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Manor #8: Follow Me and Die likes grappling
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Manor #8: Follow Me and Die likes grappling

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This review of Manor #8 by Follow Me and Die might be the nicest review I’ve ever received for something I’ve written. I think this system is what we have been needing for a simple mechanic for grappling, that makes grappling an option players would choose. Various options and outcomes that are realistic in grappling…

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Grand Unified Smackdown Theory (Part 2)

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I speculate that GURPS (and maybe The Fantasy Trip; I wasn’t around for that one) started with a fairly generic view of damage that incorporated penetration, blunt trauma, injury, and a certain amount of gamist fun. GURPS High Tech introduced the dependence on the square root of kinetic energy as a “damage” scale by giving…

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Exploring HP variations in D&D

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I’m quite aware of the many, um, dynamic arguments about the concept of Hit Points in the various Dungeons and Dragons games. Are they physical injury (the answer seems to be ‘mostly not’)? Are they a good way to represent injury (jury out, but very, very heated)? Are they realistic (clearly not, nor are they…

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RPG Mechanics: Don’t fight the system

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This post has been a long time coming; I first mentioned it back when I interviewed +Kenneth Hite maybe. It’s not that important, but it’s an idea that has been growing on me for a while, and I think my discussion with Ken crystalized something. Frankly, it’s why I want to play a game of Night’s Black…

Aeon Campaign S2E5 – Relationship status: complicated
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Aeon Campaign S2E5 – Relationship status: complicated

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Dramatis Personae The Commander (Doug) – telekinetic super-soldier with a really angry dog (Yukio). The dog is a powerful ally (250-300 points) and very intelligent and very, very aggressive. Arc Light (Christian) – battlsuited gadgeteer with electrical powers The Rat Queen (Emily) – brick with super-perception; made of actual rats Eamon Finnegan (Kyle) – smooth…

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Errata released for Technical Grappling (plus commentary about biting)

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Thursday is GURPS-Day, and thanks to the digital format of e23 releases, there have been some fixes and tweaks to Technical Grappling. There were three that made it in: 1. (p. 7) The neck hit location has been formally made part of the head region, rather than belonging to both head and torso. The inclusion…