In May 2013, a road construction crew destroyed the ancient Mayan pyramid of Noh Mul incurrent-day Belize. While those responsible feigned ignorance at what had happened, what ifit was something more? What if it had been intentionally planned? This article offers a quicksession starter for GMs in modern-day or contemporary campaigns. …if you’d like to […]
Continue readingGURPS101: Wildcard Races
There are wildcard skills (p. B175), wildcard powers (GURPS Supers, p. 41), and (recently)wildcard techniques (Pyramid #3/61 Way of the Warrior, p. 7), but not races… But really,what would such a trait do… …if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content for patrons is here.
Continue readingThe Hurt Locker: Gear Repositories for What’s In a Lair?
After one of my C-Team players for my Aeon campaign noted the lack of armories or “gadget” rooms in my rules for “What’s in a Lair?” I came up with some rules on the spot, but that got me thinking: Maybe some other folks could use this too. New Fixture: Gear Repository Varies A room […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Aeon Team Rosters – Part I
I’ve been a busy little beaver – and if my keyboard hand’t crapped out on me at the beginning of the month I’d’ve had a lot more done. As it stands, I feel pretty good at the state of my campaign (s). I’ve add another team to the roster (C-Team) and I’ve almost completed everything […]
Continue readingDesigner’s Notes: Codex Duello
Codex Duello was one of those things that came out of a “I wonder if I could…” after a conversation that started in Pyramid Write Club and degenerated into a off-list email conversation with +Douglas Cole. Doug thought that Control Points from GURPS Martial Arts: Technical Grappling might be more broadly applicable elsewhere. I just happened to […]
Continue readingGURPS101: All-Seeing Eyes
The Clairsentience advantage is one of the most underused and overrated of the “information-gathering” traits GURPS has to offer. This is most likely due to it’s high cost (50 points) and low range (starting range is a mere 10 yards). Clairsentience as Pieces Parts”So what does Clairsentience do and how does it do it? Requires you Concentrate for one […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Malfunctioning Compy
So several of my keys on my keyboard are malfunctioning. I cleaned it and that’s not helping. So ordered parts which won’t be here till 10th Patreon specials and blog posts will commence as soon as my computer is back in order. Likely, specials will all come at once at the end of the month […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: The Return of Magic – After the End
Guest Post by +Asta Kask aka Anders Starmark What if magic returned? What if it never went away? How would magic interact with the post-apocalyptic world? Are magic and technology antithetical or are they capable of enhancing each other? The most important thing to figure out is probably what magic system to use – GURPS has a […]
Continue readingThe Hurt Locker: Shelter Building After the End
GURPS After the End 2: The New World presents several new rules for surviving in the wastelands. “Survival at the End” from Pyramid #3/90: After the End gives even more guidelines and options for survival. Today’s Hurt Locker installment is all about building shelters when you don’t have adequate gear…. …if you’d like to read more, consider becoming […]
Continue readingDesigner’s Notes: Survival at the End
“Survival at the End” was something I’d conceived pretty much on the fly. I had a tight deadline and I knew I’d need to use at least half the time I’d been allotted to let my revisors chew on it. Luckily, one of the the things I’m knowledgeable in is various hunting and survival techniques. […]
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