Dramatis Personae Benjamin B. Bailey (Played by Devin): A prodigy at earth science and an avid spelunker, Ben recently gained the power to reshape the same earth and stone that he studies. Naturally optimistic, he sees the best in those around him…even when he probably shouldn’t. Tagline: “With my friends as my foundation, I’ll never […]
Continue readingAEON B2-Team: Season 6, Session 1 – Castles and Escapades
Dramatis Personae Amar Gupta aka The Iron Sikh (played by Christian): Brick. Taxi Driver. Ass-Kicker. Sikh. Tagline: “Being a man of faith means to live it.” Amie-Belle T. W. Lee aka Whisper (Played by Curtis): Cold War era super-soldier/spy that got put in the Freezer, because she got poisoned. After getting thawed out and cured she tried to […]
Continue readingGURPS101: Deconstructing Pact
One of the more interesting things about GURPS is that oaths, pacts, etc. can have a mechanical impact on the character. The easiest one to suss out is such agreements as a disadvantage, but the more salient is using the Pact limitation (p. B00) to reduce the cost of advantages (typically powers or some kind) bought by […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – July 2023
Authorial Highlights I am still considering what long form fiction thing I want to write. GURPS Whatchamacallit will be submitted on the 8th of August. It is as good as I can get it. The Fantasy Trip Quick Quest “The Gallery of Hands” is done and remains in the hands of Steve Jackson. I’m […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – June 2023
Authorial Highlights I am still considering what long form fiction thing I want to write. GURPS Whatchamacallit is in the fridge for now. I might write two subsystems at some point. Depends. The Fantasy Trip Quick Quest “The Gallery of Hands” is done and remains in the hands of Steve Jackson. I’m wrote another […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – May 2023
Authorial Highlights I am still considering what long form fiction thing I want to write. GURPS Whatchamacallit is in the fridge for now. I might write two subsystems at some point. Depends. The Fantasy Trip Quick Quest “The Gallery of Hands” is done and remains in the hands of Steve Jackson. I’m wrote another […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – April 2023
Authorial Highlights GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: Thieves aka Marl Ankh-3 has been released! Go get a copy. The novel has been put away while I consider what long form fiction thing I want to write. GURPS Whatchamacallit is in the fridge for now. The Fantasy Trip Quick Quest “The Gallery of Hands” is done […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – March 2023
Authorial Highlights GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: Thieves aka Marl Ankh-3 has been released! Go get a copy. The novel has been put away while I consider what long form fiction thing I want to write. GURPS Whatchamacallit is in the fridge for now. The Fantasy Trip Quick Quest “The Gallery of Hands” is done […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost: What I Think a Good Player Is
Because I have such high standards for myself as a gamemaster I also have high standards for my prospective players. I’ve talked about this before but I feel it bears another post to look over what I consider the bare minimum for me to invest in a player as a GM. And I do invest. […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – February 2023
Authorial Highlights GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: Thieves aka Marl Ankh-3 has seen a production copy. It looks amazing. Not much done on the novel, but did do some head-writing and the opening scene. GURPS Whatchamacallit is still being poked in games and remains a very solid book so far. The Fantasy Trip Quick Quest […]
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