Sorry to derail a bit... you know maintenance levels of body fat (IE what you can maintain indefinitely) are closer to 10%, right? Elite Martial Artists will probably vary from 7 to 15%... Average ii… (View Post)

Solo shorty cleric kiting and slinging Sarevok to death was entertainingly absurd. David and Goliath! ...If Goliath needed 40 or 50 +2 sling stones to get dropped that is. Still, very satisfying fini… (View Post)

Aluminum is a really, really weird metal if you have only a background with steel/iron. It has alloys that can't be welded (as in, LOTS of them), and even done perfectly, a weld on an aluminum part w… (View Post)

Clerics are incredibly good. Animte Dead as a 3rd level spell is gamebreakingly good almost. Mages are MUCH better in 3rd vs 2nd ed, as they get bonus feats. While I wouldn't dare to run 2 full progr… (View Post)

@atcDave afaik, heroic combat was indeed a thing, though typically it was not the sole deciding factor. Most battles weren't very organized, or at a substantial scale until Alexander. Persia had huge… (View Post)