The last of the paranormal powers posts for The Chronicles of Ceteri is extrinsic magic (it might take two or three entries to do). Extrinsic magic (called “gramarye”) is probably the most common form of magic in the Chronicles setting. It can be understand by anyone willing to learn and meet its harsh requirements. These casters […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Intrinsic Magic
In The Chronicles of Ceteri magic is broken up into two forms: extrinsic magic and intrinsic magic. Extrinsic magic is essentially ritual path magic, while intrinsic magic (often called “rote magic”) encompasses everything else. This includes racial magical powers, chi skills, imbuements, logos (magical words of power), and wyrdling aptitudes (the ability to perform a specific […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: A Call for Players
And I’m back again looking for players. For a while now my groups were steady, but life and withdrawals to do other things have hit me hard on the gaming front. I’m specifically looking for 2-3 players for my Monday night B-Team. We play every week at 1930 hours EST to 2330 hours EST. The […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Middle Kingdom, Post-Mortem
Let me start this post with explaining how agitated I am. The Middle Kingdom ran for exactly four sessions and then it died. I had two players withdraw from an already light group and it collapsed. I’m so angry that I didn’t see the reasons for the withdraw as clearly as I could have. I’m not […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Schwarzgerät
For the most part the universe of Ceteri is TL8 (or less in some areas). It’s a contemporary campaign set in the modern world – but that doesn’t mean weird technology doesn’t exist. Schwarzgerät is a word that means “black device” and has come to mean any sort of science or technology that uses variant, unknown, […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: Different Tradition – Chaos Magick
GURPS Thaumatology: Ritual Path Magic is one of my favorite systems and I love making new add-ons, micro-rules sets, and spells for it. Today’s patron special is a lens to turn regular casters into chaos magicians who rely on chance and circumstance to determine what their spells do.. . . . . . if you’d […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: AEON Sorcery Spells II
The second installment of Sorcery spells from my GURPS AEON supers campaign. . . . . . if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content for patrons is here.
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Geotrinsic Phenomena
Geotrinsic phenomena includes any paranormal effect not caused by humans, but rather the environment or reality itself. This includes ley lines, ley line nexuses, super nexuses, “dragon wells” (where raw magic comes from), astrological occultations, “places of power”, “Bad Places”, and other similiar phenomena. Three key ands important phenomena that are technically artificial is the […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – October 2019
Authorial Highlights Marl Ankh-3 is being edited/revised and I’m currently at the 23% mark. My January deadline is well within reach as I continue working on this one. SNO-51 is once again finished and I’ll be submitting that on Monday after a final shakedown this weekend. The playtest for this one is going to […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Psychic Powers
Psychic ability in The Chronicles of Ceteri use the rules from GURPS Psionic Powers with a few tweaks (because of course I did). But why? Well, first, I love the Victorian idea of psychic ability. Not everything was about spirits and contacting them. There were some interesting ideas about animal magnetism, telepathy, and other abilities that just have neat spins […]
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