Guides and essays and things like that

Guides. The FAQ. Essays. All sorts of writings about the GRIT are stored here.

The FAQ

The GRIT FAQ is a bit out of date as it was written quite a while ago and hasn't been updated since. However it is still a good start.

Eli Kaplan is the current FAQ owner and writer. You can find the latest version on his webpage, located at http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/6480/.

Character and Combat guides

These are the various guides and templates for creating a character and defining his/her abilities in combat.

Scott Schimmel is the current archivist and maintainer of the character guide, so you can direct questions to him. Or to any of the veteran GRITters, really, we're a nice bunch and can help you out.

The combat guide was maintained by Aaron Peori - however, Aaron is no longer in GRIT. Last I knew, it was in the capable hands of Ken Miller (better known on the newsgroup as sanjian). As with the character guide, you can either direct questions about the combat guide to him, or to any of the vetern GRITters.

Here are the various forms and such for the guides:

• Character submission form
  For version 3.0 of Scott's character guide.
• v3 Combat Guide form (by Aaron Peori)
  So you can tell the world what your character(s) can do in combat...
• Information about v3 of the Combat Guide (by Aaron Peori)
  ...and this is so you know how to tell the world what your GRIT character(s) can do in combat.
• GRIT Combat Guide Reference Sheet v4.0 (by Blade)
  Further information on how to tell the world what your GRIT character(s) can do in combat.

Essays on GRIT concepts and how to be an effective part of GRIT

• GRIT Character Concepts
  1. Post 1 (Jason Heavensrun)
  2. Post 2 (Steven Scougall)
  3. Post 3 (Sanjian)
• How to GRIT (By Aaron Peori)
  As the name suggests, Aaron explains how to best participate in GRIT...
• How to GRIT additional (By Chris McNeil)
  ...and this is what Chris McNeil (better known as Blade) had to say in response to a response to Aaron's post, which I thought was worth reading, which is why it's here.
• Some thoughts on the nature of Ranma 1/2 and GRIT characters.
  Aaron Peori made this post a LOOOONG time ago, and so some of it makes no sense out of its original chronological context. But! The main point of this article is that Aaron talks about the fundamental nature of Ranma 1/2 and GRIT characters. Which is what makes it so important for anybody thinking of joining GRIT to read. In fact, that's so important, I'll say that again. Anybody even THINKING of joining GRIT should read this and take what it says to heart.
• Easy ways to become significant (by Scott Schimmel)
• Adivce on GRIT fight scenes (by Aaron Peori, with additions by Time Lady)
  As the name suggests, advice on writing fight scenes in GRIT, from the combat guide man himself.

And finally, for a bit of a laugh...

Hey, look at this! It's the positively ancient Guide to the GRIT, version 3.0 that I used to maintain back in 1996.

A whole lot of stuff has happened since then, and GRIT is much much more complicated now. However, the guide is interesting on two points. The first is what things were like since then. The second is more useful - there's a little bit of old GRIT history in there, detailing all the events that occurred before the Pollan Weedwhacker Everything-Goes Tournament. There is also a rough attempt at explaining the Clone Wars.

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This page was last updated on the 21st of May, 2001