The Chronicles of Ceteri B-Team: Season 3, Session 3 – Casting Out The Unclean 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 readingBoil and Bubble: Optional Multiple Caster Rules for Effect-Shaping Ritual Path Magic
It occured to me the other day as I was looking at my rules for my Chronicles of Ceteri campaign setting that the regular rules for multiple casters in Effect-Shaping Ritual Path Magic are kind of anemic. Each caster gives a mere +1? +2 for a critical success. I decided to come up with something better. So […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost: Paid Gamemastering
The topic of gamemastering for pay came up in the GURPS Discord and I just had to jump in. First, I’ve done paid GMing in my past and it can be a great experience if you know what you’re doing. You need to be a good GM, capable of improvisation on the spot, willing to hash […]
Continue readingThe Chronicles of Ceteri B-Team: Season 3, Session 3 – Casting Out The Unclean
The Chronicles of Ceteri B-Team: Season 3, Session 2 – Guys and Dolls 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 […]
Continue readingThe Chronicles of Ceteri B-Team: Season 3, Session 2 – Guys and Dolls
The Chronicles of Ceteri B-Team: Season 3, Session 1 – Don’t Come a Knocking 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 readingTriple Threat: Dybbuk
The dybbuk of Jewish folklore is a cruel possessing spirit that is the soul of someone who has not gone on to its afterlife or who is refusing to be reincarnating. They typically haunt their families but this is not always the case. Ousting a dybbuk usually requires a rabi or holy person who effectively […]
Continue readingThe Chronicles of Ceteri C-Team: Season 3, Session 1 – When Things Explode
The Chronicles of Ceteri C-Team: Season 2, Session 5 Dramatis Personae Agrivain Tashaslan (played by Travis E.): Inhumanely attractive and a genius spellcaster, Aggravaine is trying to make a name for himself in the supernatural world of Ceteri.. Tagline: “TBA.” Charles Malone (played by Will M.): Charles is a detective, mechanical tinkerer, and powerful sorcerer who always tries […]
Continue readingThe Chronicles of Ceteri B-Team: Season 3, Session 1 – Don’t Come a Knocking
The Chronicles of Ceteri B-Team: Season 2, Session 7 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 also managed to […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – January 2020
Authorial Highlights GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: ??? aka Marl Ankh-3 has had its first draft submitted to Steve Jackson Games. Given that GURPS Girl Genius is in house and with Kromm I doubt I will see feedback on this any time soon. My current version is sitting at about 26,000 words and has only two […]
Continue readingMelee Academy: Evaluation As a Skill Roll
+Douglas Cole tossed down a gauntlet (as he usually does) while I was ill (I hurt my back about 2 weeks ago and it’s just now that I’ve been able to type or write for extended periods of time). While I was laid up I got to thinking, Evaluate is kind of a “special maneuver” – […]
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