GURPS Martial Arts codifies fighting styles in an easy to use block. Most of the book is based on real world martial arts with a few “fantastic” styles in a separate section. Here is a fantastic style I’m using in my wuxia campaign “Ten Thousand Jade Petals” that riffs off of Shurikenjutsu and takes it […]
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Ten Thousand Jade Petals C-Team: Season 1, Session 2 – White Wedding
Ten Thousand Jade Petals C-Team: Season 1, Session 1 – Singing Hares and Bandits Dramatis Personae Big Chon (Played by Chris D.): TBA. Tagline: “TBA.” Lin Shisheng (Played by Scott R.): TBA. Tagline: “TBA.” Myaing (Played by Emily S.): TBA. Tagline: “TBA.” Yang Wen (Played by Will M.): TBA. Tagline: “TBA.” Zhao Liu (Played by […]
Continue readingMelee Academy: Fantastic Martial Arts
GURPS Martial Arts codifies fighting styles in an easy to use block. Most of the book is based on real world martial arts with a few “fantastic” styles in a separate section. Here is a fantastic style I’m using in my wuxia campaign “Ten Thousand Jade Petals” that riffs off of Shurikenjutsu and takes it […]
Continue readingTen Thousand Jade Petals B-Team: Season 1, Session 2 – A Dark Wanderer
Ten 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 […]
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 readingThe Chronicles of Ceteri B-Team: Season 3, Session 11 – A Year And a Day
The 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 […]
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
The 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 […]
Continue readingThe Chronicles of Ceteri B-Team: Season 3, Session 9 – You Don’t Know Jack
The Chronicles of Ceteri B-Team: Season 3, Session 8 – Death Chili 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 […]
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