Dramatis Personae Henry Young aka Springheel (played by Chris D.): A hyperkinetic with superhuman reflexes that recently left one military to join another. Tagline: “What’s the point of shooting if you’re just going to miss?” Hssh ̚ok-qrra ͜a ͞a’escht ̷iish aka “Hiss” (played by Emily “Bruno” S.): A stranger in a strange land, with strange […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost: Different Disadvantages
Some game systems don’t have (or need) personified disadvantages/flaws/etc. – GURPS isn’t one of them. Disadvantages play a huge role in determining how a character might react in a given situation or be forced to react if the player isn’t running his character as his disadvantage(s) dictate. That’s the whole point of having them – you get […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost: Highway to the Danger Zone
Running roleplaying games as a GM can be very rewarding. It can also sap your patience to the point of GM burnout. A state to be avoided at all costs. But how do you avoid that? Here’s a few warning signs I’ve learned (the hard way) to be on the lookout for. Player Despondency Maybe […]
Continue readingAEON C-Team: Season 5, Session 4 – You Better Not Take It From Me
Dramatis Personae Henry Young aka Springheel (played by Chris D.): A hyperkinetic with superhuman reflexes that recently left one military to join another. Tagline: “What’s the point of shooting if you’re just going to miss?” Hssh ̚ok-qrra ͜a ͞a’escht ̷iish aka “Hiss” (played by Emily “Bruno” S.): A stranger in a strange land, with strange […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost: Recurring Villains and Their Care
There is nothing quite like an antagonist that all the PCs can hate together to keep a campaign moving forward. Sure, the villian put fricken lasers on the backs of squirrels and tried to kill the PCs, but what is a villian doing when he’s not tormenting the PCs? Moreover, how do you keep the […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: Radiamancy Ritual Path Magic
Not all those wander the wasteland are lost. This special presents a new tradition for Ritual Path Magic that relies on exposing oneself to intense radiation and then channeling that energy into powerful magic. . . . . . if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content […]
Continue readingMelee Academy: More Psionic Martial Arts II
GURPS Psionic Powers offers a way to create psychic characters using a powers framework. GURPS Martial Arts codifies fighting styles in an easy to use block. In Pyramid #3/69: Psionics II I created the first fusion of these two books with “Mind and Body”. Here is another martial arts style that never made it to […]
Continue readingGURPS101: Art of the Wild VII
Like the previous six installments of this, this Patreon Special covers two new wildcard skills along with suggested benefits. . . . . . if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content for patrons is here.
Continue readingAEON C-Team: Season 4, Session 3 – We Got Everything You Want
Dramatis Personae Henry Young aka Springheel (played by Chris D.): A hyperkinetic with superhuman reflexes that recently left one military to join another. Tagline: “What’s the point of shooting if you’re just going to miss?” Hssh ̚ok-qrra ͜a ͞a’escht ̷iish aka “Hiss” (played by Emily “Bruno” S.): A stranger in a strange land, with strange […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogeim: My New Desktop
So my name machine is fully assembled, the kinks are (mostly) worked out, and I’ve begun working in earnest again. Thanks to all who donated to make this happen: Anders Starmark Christopher Hallquist David Fico and Sarah Hale David Pulver Elizabeth McCoy Emily Smirle Jason “PK” Levine Jeromy French [redacted at request of the doner] […]
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