The Dwarven Stronghold likes grappling
+Boric Glanduum over at The Dwarven Stronghold has reviewed Gothridge Manor #8.
He seems to like it. You might too – why don’t you pick up a copy and find out?
+Boric Glanduum over at The Dwarven Stronghold has reviewed Gothridge Manor #8.
He seems to like it. You might too – why don’t you pick up a copy and find out?
I’m quite aware of the many, um, dynamic arguments about the concept of Hit Points in the various Dungeons and Dragons games. Are they physical injury (the answer seems to be ‘mostly not’)? Are they a good way to represent injury (jury out, but very, very heated)? Are they realistic (clearly not, nor are they…
This is a draft, not a final version, but here’s how the iconic Fireball spell from the SRD5.1 shakes out in Dragon Heresy: Fireball* 3rd-level thurisaz rune Casting Time: 1 action Range: 150 feet Components: V, S, M (a tiny ball of bat guano and sulfur) Duration: Instantaneous A bright streak flashes from your pointing…
The Melee Academy series from Thursday got me thinking of alternate mechanics for disarms in D&D. The existing one is straightforward and usable. Roll a melee attack, opposed by your foe’s Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics). But neither of those two really speak well to a disarm. If anything, a Saving Throw is almost more…
Hicks: I wanna introduce you to a personal friend of mine. This is an M41A pulse rifle. Ten millimeter with over-and-under thirty millimeter pump action grenade launcher. Hicks: [Hicks hands the rifle to Ripley] Feel the weight. Ripley: Okay. What do I do? The M41 is iconic. It defines the look and feel of one…
Blergh. Habby GURPthDay, but blerg. Today I’m tired – up until 5am with insomnia – and still sick. Glerk. Hate it. But at least it’s GURPSDay again! Welcome to GURPSDay 2018, and the fourth year – GURPSDay started in February 2013, only a year after I started Gaming Ballistic. Nifty things are happening in the…
Thursday is GURPS-Day, and today Gaming Ballistic welcomes a guest poster, +Jake Bernstein. It’s not often that you get direct feedback from someone using something you’ve written. Mailanka gave it over on the SJG Forums when he decided to use The Last Gasp in a super-detailed samurai campaign, and +Peter V. Dell’Orto has mentioned a few times that…