Today, in the SJG Report to the Stakeholder’s thread:
So, I wrote this Big Long Post on melee skill levels in GURPS. It got a lot of favorable attention. Then, on Saturday night, March 2, I joined +Vaclav Tofl and +Michael Keenan in a Gladiatorial smackdown. We each played 75 point characters, and since there were two PCs and five pre-gens, Michael and I were on the same team….
This post has been a long time coming; I first mentioned it back when I interviewed +Kenneth Hite maybe. It’s not that important, but it’s an idea that has been growing on me for a while, and I think my discussion with Ken crystalized something. Frankly, it’s why I want to play a game of Night’s Black…
We pick up after a two-week hiatus, and we’re joined by Leshar, a lizard-man former gladiator and fighter on behalf of Mitra.This is +Tim Shorts‘ new character, and he seems a fighter of some ability. We learn from him that the revolt in City State was quite real, but that the Regent has pretty much got…
So things got busy in April, and I have only made piecemeal progress on the Heretical DnD project. The draft still stands at roughly 130,000 words, but there has been progress despite no more wordcount increases. I resolved some longstanding issues with the rules differentiating ranged and melee combat so that they were less differentiated…
Headed over to the local science fiction convention today, with my wife (sportin’ a Dr Who T-Shirt) and my daughter, dressed credibly as Supergirl. (Pix later). Me? No costume’s to speak of in this genre, which is lame. I will rectify this next year. I hope to at least hit the panel on Game Design,…
We start out having breakfast at an inn. +Peter V. Dell’Orto joins us playing an Elder of Mitra. I believe the conversation begins trying to mitigate an uprising and prevent a war, or at least a slaughter, should actual troops come to put down the threat to the economic center that is Phandelver. Carmina proposes confronting Halia…