearing my Superman t-shirt. Seems like it was DC Comics day – I saw two or three other Supermen (all kids, one in full rig), one Green Lantern (adult), and a whole cave…
