Apropos of Nothing: How I feel about DST
I know this is random, and I owe you the final two reviews on the last Pyramid issue (sorry to +Christopher R. Rice and +Steven Marsh ). But this is too good to pass up
I know this is random, and I owe you the final two reviews on the last Pyramid issue (sorry to +Christopher R. Rice and +Steven Marsh ). But this is too good to pass up
Grappling in Pathfinder and D&D5 is what you might call “condition-based.” If you hit with the appropriate attack, you’re “grappled,” and wackiness can ensue. I even speculated about how you might take the conditions already present in the D&D Basic Rules and give more flavor to grappling in that game. I’d love to expand on…
Speeding along here on an A330-200 on my way to Hong Kong. Out my window is Kamchatka. A forbidding and beautiful land. I know it’s all that when it comes to playing Risk, but after actually flying over it, I think there needs to be a house rule here – every turn you have armies…
I’m just going to do the druid here, because I want to do the fighters all at once. Remember the situation. A Druid (or other PC) is partnered with a pretty boring and unoptimized 5th level Champion fighter. The Druid will be a complicated fight, I think, because I don’t fully understand the shapechanging and…
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…
I’m a bit laid up for computer typing, having “bottomed out” on a kids’ trampoline over the Turkey Day travel break. This squished an already-injured lumbar spine like a sweet potato during Thanksgiving (going with that theme) and so ’tis hard for me to sit for too long. Still, while I’ve got a few ideas…
In a comment on a previous post, +Jeromy French brought up the oft-cited statistic that if a knife-wielding assailant is within 21 feet of a person with a holstered pistol, by the time you could draw your gun and ready it, you’re likely to have been stabbed. Possibly a lot. OK, forget reality for a moment. Is…
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That's actually really good…I'd watch that. Also, as someone with insomnia I feel that way all the time…"What time is it?!"
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.