nuggets
Rules Nugget (GURPS): A Better Cost for ST
Some time back, D. Weber offered an interesting alternate suggestion for ST cost. It was a good idea when originally shoehorned into 3e's ST rules, and works even better under 4e. Take a look:
Rules Nugget (GURPS): Die, Monster, Die!
"Uhn... too weak... passing out..."
That's fine for battle-battered heroes, but do we want dumb monsters conked out in combat? Here's a simple way to have beseiged beasts raise bloody hell – and then properly die – like good monsters should.
Rules Nugget (GURPS): Distance, Time, and Speed in Falls
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. Or calculate spacecraft travel statistics. And other fun stuff.
Rules Nugget (GURPS): Shields, Size and Cover
This rules nugget looks at two separate but complementary items: the very simple interaction between a shield and its wielder's size, and the more involved matter of letting shields provide cover instead of a DB bonus.
Rules Nugget (D&D): Real Hit Points for Real People
In an odd departure, Your Chef aims a small idea at D&D. This may be an old-news yawner to actual D&D players, whose membership I can't claim. Do any D&D-experienced readers have a comment?
Rules Nugget (GURPS): What's a Miss?
How badly does a "miss" miss? Can a miss be a simple failure to attack? Should those questions ever matter in the game, here's a simple suggestion that breaks down the miss.
Introducing New Bite-Sized Rules Nuggets
Is that "nuggets" as in gold, or as in mystery poultry parts? You be the judge. (I'll admit, the latter better fits the "diner" theme. And possibly the writing quality.)
One-off ideas, pocket-sized tweaks, house rules no bigger than a bird's nest... They're too small for a Big Article of their own, and they'll languish forever if they wait to be grouped into a Mega Supplement. So here they are, in their little Pekinese-like cuteness. (Not that the Diner would ever put Pekinese in its nuggets. *cough* Never!)
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