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Retroactive GURPS-Day Post: Setups and Feints

Over on the SJG Forums, a poster going by Varyon dropped in and threw down some concepts for how to do an actual Feint out of a setup. One of the conceits of the setup attack is that, well, it’s the same as a Deceptive Attack, but defers the bonus to a later time. There…

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Condition-based grappling in GURPS

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…

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Grappling in DnD Basic (5e)

Like many others, I downloaded the Basic Rules for DnD. I play inĀ +Erik Tenkar‘s Swords and Wizardry game, was introduced to roleplaying with Basic, Expert, and AD&D in 1980 or so, and will always have a soft spot in my heart for it, even though my system of choice is currently GURPS. Furthermore, it and…