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Rules Nugget (GURPS): Shields and Cover

Posted Sat, 2009-05-16 04:00 by tbone

Intro: Under Cover

This rule looks at the matter of letting shields provide cover instead of a DB bonus. That option offers some interesting benefits, from a nicely-restored (in 4e) ability for shields to protect passively, to detailed protection by body location, to shield walls and other defensive tricks. It all meshes nicely with existing game rules for cover, too. Read more...

Rules Nugget (GURPS): Distance, Time, and Speed in Falls

Posted Mon, 2007-10-29 19:42 by tbone

Intro: Easy as falling off a log

BS 431 offers a nice table for putting falling distance together with velocity. But did you know you've already got a tool for generating those numbers? You guessed it: that ever-handy Size and Speed/Range Table. It'll even tell you how long it takes your PC to plummet off a cliff. Read more...

GUTHS: GURPS Unified Theory of Hitting Stuff

Posted Thu, 2007-05-31 18:59 by tbone

Intro: Grand Unification Theory

Why do ranged and melee TH use different rules in GURPS? What happens when a weapon is really big compared to the target? What happens when combatants are odd-sized? Does SM apply in melee? If so, how can two tiny combatants possibly strike each other? Why can't ranged weapons get a bonus for really close range? And if they can't, again, how can tiny shooters ever manage to blast each other?

All is answered: there exists a GURPS Unified Theory of Hitting Stuff (or GURPS Unified TH System; it's GUTHS either way). Read more...

Recycled content: defaults and other tips for COSH

Posted Sat, 2006-09-23 08:40 by tbone

I won't be able to post things next week, so here's some recycled material for approaching visitors. While searching through old email, I found the following post I'd made to the Gurpsnet mailing list.

The response below to an inquiry may be of interest to fans of COSH, a fun tool for modifying and creating combat skills. Read more...

Recycled content: the cannibal fork

Posted Fri, 2006-09-22 16:17 by tbone

An idea for a horror artifact: the iculanibokola.

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