Guest Post by Emily “Bruno” Smirle When designing a game setting with supernatural or mystical elements, it may be necessary to create a firm definition of the “soul” – what is it, who has it, what does it do for (or to) you? Theologists and philosophers have debated the subject endlessly throughout human history; the […]
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Yet another “micro-rule” – this time playing with Range modifiers for GURPS. First, let’s look at the current existing range bands: Short-Range (-1/yard like a spell, p. B239) Normal-Range (per p. B550) Long-Range (p. B241) No Penalties GURPS Powers (p. 108) says each step up is worth +50%, while each step down is worth -10%. Interpolated Range […]
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GURPS is one of those games where if you try to use every rule for every circumstance you’re going to create an unusable pile of crap. It’s like sticking a bunch of magnets on a refrigerator and then expecting to see what color the fridge is. You can do it – but it’s barely recognizable. So how do […]
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Dungeon Fantasy Aersalus – B-Team – Session 6 Dramatis Personae Fyadhiel, Elven Scout (386 points) (played by +Douglas Cole): An elvish warmaster sent on a quest to be more humane. It’s not working. Tagline: “Just Damn Better than you.” Gaffer, Gremian Artificer (428 points) (played by +Christopher D.): Boom Squirrel. Tagline: “Stop damaging your gear! I’m […]
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Dramatis Personae “Ecks”, Unique Human-Cog Hybrid Assassin (431 points) (played by +Travis Ellis): TBA. Tagline: “TBA” Hópgehnást “Keel-Breaker” Nihtbealumann, Beastly Minotaur Barbarian (404 points) (played by +Emily Smirle): TBA. Tagline: “TBA.” Nergui, Half-Orc Scout (395 points) (played by +Josh Burton): TBA. Tagline: “TBA” Rashi Talonfurr, Human Cleric of Fire (404 points) (played by +Christopher D.): TBA. […]
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Today I’m going to talk about designing boss battles in Dungeon Fantasy, but to do that let’s chat about what a boss is. Dungeon Fantasy breaks monsters down into three groups and I usually add two more (those familiar with my article “It’s a Threat!” already know about these additional two types but I’ve added them here for ease […]
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Dungeon Fantasy Aersalus – B-Team – Session 5 Dramatis Personae Fyadhiel, Elven Scout (386 points) (played by +Douglas Cole): An elvish warmaster sent on a quest to be more humane. It’s not working. Tagline: “Just Damn Better than you.” Gaffer, Gremian Artificer (428 points) (played by +Christopher D.): Boom Squirrel. Tagline: “Stop damaging your gear! I’m […]
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What can I say, it’s been a while – almost six months. Where have I been for half a year? Honestly, I’d rather not discuss it. Let’s just say that Life(TM) intruded in an extremely ugly way and there was simply no time for blogging. I barely had the time to write or keep up […]
Continue readingFinding a player for a game you wish to run is hard – finding the right player is even harder. I’ve been pretty lucky for the most part and with my current player pool of 15 or so I’ve been even luckier. That said, I personally have a few criteria that I look for in players: […]
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The Chronicles of Ceteri – C-Team – S01E11 Dramatic Personae Agrivain Tashaslan (Played by +Travis Ellis): Present Leo Brienza (Played by +Emily Smirle): Absent. Mike Bastian (Played by +Andre Sobral): Present. Raleigh Madison (Played by +Kevin Smyth): Present. Yanay Servantes (Played by +Annia Zzacchi): Present. Previously… We assemble at the BLA. We’ve secreted the Custos out of the Conclave HQ, but left the HQ in […]
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