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Arduin? Hi Gary, Just out of curiosity, have you ever taken a look at the Arduin Grimoires writen by David A. Hargrave? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduin I'm sure you must have heard of them back in mid to late '70s. If so, what are your thoughts?

So when the storm giant or iron golem scores a critical hit against the medium-size PC, he deals 1d4 con damage? Same as a 10 STR Human with a club? No thank you, just not my cuppa tea.

I was a heavy weapons fighter and only fought rapier in a few fighter practices (which I won each time :D ). But my experience in a fencing class over 3 months definitely suggested dexterity. I took the class with my friend Gunther (a very strong and big Florentine fighter) and we had our...

I think it really depends on what kind of full plate you're referring to. From my study of the Tower of London catalog, it appears that 14th anc 15th C. plate armor is equivalent to 16 guage plate. And I've seen some nasty dents from rattan on 16 ga. plate armor. Man, I'd hate to see what...

I've killed far more characters with critical hits than anything else. Many times I have asked my players if we should drop critical hits but each time they voted to keep them. :eek:

Thought provoking article but I just don't buy the argument that 4th or 5th level fighters are a once in a generation event. Weapon Focus at 4th level? The weapon masters that I've met in real life (and lost fights to) are much better than a +7 Attack (BAB +4, +1 Weapon Focus, +2 Str) at 1...

One of my house rules for 2nd edition was to use Dex for attacks and Str for damage. However, I dropped that rule after performing a few experiments with plastic weapons and museum replica weapons as well as discussing the physics with my wife (who is a physicist). Now I know this sounds...

Hey Piratecat — I purchased a CSA account almost a month ago and it still hasn't been activated. Can you help with that? Thanks!

And yet this experience you speak of describes my experience with Chivalry & Sorcery as well as Rolemaster. And probably a lot of other pseudo-Mediæval fantasy role playing games. Perhaps a better question might be 'what is unique to the D&D brand?'

What do you call an illiterate wizard? … A sorcerer! :p Seriously, what do you do for pre-literate scholarly spellcasters? In RL ancient history, bards, druids, and Vedic priests would memorize vast amounts of hymns, poetry, rites, and rituals. For a long time, there was a persistent belief...

QFT I put in place a rule a very long time ago that when a PC turns Evil, I take away the character sheet and they become an NPC. Sometimes you just have to give a player a time out. :p

Doesn't the DMG state that plate mail is bulky and thus movement is always 6" regardless of the weight?

Speaking as an ex-SCAdian, "Hell yes, facing matters!" For that matter, so do helms. I used the helm rule in the DMG religously.

I used to think the same after watching all those Robin Hood movies. :lol: However, I was reading an account of a murder trial in the 1500s where the perp alledgedly crushed the head of the victim using his quarterstaff as a poll arme. I then did some research among the fightbooks (13th...

What about freelance editors? What's the going rate? And what's the best way to find these freelance writers and editors? Thanks for the industry insight!

Well, maybe you can't attack with a great sword 4 times in 6 seconds, but I can and I'm almost certain that Umbran and the other SCAdians and ex-SCAdians on this board can as well. In addition, I'll get an attack of opportunity against your dagger. And unless you're also wielding a tower...

That would be me. :) One-handed mass arms: axe, club, flail, hammer, mace, pick Two-handed mass arms: great axe, great club, great flail, great hammer, great mace, maul, great pick Pole arms: bardiche, bec de corbin, glaive, guisarme, halberd, quarterstaff, voulge One-handed thrusting...

Can we sticky this?

Check out the Defense Bonus from Unearthed Arcana: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/adventuring/defenseBonus.htm This is basically the same system used in d20 Modern.

Good points. I had forgotten about the multiple fatal wound syndrome. I'm reminded of the claim that most fencers died from infection of the wounds rather than the wounds themselves. Previously I had only considered hydrostatic shock from ballistic wounds. Using this logic, bludgeoning...