# jack trades (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover jack trades. Page: Feed: --- ## [Grenades and Kill Shots](https://unturnedhovel.bearblog.dev/grenades-and-kill-shots/) _2026-08-17 · unturnedhovel · Unturned Hovel_ Kill Shots A shooter can choose to give up movement and evasion to get a +1d damage bonus for their successful hits. Attacks against shooters going for a "kill shot" are at +2 that round. Grenades Grenades can be used safely at a distance of Medium. At Short, the thrower must pass a throw of 8+ or take half of the explosion's damage. Grenades hit on a throw of 8+ and land at a foe's feet on a… ## [Vector Woes](https://unturnedhovel.bearblog.dev/vector-woes/) _2026-08-15 · unturnedhovel · Unturned Hovel_ After about six months of play we had the first run in with starship combat in Classic Traveller. I was excited to finally get to bust out the majority of book 2 and had prepped our whiteboard for it months in advance. We ran into one issue pretty fast which is that TLDraw has no means of consistent, fast measurement. Which made the drawing of vectors a laborious affair that slowed down the game… ## [The Evil Labyrinth Retrospective](https://unturnedhovel.bearblog.dev/the-evil-labyrinth-retrospective/) _2026-07-27 · unturnedhovel · Unturned Hovel_ Press the Beast 's summer campaign Evil Labyrinth of Gods and Monsters just wrapped up. I was present for most of the sessions and lost a good amount of characters to the dastardly dungeon. It was an "Arcade Style" game which has brought up a lot of discussion lately. I can't offer a comprehensive definition of the style of play or say that my explanation is definitive. That said I do have a… ## [Be All You Can Be (CT AAR)](https://unturnedhovel.bearblog.dev/be-all-you-can-be-ct-aar/) _2026-07-24 · unturnedhovel · Unturned Hovel_ Thoughts I always get these pangs of nerves and excitement when rolling up a patron during a session. Today's was a soldier on a planet that is entirely covered with water. Soldiers are often bored on deployment so I played up how dejected they were. A mission to find something hidden in the ocean made sense as well so I decided the soldiers were all tasked with searching the bottom of the ocean… ## [Why are open table OSR games like that?](https://unturnedhovel.bearblog.dev/why-are-open-table-osr-games-like-that/) _2026-07-16 · unturnedhovel · Unturned Hovel_ Caveat Emptor: I do not play games across a wide range of communities. I am mostly active in one space centered around the OSR/DIY and my own home table group I have gamed with for six years in tabletop and over fifteen for other games. The title of this could easily be Why are \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ games like that? If I were a member of any of those other spaces. I"ve been a player in the GB OSR server for a… ## [Being Alright with Getting IT Wrong](https://unturnedhovel.bearblog.dev/being-alright-with-getting-it-wrong/) _2026-07-14 · unturnedhovel · Unturned Hovel_ Plenty of folks feel a lot of pressure to try and run games as awfully close to the way it's written down in the book. The pressure to play RAW or do it right by the designer is something that smothers a lot of good play. That said there is a lot to be learned from doing something "by the book" to try and understand why it was presented that way to begin with. Last March I started running Classic… ## [Revolutionary War Combat Styles for Mythras](https://unturnedhovel.bearblog.dev/revolutionary-war-combat-styles-for-mythras/) _2026-07-07 · unturnedhovel · Unturned Hovel_ As I get ready to play The Times that Fry Men's Souls using Mythras I have made a few combat styles for my players to pick from. Deeply inspired by the examples listed on Retired Adventurer's post . Rakish Tactics Your days conning folks and otherwise getting into no good have served you well in learning to get the upper hand in combat. Skilled with daggers, shortswords, throwing knives, glass… ## [Straight Time (Prison Planet AAR 1)](https://unturnedhovel.bearblog.dev/straight-time-prison-planet-aar-1/) _2026-07-03 · unturnedhovel · Unturned Hovel_ Player Characters Cai Singh Avery Skitnik Cosimo Loperfido Mark Nakamura Guanyat Secundo Emma Kowalski Ernest Finns (Sic) The good ship and crew arrived on Newcomb and were shuttled off to prison. The warden gave a big, self aggrandizing speech about the virtues of hard work and Mark Nakamura tried to ask a question but the guards beat his head in twice. Things got worse for Mark as later in the… ## [Mechs of the Inner Band](https://unturnedhovel.bearblog.dev/mechs-of-the-inner-band/) _2026-07-01 · unturnedhovel · Unturned Hovel_ For use with MTB's excellent mechs for Classic Traveller . Surgeon's Friend Weapons - 4 x Gimballed Combat Shotguns Armor - as Cloth Modules - 2 x IR and Anti-Laser Smoke Dispersal Charges (Block sensors and reduce laser damage by 2d) Arm Mounted Cutting Laser Magnetic Boots The Surgeon's Friend is the mech of choice for Marines when boarding hostile warships. Smaller in stature to their ground… ## [Rolling Against the Universe](https://unturnedhovel.bearblog.dev/rolling-against/) _2026-06-29 · unturnedhovel · Unturned Hovel_ As I have been playing a lot of Classic Traveller lately, I have been reading over all the interpretations of various mechanics that changed over the editions. One that seems to be fairly entrenched in newer editions of Traveller are Characteristic saves and having Characteristics have a much larger impact on skill checks. Classic Traveller does not really suggest any form of characteristic saves… ## [Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3zff5wRyhBlP) _2026-06-29 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell and margin trade BTC & ETH with fiat currencies ## [Jack of Trades in Frydheld Sector (Classic Traveller)](https://unturnedhovel.bearblog.dev/jack-of-trades-in-frydheld-sector-classic-traveller/) _2026-06-27 · unturnedhovel · Unturned Hovel_ Jack of Trades allows player characters to attempt a throw as if they had -0 in a skill. Their Jack of Trades levels confers a bonus to the roll as appropriate to the skill being tested: Jack of Trades-2 would give a +2 bonus to a Pilot throw, a +4 bonus to an Engineering roll. Jack of Trades is not a substitute for professional training and can not be relied upon for a steady career. For each… ## [New York City](https://www.somyadesai.com/blog/new-york-city) _2025-01-24 · Somya Desai · Blog_ New York City really hardens you up. It’s a beautiful place, yes. But oh so brutal too. Bumping into people, trading curses, doors slamming in your face. And let’s not forget the cold—the sharp relentless cold that cuts right through you, completely indifferent to how tough you think you are. It’s not a place for the faint of heart or mind. It’s for those who can endure being destroyed and… ## [An Ode to Hinduism](https://www.somyadesai.com/blog/an-ode-to-hinduism) _2025-01-09 · Somya Desai · Blog_ My religion was not really my religion. It was a lifestyle, a routine, a ritual in which I was born into. The festivals, the temples, the gods, the prayers—I participated in these things like a child filling in a coloring book, trying to stay within the lines of someone else’s design. But honestly, I had quite a secular upbringing, which allowed me to openly interact with all religions. Since I… ## [The Coyote at Christmas Time](https://dweversole.substack.com/p/the-coyote-at-christmas-time) _2024-12-27 · D.W. Eversole · Outside The Box_ Holiday Buyer's Remorse ## [The Role of an Astrologer](https://www.somyadesai.com/blog/the-role-of-an-astrologer) _2024-09-02 · Somya Desai · Blog_ Which of the two people concerned–the analyst or the dreamer–will dominate the other? I gave up hypnotic treatment for this very reason, because I did not want to impose my will on others. I wanted the healing processes to grow out of the patient's own personality, not from suggestions by me that would have only a passing effect. My aim was to protect and preserve my patient's dignity and freedom,…