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Joint Ventures, Licencing, and Pit Traps

In my last play report on +Jeromy French ‘s Pathfinder campaign, I made a drive-by reference to the effect that it would be pretty cool to see support for Golarion with Dungeon Fantasy. I noted that it was unlikely for “what are presumably a whole host of reasons.” I was surprised to see someone bring this up…

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Sticking it to ’em: Impaling vs Piercing Damage

+Peter V. Dell’Orto noted here that sometimes there’s a bit of a mental squaaawwwk! when it comes to comparing piercing vs. impaling damage types. He makes some good points, and partly, this ties into penetration and injury GURPS-physics. Impaling damage, by and large, is assumed to result from a deep, often narrow, penetrating injury that gets…

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Realistic, Cinematic, Believable: Believabiity as Rule Zero (Part 1)

I was going to post this one today. But after 36 hours traveling and very little sleep, I realized that I had it wrong. At length. I’ll be revisiting this, most definitely. But I will say this: I was going to set up “believable” as an overall goal that people who clamor for “realism” actually…