+Peter V. Dell’Orto made a very on-point comment about my post Go ahead and roll vs. ST. Worth responding to in detail, so I did. His words are in blue-italics, mine in indented black. I understand the impulse here, and I respect the work you’ve done, but: – it’s got to be simple. – it’s got…
If you’ve read this blog, you’ll see that I’m not a huge fan of ST rolls. I prefer using comparative ST (or even Basic Lift) to calculate a modifier, and then rolling against . . . something . . . with that modifier applied. In fact, that’s what Control Points (from Technical Grappling) basically are:…
I had an unexpected surprise when Greg Porter himself responded to my post about scaling in GURPS and EABA. His comments and the back-and-forth he had with David Pulver are not to be missed. What? You missed them? Hie thee to the comments section of that thread. Read. I’ll wait. Good? OK, we continue. But…