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You're not taking my "Headshot at 22 hexes! The kid's a natural!" first roll, first kill of the session away from me. ;) :D

Oh I like this! I might just try it out in one of my games!

We moved to using this rule for most all games when it comes to 'persuasion' or negotiation or even interrogation rolls... = Success =...

I’ve often thought the Heat Scale could be simplified to earlier shutdown rolls and Internal Damage at the higher points, rather than...

Heads shots pretty rare yet satisfying for us. We make lucky shots less destructive by using the floating critical rule from TacOps. The...

This one comes up a lot. From a single force for an afternoon of BT fun, case in XL engine mech seems like nipples on breastplate...

I’ve occasionally used 13th Age’s Escalation Die in D&D when I want to ratchet things up. I’ve adopted Fate’s leveling system to World...

HP are only luck in the sense that "you are lucky that (arrow) didn't kill you". Which is why experience allows you to create more...

Well, the poison problem is a big one if you can't bypass the luck pool. I still have a big problem with damage types being meaningless...

Hit points are abstract representations of how much damage a character can suffer and just about any such a system is bound to be absurd...

In retrospect, my headcanon is that Gary was tired of people asking how 1 sword strike can take down a 1st-level Fighter but it takes 5...

Just sign up for one month once the whole season is out.

I don't know if there are any other full-on direct callback episodes yet. There are a ton of references though. Like, "Spock Amok"...

To quote wikipedia: "Paramount+ constructed a video wall to allow for virtual production, based on the StageCraft technology used on...

John McClaine in Die Hard. We know running across broken glass with bare feet will hurt, but the only effect it has is staining the windows.