Dramatis Personae Jian Wu aka Two (played by Christian G.): TBA. Tagline: TBA. Jiao Ting aka Eight (Played by Chris D): TBA. Tagline: TBA. Liang Jing Min aka Five (Played by Randy H.): TBA. Tagline: TBA. Nongmin Chushi aka Seven (played by Rory F.): TBA. Tagline: TBA. Sheng Yi aka One (Played by Calvin J): TBA. Tagline: TBA. Zhiyu Zhige aka Nine (NPC): TBA. Tagline: TBA. He […]
Continue readingTen Thousand Jade Petals B-Team: Season 1, Session 3 – Hippity Hoppity Goes The Vampire
Dramatis Personae An Rang (Played by Chris D): Genius doctor, decent artist, escaped fugitive. Tagline: “They’re still alive if they aren’t dead yet.” Gushou Miren (played by Rory F.): Chains of lightning, drums like thunder, refreshing as a gentle rain, swift like the wind, bring on the Storm! Tagline: “My chain goes Snap, Crackle, Pop!” […]
Continue readingGURPS101: More New Talents I
Here are a few new talents – mostly culled from my own campaigns. Born to the Blade 10/level Broadsword, Fast-Draw (Knife, Sword, or Two-Handed Sword), Knife, Rapier, Saber, Shortsword, Smallsword, and Two-Handed Sword. Reaction Bonus: None! You’re natural adeptness with a blade is enough. Alternative Benefit: On the other hand, instead of a reaction […]
Continue readingGURPS101: Variation of Racial Memory
The following is a variation of Racial Memory meant for immortals and long-lived beings. It represents the fact that they’ve lived exceedingly long lives and may have learned, mastered, and forgotten skills in that time. Racial Memory see p. B78 Racial Memory (Long-Lived): You’ve been around for a while. Whenever you encounter a situation, go […]
Continue readingGURPS101: More Blessed Options III
One thing that’s fairly common in fiction is the ability to be in the spirit world and the real world at the same time. GURPS lacks this ability in RAW, but I got you covered. Blessed (Dual Spiritual Nature) 15 or 45 points You exist simultaneously in the Spirit and Material Worlds. For those with a partial […]
Continue readingTen Thousand Jade Petals C-Team: Season 1, Session 1 – Singing Hares and Bandits
Dramatis Personae Big Chon (Played by Chris D.): TBA. Tagline: “TBA.” Lin Shisheng (Played by Scott R.): TBA. Tagline: “TBA.” Myaing (Played by Emily S.): TBA. Tagline: “TBA.” Yang Wen (Played by Will M.): TBA. Tagline: “TBA.” Zhao Liu (Played by Travis E.): TBA. Tagline: “TBA.” Previously . . . Things begin several folks setting […]
Continue readingGURPS101: Deconstructing Whirlwind Attack
Recently while working on my wuxia fantasy campaign I got to thinking about attacking tons of opponents at once. Obviously, Whirlwind attack came to mind. But that ability doesn’t really match up to how you see it working in kung fu flicks. So I thought I’d do one of my deconstructions for it. (The actual […]
Continue readingTen Thousand Jade Petals B-Team: Season 1, Session 14 – The Village of Wind’s Pearl
Dramatis Personae Jian Wu aka Two (played by Christian G.): TBA. Tagline: TBA. Jiao Ting aka Eight (Played by Chris D): TBA. Tagline: TBA. Liang Jing Min aka Five (Played by Randy H.): TBA. Tagline: TBA. Nongmin Chushi aka Seven (played by Rory F.): TBA. Tagline: TBA. Sheng Yi aka One (Played by Calvin J): TBA. Tagline: TBA. Zhiyu Zhige aka Nine (NPC): TBA. Tagline: TBA. He […]
Continue readingGURPS101: Luck Variant – Storing Dice Rolls
the Basic Set Luck advantage allows you to roll the dice two additional times (for a total of three rolls for one task) and take the result you want. This allows for turning a failure or critical failure into a success or failure (or vice versa in some situations like if you were attacking an ally […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: Ritual Path Magic Spells – Path of Chance III
GURPS Thaumatology: Ritual Path Magic is one of my favorite magic systems that GURPS has yet to produce. The flexibility of the system lets you do darn near anything. One of my favorite spell types is “luck manipulation” and here are a few spells I’ve made for my own games . . . . . […]
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