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Ravenscraeg Finale (in brief)

Last Tuesday we had the final battle with the rejuvenated Oni, whom we fondly called “Kim.” It turned out to be fairly anticlimactic. We twigged early to the massive rune-laden club with the Thousand Words of Pain on it to being the real issue (and especially after several solid hits came to no good result…

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Making grapples suck less in armed combat

Last post of Melee Academy was on getting into CC range with a grapple in one turn. +Mark Langsdorf picked up on this and showed a higher-percentage option to get into CC that takes two turns, and by his own notes, is really good at negating the hated Defense Bonus of a shield. Martin Leuschen made a…

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Low Tech: Choosing the right armor by cost

GURPS Low Tech is a pretty darn good book. There’s a lot of value there, and even more so in the three companions. There are a few books out, such as Instant Armor, and the forthcoming Low Tech Armor Loadouts, that help whittle down the very large job of choosing armor kit. It took me…