Guest Post by Sean “Dr. Kromm” Punch First off, this one isn’t by me. It’s been a bit edited by me to fit in my blog, but is otherwise Sean’s words. This entire post stems from a conversation that was had in the GURPS Discord where Greyman asked: “Is there any way to make your […]
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Gamemaster’s Guidepost: How I Designed An Adventure
Guest Post by Kalzazz I came up with and ran an adventure last Monday, so here is how it went. Around 6 PM identify that opportunity existed for game, ping potential players. By 630 PM I had identified players were available so I requested characters. By 7 had at least one character chosen, who was […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: A Patron Reviews Patreon
Guest Post by Blake Chapman (Note: Blake is one of my Patreon patrons but he sent me this of his own accord without prompting from me. Since he doesn’t have a blog I asked if I could put this on my blog and he cleaned it up and consented. Thanks, Blake!) Christoper R. Rice recently […]
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Gamemaster’s Guidepost: The Soul and Your Game
Guest Post by Emily “Bruno” Smirle When designing a game setting with supernatural or mystical elements, it may be necessary to create a firm definition of the “soul” – what is it, who has it, what does it do for (or to) you? Theologists and philosophers have debated the subject endlessly throughout human history; the […]
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Boil and Bubble: Quick and Quirky Charms
Guest Post by Kalzazz One of the things that has always seemed a bit peculiar to me is that the Quick and Dirty rules for Charms make it rather difficult to have quirks, and especially, much more difficult to quirk a spell than to botch it entirely. Further discussion on that here. Now, for those […]
Continue readingThe Hurt Locker: How Tough is Wood?
Guest Post by Euan Hastie So how touch is wood anyways? In GURPS terms? First up a quick reference table for the GM in a hurry. Species of Timber DR per inch of thickness Buloke, Quebracho, Quebracho Colorado, Lignum Vitae 7 Brazilian Tiger Mahogany, snakewood 6 Ebony, Ipê, Olivewood, Ironwood 5 Composite Bamboo, Bloodwood, Live […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: RPM Spell Loadouts – Mistakes Kal Makes
Guest Post by Kalzazz Notes based on Mistakes Kal Makes When Designing Spell Loadouts. Ritual Path Magic (RPM) is an awesome system where you can design your own spells and your mage can know any spell they want (and that the DM allows), this is part of what makes RPM great. Much like the Vancian […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Thoughts on the Dungeon Fantasy Kickstarter
Guest Post by Denis McCarthy As a fairly die hard Dungeon Fantasy GM, it should not surprise anyone that I am a big fan of the kickstarter. My dungeon game pre-dates both Dungeon Fantasy and 4e, and I have updated it as the new rules were released. In it’s current incarnation I have been running it for over […]
Continue readingGURPS101: Dungeon Fantasy Sharpshooter Power-Ups
Guest Post by +Hal Batty aka Wavefunction A while back, while constructing some styles, I came up with a few different techniques for crossbow users, so after seeing Merlin’s super cool Sharpshooter template, found here, I had no choice but to write some power-ups for it. Sharpshooter Power-UpsSharpshooter power-ups focus on precision and power. Arm ST (Both […]
Continue readingThe Hurt Locker: Iron Rations – A Compleat Guide to Victualing in Ye Olde Dungeon, Part II
Guest Post by S. A. Fisher Continuing my post from before, I have some more goodies for the inquiring delver! Staples More seasoned adventurers will skip the expense and novelty of the iron rations and so forth and simply buy food in bulk. Adventurers can certainly get by on iron ration levels of food for […]
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