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Savage Worlds – Sell me on it?
I’m curious as to what people think of Savage Worlds. It’s one of the systems that seem to have been adopted somewhat broadly, and people say good things about it. I downloaded the 16-page Test Drive v6 and read through it. I definitely have opinions. But . . . I’ve never played, and you can’t…
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Reloading Press: JHP Bullets
The GURPS rules for hollow point or expanding bullets in GURPS are pretty simple: you pick up one level of increased wounding modifier in exchange for having an armor divisor of (0.5), meaning that your projectile is really quite poor at penetrating armor, but pretty good at injuring people. So 2d+1 (0.5) pi- would normally…
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The Bait and Switch
I can’t find the thread anymore. But over at the SJG Forums, someone was talking about starting perhaps an Old West style game. But then, there would be Zombies. But the players wouldn’t know ahead of time. This brought up the concept of the Bait and Switch, where the players are ready for one style…
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Glorious Playtester Report: Monster Input like a Boss
This is a shout-out to +Emily Smirle . I fretted about my monsters chapter for Dragon Heresy. It was 91,000 words long, and a whole lot of problems. Well, I chatted with Em and +GodBeastX , and they noted that the best way to do this was probably a brute scrape of a text file. Turn it into an…
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Grip Strength Made Easy (Easier)
Originally in Technical Grappling, Grip ST – how many dice you get to roll when you grab someone – was figured differently. During revision, it was changed, and during playtest, it was altered, folder, spindled, and mutilated. Ultimately, I decided to go with a precise way to combine limbs when grappling. Figure out the contribution…
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Violent Resolution – His back was to me
Billy Ray Smith (Anthony Edwards): [outraged] You just shot that man in the back!Van Leek (Lou Gossett, Jr.): [unperturbed] His back was to me. …
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