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FUNDED! Gaming Ballistic is thrilled to report that the Dungeon Grappling Kickstarter, with rules examples for Swords and Wizardry, Pathfinder, and 5e, has met its minimum funding goal and will now start working on stretch goals. The manuscript is now going to be made available in both...

The Dungeon Grappling Kickstarter The Dungeon Grappling Kickstarter is now live What is it? First and foremost, this book contains rules based on Open Gaming Licence content from several editions of the industry’s most popular RPG to make grappling fun, exciting, and easy to play. It...

I think someone alluded to it before, but the reason that one folds steel in japanese style blades is primarily to homogenize it. The japanese forge produces very small chunks of steel (called tamahagane, I believe) of very differing carbon content. These chunks must be homogenized to even out...

The chromium in stainless steel forms what is called a "passivating layer." it "rusts," which is to say forms its oxide, at the surface of the blade. This layer is mostly impermeable to additional passage of oxygen. It is also a harder coating, and its physical properties make it tenacious on...