In my Chronicles of Ceteri campaign I ran a “mini-game” that was basically a mash-up of rules from GURPS Technical Grappling and some ideas I had. Here they are for use by others. The Basics Each round make a ST- or DX-based Climbing roll (whichever is better). Success means you roll your thrust damage for “climbing points” (CP). Add […]
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GURPS101: Expanded Higher Purpose Categories
Higher Purpose is one of the more interesting player-definable traits in GURPS. Originally, it was meant to give a game-mechanical bonus to characters whose raison d’etre was something specific like “Guard the King’s Bloodline.” In supplements like GURPS Horror or GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 1: Adventurers it was further expanded to give a bonus when fighting […]
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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 readingGURPS101: Dungeon Fantasy Tropes – The Unarmored Caster
GURPS Dungeon Fantasy is the essence of the delving, dragons, and dungeons (in my humble opinion of course). The original Dungeons and Dragons had some interesting tropes (fight’n cleric, lightly armored rogue, etc.). Today I’m talking about one of my favorites: the unarmored caster. . . . . . if you’d like to read more, […]
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Continue readingGURPS101: More Psychic Vampirism Powers for Psionic Powers III
GURPS Psionic Powers is one of the best powers frameworks that GURPS fourth edition has yet to offer, seamlessly blending flavor and crunch in a perfect mix. I use it often. Here’s a power from one of my campaigns . . . . . . if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: […]
Continue readingGURPS101: More Electrokinesis Powers for Psionic
GURPS Psionic Powers is one of the best powers frameworks that GURPS fourth edition has yet to offer, seamlessly blending flavor and crunch in a perfect mix. I use it often. Here’s a power from one of my campaigns . . . . . . if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: […]
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Continue readingGURPS101: More Cybernetics For Ultra-Tech
GURPS Ultra-Tech offers a rules framework for adding cybernetic abilities to a character, in this Patreon Special I add two more from my own campaigns. . . . . . if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content for patrons is here.
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