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Heretical DnD5 – 6th level playtesting

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Got in another playtest on the Heretical DnD project. What did I learn? I need to look a little bit at the grappling rules. There’s a tweak to be made that’s tiny and sensible. It won’t change much, but it’s a good add. There’s a neat use for a reaction on the Protection fighting style…

Reloading Press: 7.62x51mm NATO (.308 Winchester)
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Reloading Press: 7.62x51mm NATO (.308 Winchester)

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The Reloading Press is an at-least-weekly feature here on Gaming Ballistic for 2016. Each week it looks at some interesting real-world cartridges and presents them with hopefully-useful information in GURPS Format. 7.62x51mm NATO The 7.62x51mm cartridge occupies an interesting place in the US military history. After the tremendous success of the .30-06 semi-automatic weapon in…

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Blog of Silence – Writing and Stay-at-home Dad

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Been quiet this week, so I apologize for that. The cause? My wife is in Italy for the annual Hwa Rang Do world tournament and black sash seminars – in addition to being a PhD in Wastewater Treatment, she’s also a martial arts instructor.  Yes, she’s a badass. What that means, though, is I have…

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Inherent burst size and full-auto fire

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When +Hans-Christian Vortisch wrote Tactical Shooting, we came up with the Minute of Angle rule, which states that the maximum skill you can have with a firearm, including all modifiers except for range and size, can’t exceed 22 + 2*Acc. This was a calculation where I looked at the typical spread of a weapon in bench-rest mode, and converted…

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  2. I agree. While the title of this article is a contemptible lie (that would be slavery, I think), the actual article is an excellent overview of why the thing is not only ridiculous, but actually harmful.

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