Spells and Steel

Development blog for Spells and Steel, an RPG system for simulating a low-magic 14th-century Europe, as well as general D&D, OSR, and RPG thoughts

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12 August 2018

Archery: Variable Range Increments

Following up from yesterday's post. A reminder on methodology. I've taken men's longbow classifications from the Braintree Bow...

8 May 2013

The 0-Level Man-at-arms

For some reason, D&D has gotten it into its head that men-at-arms would be 0-level. This trope dates back pretty far, and is taken as ca...

8 November 2012

Training vs. Practice

In reading through Alexis' archives over at Tao of D&D, I read an interesting article and ensuing discussion on training, and the di...

4 October 2012

Passing Thought - Skills and the Expected Outcome

What are the possible outcomes of a skill check? Most systems have a pass or fail, some have some kind of critical pass or fail, and some ha...

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Charles A: Game-master, history buff, focused on 14th/early 15th century.

Started gaming at 9 years old with the Mentzer Basic set, and over the years, have played BECMI D&D, 2E AD&D, Pathfinder, and any number of homebrew wargames, story games, and RPGs.

I'm a strong believer in the OSR, the kind of gaming it represents, and the DIY/hobby-gamer mentality.

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