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No School Grognard: May 2013

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Thoughts on role-playing games. College Ritual Book Magic. Thursday, May 9, 2013. Melee Academy: Tactical Positioning via Waits and Retreats. Has a Melee Academy article up on Gaming Ballistic. About Combat Grappling and Waits. A lot of what he writes is interesting and useful, but there's some advice that's a bit sub-optimal. There are good ways and bad ways to use the Wait maneuver in GURPS to allow a grappler to attempt an attack on a foe, and people should be aware of the good ways. The grappler's fo...

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No School Grognard: April 2013

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Thoughts on role-playing games. College Ritual Book Magic. Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Adjusting Swing Damage in Dungeon Fantasy. Inspired by a comment I made in response to " Noodling around with DR in Dungeon Fantasy. The entire situation is very unsatisfactory. What's the Real Problem? What are Some Solutions? There's been a lot of suggested fixes for this: limit striking ST for humans to 14 (unsatisfactory); create a very complicated ST table. Too complicated in play); doubling DR for armor. And on on...

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Where To Whack ‘Em | Don't Forget Your Boots

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Don't Forget Your Boots. What’s up with the blog name? Meandering aimlessly around the GURPS landscape. Where To Whack ‘Em. The party’s sometime anti-paladin is surprisingly lightly armored. His neck, face, and hands (! Gabby the Cabin Girl:. Judging from sheer survival-power, you’d think Gabby’s covered head-to-toe in enchanted mithril. Not so! Just the eyes, baby. Everything else is covered in steel. Arms, legs, and feet have DR 4, and those are the most lightly-armored areas. That’s ...Obstacle in the...

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Addendum to Session #19 (or, “Stuff I Forgot”) | Don't Forget Your Boots

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Don't Forget Your Boots. What’s up with the blog name? Meandering aimlessly around the GURPS landscape. Addendum to Session #19 (or, “Stuff I Forgot”). As usual, I forgot a couple of details from the last session. The unbearable vinegar smell:. The sheet with the writing on it:. Bob-The-Wood-Elf’s astonishing costuming choices:. It’s possible that Bob’s choice of wardrobe might have been the factor that caused Rolf to make a pet of him. August 5, 2015. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.

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Game Room | Don't Forget Your Boots

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Don't Forget Your Boots. What’s up with the blog name? Meandering aimlessly around the GURPS landscape. Gonna try something new, next game. In an effort to better share space, and insulate the kids from some of the R-rated commentary, we’re going to try to move the game into the new game room. It’s a smaller space than what we’ve used in the past, but hopefully it’ll work out. July 27, 2015. 3 Comments to “Game Room”. July 28, 2015 at 7:42 am. July 28, 2015 at 10:00 am. July 31, 2015 at 7:38 am. Join 40 ...

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You cannae change the laws of alchemy! | Don't Forget Your Boots

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Don't Forget Your Boots. What’s up with the blog name? Meandering aimlessly around the GURPS landscape. You cannae change the laws of alchemy! I was flipping through. GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 9: Summoners. The other day, and ran across the section on. Elementals. They’re not all that traditional, but I love ’em. One of the variants is the Echo. In the original myth, Echo. That exists to mock others with their own words. Now, the thing is, the writers of the. Seem to have gone to some lengths to avoid handin...

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Not, repeat NOT, chased down and eaten by ooze… | Don't Forget Your Boots

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Don't Forget Your Boots. What’s up with the blog name? Meandering aimlessly around the GURPS landscape. Not, repeat NOT, chased down and eaten by ooze…. 8230; though it was a close thing, there. Since I can’t seem to gather enough focus for a. Post, let’s see if I can’t toss out some stream-of-consciousness nuggets and updates…. After their side-trip through the disgusting innards of some huge, monstrous. It’s been my long-time practice, with point-based games, to allow players to fiddle with their...

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“Corbin, Inc.”, Session #18 | Don't Forget Your Boots

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Don't Forget Your Boots. What’s up with the blog name? Meandering aimlessly around the GURPS landscape. 8220;Corbin, Inc.”, Session #18. Northern barbarian and handler of nature (PC). Gabby the Cabin Girl. Still will not DIE! Thief-swashbuckler and wooer of witches (PC). Cat-folk scout and archer, poker of eyes (PC). All-singin’, all-cuddlin’, all-bushwhackin’ dog-folk knight — no, seriously, did I ever tell you about the time… (PC). Strong, silent brute (NPC hireling). Not appearing in this session:.

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“Corbin, Inc.”, Session #19 | Don't Forget Your Boots

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Don't Forget Your Boots. What’s up with the blog name? Meandering aimlessly around the GURPS landscape. 8220;Corbin, Inc.”, Session #19. Next-beast thing to a ninja (PC). Gabby the Cabin Girl. Receiving some of her own medicine (PC). Gettin’ lucky (PC). A firm hand with the demonic help (PC). The Knight of the Blood Oath, aka TKotBO, aka Corbin,. Leader for the day (PC). Healer of the wounded (NPC henchman). Dean, Roman, Jack, and John. Shieldbearers and laborers (NPC hirelings). D’arth Loathing,. One of...

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Evaluating Evaluate | Don't Forget Your Boots

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Don't Forget Your Boots. What’s up with the blog name? Meandering aimlessly around the GURPS landscape. It looks like everybody else is talking about Evaluate (I think this. Is probably as good an entrance to the conversation as any), so I might as well follow the herd. My two cents’ worth:. Of course, I’m just speculating, there. Might be, even that wouldn’t be enough. 8220; That’s really the missing piece of the puzzle.). August 7, 2014. 3 Comments to “Evaluating Evaluate”. August 7, 2014 at 4:33 pm.