+Emily Smirle aka Bruno is perhaps one of my favorite GURPS people (well, people in general)of all time. She’s smart, quick, and has an ability to look at a situation within the rulesand say “This is kind of broken” and then come up with a fix. In my Aeon campaign Emily isplaying “the Rat Queen” a freaky […]
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Gamemaster’s Guidepost: Back to the Drawing Board
My recent post on creating an advantage that gave a bonus to all rolls was pretty controversial. On one hand some folks liked my methodology, on the other hand I was to be branded a traitor of the Holy Word of Rules as Written. I still stick by my blogpost. But that whole thing raised […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost: Decomplicating Combat
As it oft times happens to me, a conversation can inspire a whole blog post. In this case a conversation with +Kyle Norton is the huckleberry. He asked “How do you deal with something like someone with Extra Attack 2 and Altered Time Rate 4 or a necromancer with a horde of minions?” And it’s really a […]
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 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: Somewhat More Super-ST
Guest Post by +Hal Batty Bricks have a bit of problem in GURPS. They’re sometimes spending thousands of points on being able to hit, take a hit, and lift big things. At higher levels ST just doesn’t give enough for it’s cost when compared to getting other, more useful traits like Flight, Enhanced Move, increased DX, […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost: Optional Rules for Terminally Ill
In GURPS there’s a disadvantage for seemingly everything. Are you nuts? Take a Delusion! Do you take damage when exposed to green rocks from space? Take Weakness! And so on and so on, GURPS is modular enough that you can represent just about any sort of negative (or positive!) trait with a little ingenuity, even inevitable death. […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost: Super-ST Options
One thing that has come up in my Aeon campaign is Super-ST and how it does what it does. One of my (few) house rules is that Costs Fatigue is worth more – I just use PK’s version because it works better. But the discussion of why Super-ST should be discounted more because of that houserule […]
Continue readingGURPS101: Tactfully Tactical – More Uses For Tactics
So +Douglas Cole talks about a few more uses for the Tactics skill in a recent blog post. I’ve already covered Evaluate as a skill. But the idea of Tactics doing is certainly a great springboard. So what would I do? Well, like always, I have a few ideas at hand. More Tactical EffectsBesides its Basic Set uses, […]
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