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Dual-Weapon Attack and Rapid Strike

I’ll just start by assuming the conclusion: Dual-Weapon Attack should die. I’m not saying it doesn’t serve a purpose, but I think Dual-Weapon Attack should be relegated to a special case of Rapid Strike, rather than a separate thing. What you say? Let’s look at DWA vs Rapid Strike, and see what gives. First something…

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Three Takes on Sleep (DnD/S&W, GURPS, Night’s Black Agents)

+Tim Shorts over at Gothridge Manor just wrote two pieces on the Sleep spell.  It called my attention to something that I didn’t pay much mind to, since I play a boring old fighter. Or young fighter. Whatever. Tim’s character Minister has used sleep to good effect before, but I didn’t really realize how darn powerful…

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Guest Blogger: JakeB takes three articles for a test drive

Thursday is GURPS-Day, and today Gaming Ballistic welcomes a guest poster, +Jake Bernstein.  It’s not often that you get direct feedback from someone using something you’ve written. Mailanka gave it over on the SJG Forums when he decided to use The Last Gasp in a super-detailed samurai campaign, and +Peter V. Dell’Orto has mentioned a few times that…