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Pathfinder read-through – Chapter 4: Skills (Appraise – Heal)

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A retroactive (and oft-repeated) introduction: After an actual-play hiatus where I was mostly writing and playtesting for GURPS. I was invited to play in a Pathfinder game, and after a few sessions, it was time to buy the book and learn the rules! I decided to try and read the Pathfinder rules cover-to-cover and see…

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The Obsession with Gold

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I blame my kid. As someone who used to do gold evaporation for my PhD thesis, I was always shocked at just how heavy it it. We always talk about uranium and tungsten as being dense, and they are. They’re also hard, high-melting refractory materials, so they do occupy a unique place in the hearts…

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The “21-foot” rule and GURPS

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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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Deceptive Attack – Final Thoughts (this time around)

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So, I made a small error in my original sheet yesterday, but I’ve replaced it with the right math. I also upgraded the sheet to show the relative delta in absolute percentages from any given choice to the best choice for that defender.  That’s what led me to conclude, basically, that there really is an…

Dracula Dossier and Dracula Unredacted
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Dracula Dossier and Dracula Unredacted

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Got these in the mail today. One two, hardbacks here before me That’s what I said now Drakul, his villainy abhors me He’ll kill you dead now . . .  As typical for Night’s Black Agents, the book is meaty and gorgeous. Dracula Unredacted – a complete version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula with extra notes…

Violent Resolution – Hit Him with my Mace
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Violent Resolution – Hit Him with my Mace

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If one is to discuss combat in RPGs, one might as well start with the medieval fantasy genre that still dominates the industry. For many games, hand-to-hand (or hand-to-tentacle, hand-to-claw, hand-to-mouth . . . ) combat is a central point of the game, hearkening back to the origin of fantasy RPGs in wargaming. This Violent…

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