Articles and discussion about grappling and wrestling rules and theory for RPGs
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…
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…
Like many others, I downloaded the Basic Rules for DnD. I play in +Erik Tenkar‘s Swords and Wizardry game, was introduced to roleplaying with Basic, Expert, and AD&D in 1980 or so, and will always have a soft spot in my heart for it, even though my system of choice is currently GURPS. Furthermore, it and…