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When your role-playing game of choice lacks rules for called shots, or its rules are cumbersome or unsatisfactory concerning the deliberate targeting of specific hit locations, consider using the Universal Called Shot Table. Utilizing only a single Fudge die, this simple option can be used with any role-playing game. Anytime a character makes a successful [...]

Wound tracks in Fudge are an ingenious invention. They make it possible for wounds to be recorded individually and have cumulative effects. Wound tracks can be adjusted for the number of wound boxes per wound level, the damage factors corresponding to the wound level, and even the effects of the wounds themselves. I have already [...]

In a comment on Simulating Incompetence, 1d30 raised the issue of taking more time to accomplish a task in order to achieve results above one’s skill level. Naturally, one can just fudge it (especially in Fudge), but here are some additional ways to handle it. Dual Skill Levels In Simulating Incompetence, I described how a [...]

How does one simulate incompetence in a role-playing game? In Dungeons & Dragons, one step one can take is to eliminate minimum attribute requirements that prevent the existence of puny fighters, bumbling thieves, and dull-witted magic-users (as suggested by richard in the comments on this article in Grognardia). That’s simple enough, but how does one [...]

There is, if I recall correctly, only one rule in Fudge that addresses the benefits of pole arms, and then only indirectly. From Section 4.31, Melee Modifiers: Compare combatants’ weapon sizes and shields (see Section 4.54, Sample Wound Factors List). If one fighter’s weapon + shield value is +2 (or more) greater than the other [...]