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Old 06-05-2018, 08:26 AM   #6
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Default Re: RPG systems as handgun cartridges

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Originally Posted by RyanW View Post
D&D is .38 Special (the most popular revolver cartridge in the world). That would make earlier editions .38 Long Colt, and before that .38 Short Colt. Chainmail is .36 caliber cap and ball.

In my version, class and level systems are revolvers, and point buy systems are automatics.
Does that make Traveller and similar life-path systems gyrojet? You could also use derringer for very primitive systems like "Advanced" Fighting Fantasy.
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