Feat Design and Dragon Heresy
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Feat Design and Dragon Heresy

Over on his blog, Brandon Stoddard offers up an in-depth analysis, from his perspective, of a giant list of feats in the Fifth Edition rules. He might have thrown in some Unearthed Arcana in there too. You might read his analysis and conclude he’s totally off his rocker. You might agree with every point. Regardless,…

Less-Technical Grappling (GURPS)
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Less-Technical Grappling (GURPS)

Even when GURPS Martial Arts: Technical Grappling was published, there were ways to simplify it, and some of those were included in Pyramid #3/61: The Way of the Warrior. The basic premise is, of course, both sound and fun: why treat grappling that differently than other melee attacks, especially in systems (such as D&D) where…

Viking with Roland Warzecha; Riveted Mail test with ThegnThrand

Viking with Roland Warzecha; Riveted Mail test with ThegnThrand

This last weekend was the second half of the Asfolk grand opening. I posted a bit about my two days with the guests from Hurstwic, Reynir A and Bill Short, last week. The second weekend featured Roland Warzecha of Dimicator, from Germany, and Thegn Thrand, who posts YouTube videos of various scenarios and tests. Second…