+Christopher R. Rice laid down a post about using random initiative in GURPS that turned into both an interesting “GURPS 201” post (small house rules based only on the Basic Set) as well as a thought experiment. Some notes: GURPS combat is based on a fixed turn order. Mess with this at your peril, perhaps. GURPS combat…
+Peter V. Dell’Orto has an interesting note today about the challenges of the Retreat defensive option when using mapless combat. It’s worth a read. I was intrigued by the option of just always giving people the benefit of increased defenses, the +1 for retreating for a parry/block, or the +3 for Dodge (or parry when using Karate, Judo,…
There is a comparative dearth of ritual spells in D&D5. On the way home from work the other day I was thinking what would happen if any spell could be done as a ritual. Higher level spells would simply take longer. yes, I do a lot of my noodling while driving. Oddly enough, I have…