“In glamoury that necromancer held his hosts of phantoms and of wandering ghosts…” – The Lay of Leithian, J. R. R. Tolkien In a previous post, I talked about various “wizardly” archetypes and how you might create them using RPM. In this post (and successive ones if it continues to prove popular), I’m going to […]
“One man only had perished in the fire. When the last of the Hydes was buried in this place of shade and stillness, the sad urnful of ashes had come from a distant land; to which the family had repaired when the mansion burned down. No one remains to lay flowers before the granite portal, […]
I’ve decided that I’m going to start doing a “review” of the previous year at the starting of each new year. So, to begin with. Here are the things that went on in 2013 for me: The Good (What I did well or that went well) I had four Pyramidarticles published this year: The Old […]
Like the previous two installments, this post is all about me (like it always is!), while Peterand Doug talk about GURPS statistics in general, I prefer to dish out my practical experience on the subject. What players in my games tend to take, why they take it, and how often they do. First up, Intelligence. […]
“What do you mean you mean you couldn’t get in?” demanded Count Orlok, his eyes burning crimson in the dark. “We’re sorry, master! We tried,” cried one of the two of the master vampire’s minions. “Did you try to trick him into letting you in?” Orlok asked, his arms crossed. “We did! […]
The GURPS Monster Hunters line provides a highly flexible, highly customizable magic system: Ritual Path Magic. The main user of it, the witch, is often used as a blunt instrument. Even though the witch is capable of casting massive damage dealing rituals, he’s actually better off acting as a support character for the other members […]
The other night, my best friend, C.G. and I were discussing how using the new Ritual Path Magic system in my Otherworld setting would impact it (check this post out to see what I eventually came up with).This particular campaign has been around for almost six years now and I’ve put a lot of thought and […]
I’ve been distracting myself for the last week or so with working on submissions for the Ritual Path Magic system that Steven Marsh sent out about a month ago, to be honest I wasn’t going to do anything because I didn’t think I knew enough about the magic system. But a pathological needlephobe like myself […]
Aersalus B-Team: Season 1, Session 12 – The Road to Ironhaul Dramatis Personae Listens-to-Ocean (Played by Rory): Accurate and pithy description and personality. Capabilities: Beadteller, diplomat, Ministry-trained healer, scholar, shenin, and songshaper (Light, Spirit, Water, Wind, and Wood). Occupation: Imperial arbiter turned Abolethian Peerage magistrate. Race: Haulflin (Halfling). Tagline: “The Wind, Spirits, Ocean, and Stars […]
Aersalus B-Team: Season 1, Session 6 – Dogskull and Deals Dramatis Personae Listens-to-Ocean (Played by Rory): Accurate and pithy description and personality. Capabilities: Beadteller, diplomat, Ministry-trained healer, scholar, shenin, and songshaper (Light, Spirit, Water, Wind, and Wood). Occupation: Imperial arbiter turned Abolethian Peerage magistrate. Race: Haulflin (Halfling). Tagline: “The Wind, Spirits, Ocean, and Stars are […]