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Greg Porter (!) responds to comments about scaling

I had an unexpected surprise when Greg Porter himself responded to my post about scaling in GURPS and EABA. His comments and the back-and-forth he had with David Pulver are not to be missed. What? You missed them? Hie thee to the comments section of that thread. Read. I’ll wait. Good? OK, we continue. But…

Pump action crossbow
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Pump action crossbow

Once again, over on the forums there’s a thread. In this case, someone created a repeating crossbow that is re-loaded using a pump-action similar to a shotgun. The design on the thread was a fairly standard design, nothing quite as elaborate as the image to the right. So, what would I make of such a beast?…

Rescaling GURPS HP – some car thoughts
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Rescaling GURPS HP – some car thoughts

As as was driving in to work, I was thinking about the relationship between ST, HP, and damage. One of the potential solutions people have talked about to bring fisticuff damage, especially swing damage, in line with firearms has been to double HP and DR scores, add a (2) to all pi damage, and call…