Posts about the fifth edition of the original fantasy RPG
Welcome to another session of Melee Academy. This cross-blog event is open to all who want to write about the topic chosen, in any system. If you have something to say, write it, send me a note, and I’ll add it to the list. Today’s Entries Martial Arts: The Maltese Falcon (Shooting Dice) Melee Academy:…
Castles and Chimeras is an OSR Blog I stumbled across when it went live with a simple but great concept idea: Critical Hit Range is based on the armor worn by the defender. In short, I love it. I might tweak a bit, because some monsters may have good armor class but wear no armor…
+Jon Peterson wrote a bit about samurai in the older editions of D&D. It was an interesting look at the history of the game (as always; it’s Jon’s forte). But if you want a Samurai these days, is it easy or hard? In 3rd edition GURPS, samurai weapons got extra bonuses and what was later termed…