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: “It is better to have less […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: Ritual Path Magic – More New Casting Talents I
Here are a few new casting talents for Ritual Path Magic – mostly culled from my own campaigns. Arcane Attorney 5 points/level Fast-Talk, Law, Path of Chance, Path of Spirit, and Public Speaking. Reaction Bonus: None! This is a casting talent. Alternative Benefit: Treat your Thaumatology and any Path skills as one level higher per […]
Continue readingDesigner’s Notes: GURPS Horror – Beyond the Pale
GURPS Horror: Beyond the Pale was not the first collaboration I’d done with J. (and it wasn’t the last). It was however a situation where I felt we’d both shine. J. has a singularly gifted ability with horror and the unknown. One that has shown up often in his works. When Steven came to me […]
Continue readingTen Thousand Jade Petals B-Team: Season 1, Session 3 – Hippity Hoppity Goes The Vampire
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 readingGURPS101: More New Talents I
Here are a few new talents – mostly culled from my own campaigns. Born to the Blade 10/level Broadsword, Fast-Draw (Knife, Sword, or Two-Handed Sword), Knife, Rapier, Saber, Shortsword, Smallsword, and Two-Handed Sword. Reaction Bonus: None! You’re natural adeptness with a blade is enough. Alternative Benefit: On the other hand, instead of a reaction […]
Continue readingGURPS101: Variation of Racial Memory
The following is a variation of Racial Memory meant for immortals and long-lived beings. It represents the fact that they’ve lived exceedingly long lives and may have learned, mastered, and forgotten skills in that time. Racial Memory see p. B78 Racial Memory (Long-Lived): You’ve been around for a while. Whenever you encounter a situation, go […]
Continue readingGURPS101: More Blessed Options III
One thing that’s fairly common in fiction is the ability to be in the spirit world and the real world at the same time. GURPS lacks this ability in RAW, but I got you covered. Blessed (Dual Spiritual Nature) 15 or 45 points You exist simultaneously in the Spirit and Material Worlds. For those with a partial […]
Continue readingTen 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 Travis E.): TBA. Tagline: “TBA.” Previously . . . Things begin several folks setting […]
Continue readingGURPS101: Deconstructing Whirlwind Attack
Recently while working on my wuxia fantasy campaign I got to thinking about attacking tons of opponents at once. Obviously, Whirlwind attack came to mind. But that ability doesn’t really match up to how you see it working in kung fu flicks. So I thought I’d do one of my deconstructions for it. (The actual […]
Continue readingGURPS101: Luck Variant – Storing Dice Rolls
the Basic Set Luck advantage allows you to roll the dice two additional times (for a total of three rolls for one task) and take the result you want. This allows for turning a failure or critical failure into a success or failure (or vice versa in some situations like if you were attacking an ally […]
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