Discussion of the GURPS RPG system
A follow-up to my GURPS-Day post from yesterday. One concept that came up after the comment threads was whether a DWA is really an All-Out Attack (Double) and should just be left that way. I don’t think so; after all, the picture in that post is me training dual-weapon use, and getting in a strike…
I’ll just start by assuming the conclusion: Dual-Weapon Attack should die. I’m not saying it doesn’t serve a purpose, but I think Dual-Weapon Attack should be relegated to a special case of Rapid Strike, rather than a separate thing. What you say? Let’s look at DWA vs Rapid Strike, and see what gives. First something…
+Tim Shorts over at Gothridge Manor just wrote two pieces on the Sleep spell. It called my attention to something that I didn’t pay much mind to, since I play a boring old fighter. Or young fighter. Whatever. Tim’s character Minister has used sleep to good effect before, but I didn’t really realize how darn powerful…