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  2. Eldritch Role-Playing System - Wikipedia

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    Eldritch Role-Playing System is an epic fantasy role-playing game system contained in a 96-page book designed by Dan Cross and Randall Petras, with interior art by Eric Bergeron, and cover art by Peter Bradley. [1] Rather than being based on D&D ' s character class system, this RPG is based on abilities and actions.

  3. Recoil - Wikipedia

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    The gun acquires a rearward velocity that is ratio of this momentum by the mass of the gun: the heavier the gun, the slower the rearward velocity. As an example, a 8 g (124 gr) bullet of 9×19mm Parabellum flying forward at 350 m/s muzzle speed generates a momentum to push a 0.8 kg pistol firing it at 3.5 m/s rearward, if unopposed by the shooter.

  4. Critical hit - Wikipedia

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    In many role-playing games and video games, a critical hit (or crit) is a chance that a successful attack will deal more damage than a normal blow.. The concept of critical hits originates from wargames and role-playing games, as a way to simulate luck, and crossed over into video games in the 1986 JRPG Dragon Quest, [1] set at a fixed rate of 1/64 (~1.56%). [2]

  5. Lovecraftian horror - Wikipedia

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    Lovecraftian horror, also called cosmic horror [2] or eldritch horror, is a subgenre of horror, fantasy fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible [3] more than gore or other elements of shock. [4]

  6. External ballistics - Wikipedia

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    These are based on six degrees of freedom (6 DoF) calculations. 6 DoF modeling accounts for x, y, and z position in space along with the projectiles pitch, yaw, and roll rates. 6 DoF modeling needs such elaborate data input, knowledge of the employed projectiles and expensive data collection and verification methods that it is impractical for ...

  7. Basic fighter maneuvers - Wikipedia

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    The counter to a break is often a displacement roll called a barrel roll attack. A barrel roll consists of performing a roll and a loop, completing both at the same time. The result is a helical roll around a straight flight path. The barrel roll attack uses a much tighter loop than the roll, completing a full loop while only executing 3/4 of a ...

  8. Hit rate - Wikipedia

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    Hit rate is a metric or measure of business performance traditionally associated with sales. It is defined as the number of sales of a product divided by the number of customers who go online, planned call, or visit a company to find out about the product. [1] Sales can be measured either as the sum of dollars pursued or the number of deals ...

  9. Power factor (shooting sports) - Wikipedia

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    A high-speed photograph of a .38 Special bullet fired out of a Smith & Wesson Model 686 revolver.. Power factor (PF) in practical shooting competitions refers to a ranking system used to reward cartridges with more recoil.