In May 2013, a road construction crew destroyed the ancient Mayan pyramid of Noh Mul incurrent-day Belize. While those responsible feigned ignorance at what had happened, what ifit was something more? What if it had been intentionally planned? This article offers a quicksession starter for GMs in modern-day or contemporary campaigns. …if you’d like to […]
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GURPS101: Wildcard Races
There are wildcard skills (p. B175), wildcard powers (GURPS Supers, p. 41), and (recently)wildcard techniques (Pyramid #3/61 Way of the Warrior, p. 7), but not races… But really,what would such a trait do… …if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content for patrons is here.
Continue readingThe Hurt Locker: Gear Repositories for What’s In a Lair?
After one of my C-Team players for my Aeon campaign noted the lack of armories or “gadget” rooms in my rules for “What’s in a Lair?” I came up with some rules on the spot, but that got me thinking: Maybe some other folks could use this too. New Fixture: Gear Repository Varies A room […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Aeon Team Rosters – Part I
I’ve been a busy little beaver – and if my keyboard hand’t crapped out on me at the beginning of the month I’d’ve had a lot more done. As it stands, I feel pretty good at the state of my campaign (s). I’ve add another team to the roster (C-Team) and I’ve almost completed everything […]
Continue readingDesigner’s Notes: Codex Duello
Codex Duello was one of those things that came out of a “I wonder if I could…” after a conversation that started in Pyramid Write Club and degenerated into a off-list email conversation with +Douglas Cole. Doug thought that Control Points from GURPS Martial Arts: Technical Grappling might be more broadly applicable elsewhere. I just happened to […]
Continue readingGURPS101: All-Seeing Eyes
The Clairsentience advantage is one of the most underused and overrated of the “information-gathering” traits GURPS has to offer. This is most likely due to it’s high cost (50 points) and low range (starting range is a mere 10 yards). Clairsentience as Pieces Parts”So what does Clairsentience do and how does it do it? Requires you Concentrate for one […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Malfunctioning Compy
So several of my keys on my keyboard are malfunctioning. I cleaned it and that’s not helping. So ordered parts which won’t be here till 10th Patreon specials and blog posts will commence as soon as my computer is back in order. Likely, specials will all come at once at the end of the month […]
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