Games with Loki
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Games with Loki

In the Dragon Heresy game from last week, the GM had us eventually match up with Loki himself. He’d kidnapped Santa Claus, you see. We challenged Loki to a game of musical chairs. Yes, really. A few things bore mentioning that were of interest to me. None of these were Dragon Heresy specific, just observations. One…

Gaming Ballistic on RPG Breakfast Club Ep 1
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Gaming Ballistic on RPG Breakfast Club Ep 1

Gaming Ballistic was one of the hosts of the RPG Breakfast Club this past Sunday. It’s a live podcast also rebroadcast on Anchor. Topics covered in the ‘cast were: Introducing Kids to RPGs/Marketing, and Introducing children to RPGs,Expanding the audience in general, and possibly pricing books and pdfs in the industry. My voice is very…

Unarmed Combat in D&D
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Unarmed Combat in D&D

Unarmed Lethal Combat Unarmed combat is a bit of the bastard stepchild of D&D games, and deservedly so . . . at least relative to weapons. While a dagger does 1d4, at least in Fifth Edition (and therefore in Dragon Heresy), unarmed strikes do a single point of damage, modified by your Strength bonus. That…