Dramatis Personae An Rang (Played by Chris D): Genius doctor, decent artist, escaped fugitive. Tagline: “They’re still alive if they aren’t dead yet.” Gushou Miren (played by Rory F.): Chains of lightning, drums like thunder, refreshing as a gentle rain, swift like the wind, bring on the Storm! Tagline: “My chain goes Snap, Crackle, Pop!” […]
Continue readingTen Thousand Jade Petals B-Team: Season 1, Session 1 – An Auspicious Beginning
Dramatis Personae An Rang (Played by Chris D): Genius doctor, decent artist, escaped fugitive. Tagline: “They’re still alive if they aren’t dead yet.” Gushou Miren (played by Rory F.): Chains of lightning, drums like thunder, refreshing as a gentle rain, swift like the wind, bring on the Storm! Tagline: “My chain goes Snap, Crackle, Pop!” […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Ruminations on a Wuxia Campaign, Revisited
You might recall me working up a wuxia campaign later last year. You might also remember how it crashed and burned after only four sessions. It happens. You can prepare, plan, and propel a campaign and it can still crash. It sucks. This one died because I lost players. When I lose players I tend […]
Continue readingTriple Threat: Rawhead and Bloody Bones
I grew up with a grandfather who told me stories from his youth. Nothing scared me quite like the legend of Bloody Bones. Here’s my interpretation of them for GURPS . . . . . . if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content for patrons […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: Light Ritual Path Magic Spells
A handful of new spells for GURPS Thaumatology: Ritual Path Magic with a focus on “light”. . . . . if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content for patrons is here.
Continue readingThe Chronicles of Ceteri B-Team: Season 3, Session 11 – A Year And a Day
Dramatis Personae Amos M. Humiston (Played by Chris D): The Linguist, Librarian, and Leader (Temporary). He is the brains to the rest of the group’s brawn. Recently Amos has completed a double Masters in Library & Information Science Archives and History and has also managed to get a rather special job lined up, if he […]
Continue readingThe Hurt Locker: Arondight
Here’s another item from my campaigns and based on Arthurian myth. It’s typically paired with the Shield of Evaloch Arondight Power Pool: 45 FP Origin: Cosmic and Mystical. “Let see who shall assay to draw me out of my sheath, but if he be more hardier than any other; and who that draweth me, wit […]
Continue readingThe Chronicles of Ceteri B-Team: Season 3, Session 10 – Absolute Bedlam
Dramatis Personae Amos M. Humiston (Played by Chris D): The Linguist, Librarian, and Leader (Temporary). He is the brains to the rest of the group’s brawn. Recently Amos has completed a double Masters in Library & Information Science Archives and History and has also managed to get a rather special job lined up, if he […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Call for Players for Wuxia Campaign
So I’m going to be looking for a few players in the coming weeks for a wuxia game that I’m going to run. The campaign details aren’t quite gelled yet, but I will be looking at using the chambara rules from GURPS Martial Arts. It will be using powers-based abilities for chi powers, have a custom realm-based […]
Continue readingThe Chronicles of Ceteri B-Team: Season 3, Session 9 – You Don’t Know Jack
Dramatis Personae Amos M. Humiston (Played by Chris D): The Linguist, Librarian, and Leader (Temporary). He is the brains to the rest of the group’s brawn. Recently Amos has completed a double Masters in Library & Information Science Archives and History and has also managed to get a rather special job lined up, if he […]
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