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Range Report – Walther PPQ M2

Took a Walther PPQ for a test drive today. I’d fired one of these in 9mm before, and was stunned by it’s accuracy. It just pointed well. Walther PPQ with 4.1″ barrel and 11rnd mag This time, I got to try one out in .40S&W. Now, previously, my weapon of choice was a Glock 23,…

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Ballistic Ratings and the WTF of Armor as Dice

Yesterday’s post on Armor as Dice generated more commentary than any content-related post I’ve had in a while. So booyah, that’s good. Lively discussion and all that. However, +Jason Packer asked a question that echoed (and contrasted with) another poster’s comment about ensuring that you just subtract armor from damage and, if this is greater than zero,…

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Armor as Dice – what and why?

The term “Armor as Dice” was coined somewhere on the GURPS forums to describe a method of treating armor using (oddly enough) dice instead of points of DR. It was a bit of parallel evolution – while I wasn’t the only one to come up with the phrase, I was using it in games as…