A hierarchy tag to help with sorting the games by rules system
The latest issue of Pyramid, #3/52: Low-Tech II, is out. I’ve got an article in it! Called Delayed Gratification, it’s an option for a different way of handling the Feint maneuver in GURPS, treating it as a variant of an actual attack, rather than a Quick Contest of somewhat-nebulous intention. It’s not a long article,…
My post on what guns do in GURPS and storytelling got me thinking about false precision in games that rate damage by HP ablation. I’ll pick on GURPS, but DnD/Pathfinder is, in its way, not much different. Ironically, I don’t think people really notice as much in Pathfinder, since the entire point of an attack…
Continuation of the GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Campaign following the Pathfinder Jade Regent Adventure Path. GM: +Nathan Joy Players: +Mark Langsdorf , +Theodore Briggs , +Kevin Smyth , +Emily Smirle , +Douglas Cole This will be an abbreviated tale, but let me start with the conclusion: we played for four hours in one giant combat that involved five PCs, and no fewer than fourteen adversaries….