Just for fun, I used the Damage = 4 * Log5(Kinetic Energy) conversion on a longer list of cartridges than I provided here. As you can see, most weapons fit into a fairly small range of stats. The .22LR does about as much damage as a shortbow (between 1d6+3 and 1d6+4), where a 7.62 Battle…
Castles and Chimeras is an OSR Blog I stumbled across when it went live with a simple but great concept idea: Critical Hit Range is based on the armor worn by the defender. In short, I love it. I might tweak a bit, because some monsters may have good armor class but wear no armor…
I got some fast and valuable comments yesterday on the post on initiative and the OODA loop that I want to tackle in the harsh light of day, so to speak As always, the commenter’s thoughts are indented, purple, and italicized. Also note that alternate initiative concepts have been done before. +Christopher R. Rice did one on…