Dramatic Personae Annalise “Annie” M. Murphy (played by +Ann LS): Exorcist extraordinaire, sorcerer, psychic, twice cursed and twice blessed monster hunter. Ex-Gladius Dei. The Murphy. Talks to God, sometimes He talks back. Dr. Francesco “Frankie” Novella (played by +Troy Loy): Doctor and accidental hero. Surgeon with a shotgun. Unflappable. Logical. Sometimes literal. No sense of humor. Always capable. Sir Al-Shams mac Lannageal […]
Continue readingThe Chronicles of Ceteri – A-Team – S00E04 – Stone Dead, Part IV
Dramatic Personae Annalise “Annie” M. Murphy (played by +Ann LS): Exorcist extraordinaire, sorcerer, psychic, twice cursed and twice blessed monster hunter. Ex-Gladius Dei. The Murphy. Talks to God, sometimes He talks back. Dr. Francesco “Frankie” Novella (played by +Troy Loy): Doctor and accidental hero. Surgeon with a shotgun. Unflappable. Logical. Sometimes literal. No sense of humor. Always capable. Sir Al-Shams mac Lannageal […]
Continue readingThe Chronicles of Ceteri – A-Team – S00E03 – Stone Dead, Part III
Dramatic Personae Annalise “Annie” M. Murphy (played by +Ann LS): Exorcist extraordinaire, sorcerer, psychic, twice cursed and twice blessed monster hunter. Ex-Gladius Dei. The Murphy. Talks to God, sometimes He talks back. Dr. Francesco “Frankie” Novella (played by +Troy Loy): Doctor and accidental hero. Surgeon with a shotgun. Unflappable. Logical. Sometimes literal. No sense of humor. Always capable. Sir Al-Shams mac Lannageal […]
Continue readingThe Chronicles of Ceteri – A-Team – S00E02 – Stone Dead, Part II
Dramatic Personae Annalise “Annie” M. Murphy (played by +Ann LS): Exorcist extraordinaire, sorcerer, psychic, twice cursed and twice blessed monster hunter. Ex-Gladius Dei. The Murphy. Talks to God, sometimes He talks back. Dr. Francesco “Frankie” Novella (played by +Troy Loy): Doctor and accidental hero. Surgeon with a shotgun. Unflappable. Logical. Sometimes literal. No sense of humor. Always capable. Sir Al-Shams mac Lannageal […]
Continue readingThe Chronicles of Ceteri – A-Team – S00E01 – Stone Dead, Part I
Dramatic Personae Annalise “Annie” M. Murphy (played by +Ann LS): Exorcist extraordinaire, sorcerer, psychic, twice cursed and twice blessed monster hunter. Ex-Gladius Dei. The Murphy. Talks to God, sometimes He talks back. Dr. Francesco “Frankie” Novella (played by +Troy Loy): Doctor and accidental hero. Surgeon with a shotgun. Unflappable. Logical. Sometimes literal. No sense of humor. Always capable. Sir Al-Shams […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost – Framing Your Preferences, Part III
Wrapping up my posts on framing a campaign, today I talk about putting it all together. Know that you know what your players want for their characters and the campaign itself it’s time for the linchpin: What the GM wants. I see so many campaigns flame out fast because the GM and players were simply […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost – Framing Your Preferences, Part II
Continuing my previous post in this three part series. Previously, we talked about framing their preferences as concerns their characters (e.g., how much combat they wanted in the campaign on a per session basis). Basically, how the players expect their characters to react to the campaign world Today I talk about framing the player’s preferences concerning the campaign world. That […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: Shinto Ritual Path Magic Spells
GURPS Thaumatology: Ritual Path Magic is one of the most flexible magic systems GURPS has yet to produce. It can function as a magic system flavored for just about any mystical framework (real or otherwise) one can think of. The following new spells have a Shinto “bent” to them making them useful for Edo-era Japan […]
Continue readingMelee Academy: Whip Fighting
GURPS Martial Arts is often thought of as the “fourth” Core Book (after the Basic Set and GURPS Powers) and for good reason – it expands the rules in several profound ways. One of those ways was the introduction of “styles” an abstraction for how various martial arts in the real world can be translated […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost – Framing Your Preferences, Part I
One of the many things I learned running my Aeon supers campaign was how to improve my skills when it came to framing a campaign toward the player’s expectations. I say the players and not the characters because when it gets down to it each player has things they truly enjoy doing within the structure of […]
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