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Don’t stop here – go read Dungeon Fantastic today

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If you’re new to GURPS, or are sometimes frustrated or confused or find GURPS melee combat to be slow, +Peter V. Dell’Orto has some good advice for you. GURPS 101: Avoiding Combat Analysis-Paralysis in GURPS He nicely covers some options (and non-options) to keep things simple. It’s not even a false economy of simple. I’ve heard that while…

Gollum: Because it’s my birthday, and I wants it

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Today is my birthday. If you want to celebrate with me, go read something i wrote, post a review or a comment, and share it with your friends. Maybe it’s Technical Grappling or Grappling Old School. Maybe it’s The Last Gasp, On Target, Violent Resolution, or The Deadly Spring. Hell, maybe it’s a post on…

Unpacking Failed Attack Rolls in GURPS
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Unpacking Failed Attack Rolls in GURPS

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There’s an interesting (drink!!*) thread over on the GURPS forums about what a “miss” means. It’s called Failed Attack Rolls, and there’s a concept in there that, especially coming from the source, makes one go “Hmmm” a lot. Let’s start with two quotes, both originating from Sean Punch, AKA Dr Kromm, the GURPS Line Editor….

More critical hit goodness (courtesy of Peter Dell’Orto)

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+Peter V. Dell’Orto did a nice post on critical hits yesterday. One thing that came up a few times is that there are cases where if you only crit on a 3 and have a skill of 3, then you’re either rolling an awesome crit, or you’re screwed. This can be avoided, though, by using margin…

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Actual Play: GURPS Jade Regent

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This is a combined report of the last two sessions. On hand were +Nathan Joy (GM), +Emily Smirle , +Theodore Briggs , +Mark Langsdorf , and +Kevin Smyth. Last time, we basically headed out for Tian, journeying north for an epic trek across the frozen top of the world. We got ambushed in a narrow passage, with a 100′ tall cliff of ice and…