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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?…

Ballistic’s ballistic equations

Ballistic’s ballistic equations

I promise I’ll let this go at some point. But not today. In my little mishap from this past Tuesday, I estimate that I got tossed about 6-8 feet.  Well. That’s enough to calculate a trajectory! If we assume that I was launched at the most effective and efficient launch angle of 45 degrees for…