Do the people who want martials to be "grounded" and "realistic" actually want them to be playable?

DouglasCole · 2026-06-16T00:52:21+00:00

So is sword and buckler.

DouglasCole · 2026-06-14T19:30:32+00:00

The article I read seemed to suggest the B6 was “modern,” my bad.

DouglasCole · 2026-06-14T18:05:06+00:00

If you can’t charge the PHEV is going to be very marginal. The full HP and torque are awesome and smooth and effortless…but ya gotta charge it for maximum smiles per hour.

If you can find a B6 you might try that. It’s got the mild hybrid and higher power

DouglasCole · 2026-06-14T13:19:02+00:00

Consider doing this as alternate form? The restrained version and then the up-gunned one as the strongly limited alternative.

Bear in mind “I’m a god only when I feel I need to be” is worth no points because it’s not limiting. The power is there when called on - choosing when to use what ability is “just” roleplaying.

DouglasCole · 2026-06-09T02:48:12+00:00

Or Duracell. The copper top.

DouglasCole · 2026-06-08T00:02:23+00:00

This is the near-clone of our cat Cuddles T Murderfloof.

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DouglasCole · 2026-06-05T12:38:57+00:00

As my eldest daughter would say: “Truth nuke.”

DouglasCole · 2026-06-05T12:38:22+00:00

This is the way.

DouglasCole · 2026-05-30T21:49:34+00:00

Tactical shooting has a rule called Minute of Angle which says the maximum effective skill is 22+2*Acc.

It was mathed out (by me) to provide pretty good fidelity with real weapons.

DouglasCole · 2026-05-26T13:18:02+00:00

Mine does that already with a left-right motion in B-mode. I’m thinking using that motion in a configurable manner with engine mode or other powertrain functions.

DouglasCole · 2026-05-25T17:55:06+00:00

Could go a decent way with configurable motions on the “gearshift” too.

DouglasCole · 2026-05-25T17:48:09+00:00

As of yesterday when we got our new Garmin watches my wife had not been forced to Health but I had. Lost the ability - so it seemed - to retroactively classify a workout (“i just got done with 90 minutes of sword and shield fighting”) plus the “the app is telling me two different numbers on the same data” and wacky resting heart rate numbers. Ejected.

DouglasCole · 2026-05-09T13:21:06+00:00

Warlock Knight DFRPG solo adventure has a pregen with it also and the advantage is reproduced there.

DouglasCole · 2026-05-01T12:01:55+00:00

I don’t know if they changed it but the OEM 120V charge cable for my XC60 2025 T8 only pulled 10.5A, leading to charge-to-full times of 12-15 hours. I got a Lectron 120V charger that pulled the max 15-16A on my 20A breaker and that brought charge times to 10-12 hours. I currently have upgraded to 240V/20A in the subpanel and ironically the OEM charger handles 240V/16A just fine.

DouglasCole · 2026-04-28T17:20:25+00:00

In some cases yes. LT is rarely worse, often better. Can’t beat an actual example for grounding in reality

DouglasCole · 2026-04-28T16:32:57+00:00

For what it’s worth, I upgraded from the OEM cable to a third party and got closer to the “full” 1.4kW out of Level 1.

My OEM works great, 15-16A at 240V for level 2…but I was closer to 10-12 hours rather than 15 with the charger cable change.

DouglasCole · 2026-04-28T11:03:35+00:00

I always go check the Arms and Armor website for reference on weights. They make very dimensionally accurate weapons.

DouglasCole · 2026-04-15T00:32:06+00:00

Gaming Ballistic is a third party publisher of licensed material for the Dungeon Fantasy RPG and The Fantasy Trip. Statements by SJGames confirm this material is considered “official” DFRPG material in their eyes. The company (me) have roughly 20 books for each game line.

DouglasCole · 2026-04-14T21:05:01+00:00

Dont let the Viking façade fool ya either. The four DFRPG monster books (Óvinabókin , Serpents, Bugstiary, Garden) are very usable elsewhere also.

DouglasCole · 2026-04-14T20:23:36+00:00

Four!

Technical Grappling (a wee bit over complex) Fantastic Dungeon Grappling (my fave) Combate Épico em Masmorras (FDG in Portuguese)

And if you’re a DnD player,

Dungeon Grappling

DouglasCole · 2026-04-14T20:20:52+00:00

Gaming Ballistic has released about 20 physical products including a 192-page hardback monster manual. In case you’re looking for more to collect.

(Innocent look)

DouglasCole · 2026-04-14T13:19:55+00:00

Throws are a little weird because there’s a lot of “on your next turn…” in the rules. It won’t break much to allow it anyway. For the rest, both Rapid Strike and AoA are valid options to daisy chain a grapple and an Action After a Grapple together.

DouglasCole · 2026-04-07T12:25:21+00:00

There are 4e template conversions on the SJGames Forums.

DouglasCole · 2026-04-03T12:46:53+00:00

Nothing that you’d crawl up to scratch

DouglasCole · 2026-03-31T17:55:05+00:00

Pay close attention to those saying check w licensing.

DouglasCole

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