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Melee Academy: The Feats of Samson (Patreon)

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2015-05-28 22:46:07

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2023-09

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"He was the strongest man that ever had lived on earth.
One day when Samson was walking along,
Looked down on the ground, he saw an old jawbone.
He stretched out his arm, God knows, chains broke like thread,
When he got to moving, ten thousand was dead."

Samson - the original Incredible Hulk - is one of my favorite stories in religious literature. It's got action, (bad) romance, and danger with an ending worthy of Weinstein. Today's blog post is all about Samson and some of the things he did using GURPS as a framework to gauge the story and make it gameable.

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Ravens N' Pennies: Melee Academy: The Feats of Samson

The Biblical figure of Samson (or "Sampson") from the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) is an interesting guy. Basically, he's the Christian version of Heracles (and has interesting ties to that particular mythological figure as well). He did some pretty cool things, things which any PC in any campaign would love to do.