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Ballistic’s Spreadsheet – July 2013

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People on the SJG Forums still reference the work I did a while ago on bullet statistics conversion from real-world data. The fact is, the equations for weapon penetration did not change form 3e to 4e, and where there are some real issues with scaling weapons, the derivation of penetration is the same, and (more…

Playing with DnD5 Characters – 6th level Bard
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Playing with DnD5 Characters – 6th level Bard

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Once again, I’ll be using the same stat rolls – good ones, but not the six 18s that my old friend Carl swears he rolled. For a Bard, the obvious choice is the Half-Elf. He’s got the CHA. He’s got the pretty. He’s got that artsy angst that makes the girls swoon. And the guys….

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GURPS Jade Regent: Kami vs Oni Smackdown Preparation

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First thing that happens is that Hiro disappears (we lost a player). Second thing is Thumvar bursts into song. Cadmus determines that we can (a) see lots of spirits, (b) they’re very close to the regular world right now, and (c) they can ride-along and give us some knowledge as well as some of their…

GURPS-Day Cancelled due to Snowpocalypse XVII

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Wow. Yet another snowstorm. Looks like total snowfall tonight and tomorrow could be 6-12 inches. Lovely. Today is GURPS-Day, but I don’t have anything for the first time in a while. Maybe I’ll postpone until tomorrow. I’ve been busy, though, with a few writing projects with +Peter V. Dell’Orto, as he mentioned in his own post….

Violent Resolution – Mechanical Advantage
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Violent Resolution – Mechanical Advantage

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In the previous segment, Never Tell Me the Odds 1 and Never Tell Me the Odds 2, the basic combat mechanics for five RPG systems were examined with the idea that if you don’t know the rough probabilities of doing what you want, you can’t really evaluate what you can do. Using the power of…