Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam Black Betty had a child, bam-ba-lam The damn thing gone wild, bam-ba-lam Said it weren’t none of mine, bam-ba-lam – Black Betty, Ram Jam It’s a pretty established fact that I produce more GURPS material than I can possibly get published – there is only so much space in Pyramid and […]
Targeting hit locations with magic is fairly straightforward in most cases: If the damage type of the spell can’t target the location – then the spell can too. But what if you want to target a hit location with a spell that doesn’t allow it or specify a damage type (like many spells in GURPS […]
For campaigns where magic is common, GMs may wish to adopt a “Spell Legality Class” or SLC for various spells, colleges, or types of magic. The GM will have to decide exactly what is what in his campaign, but the following might work for most campaigns: Control Rating Examples for Magical Societies CR0 – Anarchy. […]
Last night and early into this morning I tackled a gaming issue than can make Gamemaster’s go mad: How magic fits in his or her game world. Sometimes the easiest thing to say is “THERE IS NO MAGIC!” but that means less design options for your players and overall…well it’s just not as much fun. […]
This month’s theme for the Brotherhood of Bloggers Who Blog Too Much is all about powers systems we’ve used in our games. What we used “out of the box”, what we’ve adapted to suit the campaign, and what we changed because we didn’t like it. Instead of giving you specifics for what I did dear […]
GURPS Pyramid Scheme 2021 Pyramid was the monthly PDF magazine for serious gamers, created by serious gamers. Each month, Pyramid delivered articles about a specific theme, from modern-day superheroes to post-apocalyptic gaming to magic on the battlefield. Most of Pyramid‘s articles are either generic, suitable for your game system of choice, or designed for GURPS, one of the best choices […]
Thaumaturgic magic has a very authentic feel to it. It’s mysterious, no one is exactly sure how it works (but it does), and sorting out what is required versus what is tradition takes magical geniuses entire lifetimes. What is known is that it exacts a heavy toll on the caster and occasionally on the subjects. […]
New year, start of something new. From the month of February onward I will make a post towards the end of the month on goals I’d like to meet “goals” for my blog and for Patreon. A few examples: Discord Server Goals: Recruit a certain amount of new users to my Blog/Patreon private Discord server. Patreon […]
New year, start of something new. From the month of February onward I will make a post towards the end of the month on goals I’d like to meet “goals” for my blog and for Patreon. A few examples: Discord Server Goals: Recruit a certain amount of new users to my Blog/Patreon private Discord server. Patreon […]
Here are how things went for me in 2020: The Good (What I did well or that went well) GURPS Realm Management (aka “SNO-51”) finished the playtest and went to production. It’s still there and very much out of my hands. Hopefully we’ll see it this year. The five adventures I wrote with J. Edward […]