Other People’s Posts: Armor
A great collection of images of all sorts of historical armors from many cultures can be found over at Middenmurk.
Great stuff here.
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This started life as a for-Pyramid article. Some of it (the parts not in this post) still are. This stuff below . . . I could never make work well enough that I thought it would work for general consumption. So here it is. It’s “unfinished,” so details have not been fully worked out. Still Sharp…
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Melee Academy: Muscle-Powered Ranged Weaponry 101
Though the title is Melee Academy, being able to do harm at a distance is important in many genres. However, up until the invention of the windlass, cranequin, gunpowder, and fast-discharge supercapacitor, what you’re really doing is finding ways of translating your strength into injury. Also on Melee Academy, Ranged Edition: Peter Dell’Orto talks about…
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Technical Grappling Q&A – Part 1
With any new system that introduces new mechanics, questions come up. Technical Grappling introduces some new stuff, such as Trained ST, Bite ST, Control Points, and a host of changes and tweaks to existing mechanics. I thought I’d throw down a list of the questions I’ve had to answer, either on the SJG Forums, my…
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Actual Play: GURPS DF Jade Regent – Ravenscraeg 2
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Challenge: Combat healing as powers
In my writeup of Cadmus, +Mark Langsdorf and I had a brief interchange about combat vs. non-combat healing. Cadmus is very, very powerful as a healing machine assuming that he has time to recover. The combination of Lay on Hands (Empathic Faith Healing) and Flesh Wounds (rapid wound recovery means he can bring a party of five…
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Grappling in the OSR
Gothridge Manor 8 Preview L-O-C-K in the OSR! L-O-C-K in the OSR! L-O-C-K in the OSR! Lockin’ in the OSR. (Apologies to John Mellencamp) Look, a preview! A while ago, +Peter V. Dell’Orto and I decided that it should be possible, and more importantly, it would be fun to apply the principles of Technical Grappling to a game…