Improved Defense with Shields (DnD5e)
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Improved Defense with Shields (DnD5e)

In Wednesday’s post, plus others, I mused on shields, and how actively they’re used. Thinking about DnD5e, and therefore Dragon Heresy as well, how can we model this, if we wanted to? DnD5e In a way, this is the easiest. The options are fairly straight-forward. Protection Plus The Protection fighting style allows giving an incoming…

Aggressive Shield Use in GURPS
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Aggressive Shield Use in GURPS

Recently I’ve been on a bit of a shield kick. One-on-one with Shields: Upsetting the conventional wisdom shows a video by Roland Warzecha of Dimicator, and how he’s using a heater shield much like he uses a buckler. While he owns the fact that he’s an expert in sword-and-buckler play based on the I.33 manual, he’s…

GURPSDay Summary Jul 28 – Aug 3, 2017
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GURPSDay Summary Jul 28 – Aug 3, 2017

Thursday is GURPSDay! It’s been a good week, and we even got a new release today: Steampunk Conveyances. This book launches the Vehicles series, which will present ready-to-use thematically grouped, well, vehicles. Welcome to the second year of GURPSDay, and here’s the pull for this week. We’re currently drawing content from 89 blogs. Only 11 more to…