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It’s MELEE ACADEMY time! (GURPS 301: Evaluate)

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+Jason Packer over on Google+ threw down this gem: Assertion: The Evaluate maneuver is utterly useless if your skill exceeds that of your opponent, and is dubious at best if your skill exceeds 10.  Wackiness ensued. In fact, it’s likely still ensuing. So, since a bunch of us on that thread were headed in…

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Condition-based grappling in GURPS

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Grappling in Pathfinder and D&D5 is what you might call “condition-based.” If you hit with the appropriate attack, you’re “grappled,” and wackiness can ensue. I even speculated about how you might take the conditions already present in the D&D Basic Rules and give more flavor to grappling in that game. I’d love to expand on…