Swords and Wizardry: The Mad Overlord is Donkey Kong

Joined +Erik Tenkar, +Peter V. Dell’Orto., +Tim Shorts , and +Chris Maler for some Swords and Wizardry Mad Overlord action. First thing is we pick up Bello the homeless Dwarf. He’s been tying his shoes for a while, we decide. We put him in front so he can detect the wheelchair-ramp slope of 5%. We set up a marching order, get…

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GURPS Jade Regent: Kami vs Oni Smackdown Preparation

First thing that happens is that Hiro disappears (we lost a player). Second thing is Thumvar bursts into song. Cadmus determines that we can (a) see lots of spirits, (b) they’re very close to the regular world right now, and (c) they can ride-along and give us some knowledge as well as some of their…

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Melee Academy: Shedding Grapples as a Striker

Over on the forums, a poster was asking about single use versions of skill and asked about Break Free, as an action after a grapple. Naturally Technical Grappling came up, and aesir23 pointed out that Break Free was a technique that could be bought up with Technique Mastery. Honestly, I’d forgotten about that. But it’s…