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Just to clarify, PDF is the only format that works -at all- for any book where graphics or layout are important to conveying the information. I've tried epub for woodworking books, and it's terrible. PDF books, on the other hand, are readable on my phone, on my computer, and if I want to print it, it still works.

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You guys have obviously not read “The Deadly Spring” in Pyramid 3-33 Low Tech. Now that is excessive or obsessive. I am not sure. :)

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Oh, sure. However -- even considering that Pyramid is the home of "cutting edge" GURPS material, which may or may not ultimately be folded into Fourth Edition proper -- I tried to make double-dog clear that "The Deadly Spring" was really, really optional. It's a fun system for those who want such a thing, but it doesn't have much to do with the core GURPS system. Folks who want such a thing generally know what they're getting into. :-)

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When you send in the synopsis for SJG's appraisal, make sure you title it "Pitch: Niche of the Lich".

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"Pitch: Niche of the Lich"

This is ok as long as it is not written by Mitch the Snitch.

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<twitch twitch>

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Son of a ... gun.

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This, despite my best efforts to the contrary. :-)

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Honestly, I think it was both.

It really started with three or four lines of very, very simple equations, that worked, were realistic, etc.

But if you wanted to get away from basic scaling of self-bows by ST, it started to break down. Then my sanity started to break down, and I graciously shared that SAN loss with Steven.

That being said, were it not for Pyramid's ability to bundle the included spreadsheet with the article, I suspect the project woudl have been wound down a bit.

He took a chance on what was basically darn near a physics paper (and the author of The Defense Academy Warbow Trials thought it "neat," which says something. About someone.) with a near-mandatory spreadsheet.

but it's DELIBERATELY out there, which he made abundantly clear. As he said.

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Given that people would point to an optional rule in an the appendix of Vehicles 2e (which itself is a pretty niche book) and claim that their inability to take cube roots, even with a scientific calculator, makes GURPS unplayable, I think there's hope for A Deadly Spring also making people not play in your game. :)