Articles and discussion about grappling and wrestling rules and theory for RPGs
As reviews happen regarding my products, I have tried to keep up, and post links Thus far, Dungeon Grappling has been very well received critically. This might be because those that bother to review it are already part of its target audience – confirmation bias. The other side, that everyone knows grappling sucks, grappling rules…
When All You Have is an Arm Lock . . . From the (backers only) Kickstarter comments came a note that bears, um, noting: Hey Douglas — what would you recommend when grappling a creature that has a paralyzing attack? Classic example is probably a Ghoul. I would think only a suicidal player would attempt…
It’s like a moth to flame with me. First there was GURPS Martial Arts: Technical Grappling. That one was my first full-length book for anyone: 35,000 words of fairly detailed subsystem that was my first attempt at taking grappling rules and put them on the same scale and mechanical basis as striking with fists or weapons….