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 […]
Continue readingAeon V-Team S01E04 – …I’ll Be the Mad Hatter
Dramatis Personae Ciera A. Maeweather aka Weather Girl (played by +Christian Gelacio): Considered the weather manipulator (and News Channel 4’s meteorologist). Ciera can control the local weather in a variety of ways including earthquakes and the oceans. Highly trained original member of the Valiants and master of Capoeira. Sigyn A. “Ginny” Locke aka Valkyrie (played by +Ann LS): Original member of […]
Continue readingDesigner’s Notes:Terry Toucan & the Puzzle Pals – The House of 10,000 Sock Monkeys!
My involvement in this article was mostly as a format checker and “crunch” meister. Though I did help J. hammer out some of the details. I spent maybe 10 hours total, with 0.5 hours writing, 5 hours editing/format-checking, 0 hours for research, and maybe another 4.5 hours of revision. I had a blast working with […]
Continue readingAeon V-Team S01E03 – You Can Be Alice…
Dramatis Personae Ciera A. Maeweather aka Weather Girl (played by +Christian Gelacio): Considered the weather manipulator (and News Channel 4’s meteorologist). Ciera can control the local weather in a variety of ways including earthquakes and the oceans. Highly trained original member of the Valiants and master of Capoeira. Sigyn A. “Ginny” Locke aka Valkyrie (played by +Ann LS): Original member of […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: Ritual Path Magic Knacks
Those with ritual path magic have an infinitely flexible magic system at their fingertips. So how to make a one-spell johnny? Or those who have an innate ability to do one particular thing. To create such abilities use the following method: • Determine the ritual normally using the standard rules for ritual path magic. • […]
Continue readingAeon V-Team S01E02 – Down the Rabbit Hole
Dramatis PersonaeCiera A. Maeweather aka Weather Girl (played by +Christian Gelacio): Considered the weather manipulator (and News Channel 4’s meteorologist). Ciera can control the local weather in a variety of ways including earthquakes and the oceans. Highly trained original member of the Valiants and master of Capoeira.Sigyn A. “Ginny” Locke aka Valkyrie (played by +Ann LS): Original member of the Valiants. […]
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