Category: System Mechanics
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More Lethal D20, some learning from tests
D20 SRD without HP is pretty fun. I didn’t have a game to test it out, just a little of…
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Finished D20 SRD homebrew Prep
It just need some polish, but it is practically finished. I was able to construct some characters and test out…
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Faith is a vice to some philosophies (NWOD)
Faith is a virtue in NWOD but I have to point out that to some philosophies it is a vice,…
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Ally or Contact – complexities of relationships
I was wondering about if one had only limited character currency what one should spend on, and I found allies…
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I finally checked out Pathfinder; Story Teller Meta-Rules
Its Nice… but its So much to learn. My brother commented “why not just use Pathfinder” and I was worried…
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Updated my D20SRD Homebrew Rules
D20 SRD has no power creep, accessible, easily define-able You can find it here. Combat is Lethal with Con being…
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Risk and XP
As a scout in airsoft with the killer instinct of a pacifist geek so I get killed a lot in…
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Ally followers black boxing
Other than the characters personal wealth, he spends points on allies, which are his followers. Allies that are followers provide…
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Another way to deal with GURPS Dmg
Average All Damage. This is great with fire-arms. Just apply the 3.5 per d6. Do the same for melee weapons,…
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Scratching that Pedantic Urge: Economy Sizes
I just got to get this itch: Starting Wealth is determined largely by the size of the Economy. Imperial Rome,…
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Social Advantages requirements
Some advantages have a cost to maintain. Contacts and networks are something I am terrible at maintaining, my best bet…
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Role-playing Debate and Argument
Knowing “Objections“, Logical Fallacies, and Cognitive Biases are usefull life skills… but it should not get in the way of…
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Persuasion vs Core Beliefs
The first requirement of persuasion or diplomacy is that everyone have the same goals or motives. That what is asks…
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Quicker Play Ideas; Musing a different kind of podcast
So I hit a lot of major edits. Right now the LibreOffice is slowing down. I plan to revert them…
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GURPS Lite Setting Specific Polished
I predict that it will be around christmass when I will finish my final polish this this GURPS lite doc…
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Some Rules for Open RPG: System Effect of Difficulty and Modifiers
Here are some rules notes: Technical Rules regarding Penalties and Modifiers. Since ORPGS is a Target Number based system, there…
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Cards as an Organization Mnemonic
Using Cards The cards are meant to concentrate and prepare details that are relevant. In a Top Heavy game like…
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Adventuring Utility vs Real World Utility
GURPS looks at relationships of point cost to Adventuring Utility, and not Real World Utility. If you are familiar with…
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Is there a bias against ak? Scientific damage
Ok GURPS calculates damage based on barrel length, diameter and mass of the bullet. The ak101 is an ak that…
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Reflections on GMing after Simulations; Random Generating Flaws and Perks
There are a lot of ideas that come to me from converting my airsoft experience into GMing. One thing that…
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GURPS Talents, Multiple Intelligence, and Geekdom
lately my readings about Emotional Intelligence got me thinking more about the Multiple Intelligence Theory (note the difference between Theory…
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Ancestry of Game Design
First there was Natural Philosophy, the knowledge of how the world worked before math became involved. Next it grew into…
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Metric Madness: World Building
Some Useful Notes, in making your detailed equipment lists. A regular backpack is surprisingly a small 16L in volume. Typically…
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Answering Sources; Old School Inspired Tinkering
Answering Sources. Ancient Empires before Alexander is a great read. As for Anarchangels’s question regarding taxation. Sorry I don’t have…
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Answering some Puzzles: Empires and Economics
I was stuck at how does an empire of millions stretching thousands of miles get its funding. One of the…
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Game Design: an Expression of Understanding
I always try to express what I have just learned in my own words or game systems. Its a learning…
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Physics of Fighting
I’m doing some exercises right now both physical and in math. Just testing out my understanding of physics and comparing…
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Reimagining the Shortsword
I got a problem trying to imagine a shortsword. Warswords, as we know them, evolved from shortswords. This is an…
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Sacred Oaths
The humble Serf, as well as Husbands and Wives, to entrepreneurial Peasant and Yeomen, to loyal Retainers and Vassals, the…
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GURPS Mass Combat Made Easier and What is the Entity of a State?
GURPS mass combat is a bit hard to take all in. at once There is a limitation of examples because…