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Lol! Thanks Achan, but no I'm not rewriting it. I do little updates periodically and I may add your critical hit idea as an optional variation on our crit rule if I can fit it in the column, along with our several other optionals which are now put in their own section, or we may just put it on...

Thanks Raven, I really appreciate that. How do you think I can get more people to take a look at it? G.

On the historical reality of armor New blog: http://www.codexmartialis.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=35&p=92#p92

I think the latter part of that (one die of crit damage per pool) is brilliant. Do you mind if I use it? Might make it a Martial Feat or maybe part of the default crit rule. Email me your name (or post in on codexmartialis.com) and if you are willing I'll credit you in the next update, I'd...

I’d love to get a review and look forward to hearing about your experiments This was never written to be adaptable to 4e, though a guy was talking about some ideas along those lines in another thread here on Enworld. One good thing is that because of the helpful policy in 3.5 E of breaking down...

My pleasure. I practice HEMA myself so I knew most of the people from those vids, they weren't hard to find. G.

That is a great anecdote. There are so many detailed descriptions of combat like that, reading them can really grant insight into A) how fights really happen and B) how to make cinematic fights which have that elusive verisimilitude. The Viking Sagas are superb sources for this, particularly...

Feel free to elaborate, I think verisimilitude and realism mean different things to different people, and I'm not fanatic about my own interpretation. G.

Ok check your spamfilter I'm sending one now. You are the last lucky Enworlder, as the 'beta' phase of this is ending tonight with the next update going out today. Monday I'm raising the price and not sending any more comp copies out except for formal reviews. Let me know what you think eithr...

I wrote a new blog: "Introducing the coolest weapon you never heard of in any Role playing Game" Here is a teaser codexmartialis.com • View topic - The coolest weapon you never heard of in any RPG

Raven did you ever get your comp copy? G.

Yes that's rather startling isn't it? One of the many ways European Martial Arts have been kind of hiding in plain sight ... it's very strange to me that in being very interested in both Durer and everything to do with swords I didn't find out he was an accomplished longsword fighter until I...

I wrote a little blog about art and RPG's at my site here, featuring Albrecht Durer: codexmartialis.com • View topic - Albrehct Durer

How would martial pool give an increase, you mean like spending a die for a +4 or something? That kind of defeats the purpose of the pool. I don't understand 4E to be honest, I've never taken a serious look at it, but I think if you ditch the option of an Active defensive die roll (remember...

Yeah in retrospect that was a bad idea, we decided to simply apply the armor check penalty to any situation where conditions require a DC to get up anyway, like if it's muddy or icy for example. G.

So since you are a rules grognard, here is a question for you: do you think you should have to make a Str check against an armor check penalty to get up from a prone position while in armor? Like say a Str ability check vs. DC 8, plus your armor check penalty? Real armor isn't as heavy as it...

Would you? Because a lot of people wouldn't. Many folks seem to get emotionally invested in this kind of issue for some reason and can be really fanatical about it. A dispassionate assessment would be welcome. Sounds like a fun session. Done right I'm sure even I'd enjoy it despite my...

I agree that is a potential issue, and frankly I'm not sure how well the codex will hold up to high level play in 3.5. That said, it was in beta testing for almost two years. It developed a bit during that time, but so far people have had good results with it, we had 3 beta test groups two...

Done. Check your spam filters gentlemen. You should be getting an email from drivethroughrpg in the next few minutes. G.

It really wasn't that complicated, at least not initially. The paradigm of it was a radical departure from most rpgs so that took some doing to get used to, and toward the end they started adding more and more variant rules and stuff, kind of how DnD evolved from 1E to 3.5E The biggest holdup...