AEON B-Team: Season 5, Session 2 – Project: Vanguard Dramatis Personae Rafe Hanlon aka Nyx (played by Chris D.): An umbrakinetic and a petty thief out of prison on work release. Tagline: “Not for glory, not for fame…. For one person. In the dark. Where no one will ever know or see.” Amar Gupta (played by Christian): […]
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Dungeon Fantasy Aersalus – C-Team – Session 13
Dungeon Fantasy Aersalus – C-Team – Session 12 Dramatis Personae Alabaster Farkis Sagralleir, OId-Blood Human (320 points) (Played by Will): TBA. Tagline: “TBA.” Hópgehnást “Keel-Breaker” Nihtbealumann, Beastly Minotaur Barbarian (367 points) (played by Emily Smirle): TBA. Tagline: “TBA.” Kinnmonaqro “Crow” Rikah, Half-Elf Thief (380 points) (played by Josh Burton): Karemesie wanderer and half-breed. Tagline: “I’m small, […]
Continue readingAEON B-Team: Season 5, Session 1 – The Rescue
Dramatis Personae Rafe Hanlon aka Nyx (played by Chris D.): An umbrakinetic and a petty thief out of prison on work release. Tagline: “Not for glory, not for fame…. For one person. In the dark. Where no one will ever know or see.” Amar Gupta (played by Christian): Brick. Taxi Driver. Ass-Kicker. Sikh. Tagline: “Being a man of […]
Continue readingAEON C-Team: Season 5, Session 5 – The Birth of Steely Dan Stapleman
AEON C-Team: Season 5, Session 4 – You Better Not Take It From Me Dramatis Personae Henry Young aka Springheel (played by Chris D.): A hyperkinetic with superhuman reflexes that recently left one military to join another. Tagline: “What’s the point of shooting if you’re just going to miss?” Hssh ̚ok-qrra ͜a ͞a’escht ̷iish aka […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost: Different Disadvantages
Some game systems don’t have (or need) personified disadvantages/flaws/etc. – GURPS isn’t one of them. Disadvantages play a huge role in determining how a character might react in a given situation or be forced to react if the player isn’t running his character as his disadvantage(s) dictate. That’s the whole point of having them – you get […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost: Highway to the Danger Zone
Running roleplaying games as a GM can be very rewarding. It can also sap your patience to the point of GM burnout. A state to be avoided at all costs. But how do you avoid that? Here’s a few warning signs I’ve learned (the hard way) to be on the lookout for. Player Despondency Maybe […]
Continue readingAEON C-Team: Season 5, Session 4 – You Better Not Take It From Me
AEON C-Team: Season 4, Session 3 – We Got Everything You Want Dramatis Personae Henry Young aka Springheel (played by Chris D.): A hyperkinetic with superhuman reflexes that recently left one military to join another. Tagline: “What’s the point of shooting if you’re just going to miss?” Hssh ̚ok-qrra ͜a ͞a’escht ̷iish aka “Hiss” (played […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost: Recurring Villains and Their Care
There is nothing quite like an antagonist that all the PCs can hate together to keep a campaign moving forward. Sure, the villian put fricken lasers on the backs of squirrels and tried to kill the PCs, but what is a villian doing when he’s not tormenting the PCs? Moreover, how do you keep the […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: Radiamancy Ritual Path Magic
Not all those wander the wasteland are lost. This special presents a new tradition for Ritual Path Magic that relies on exposing oneself to intense radiation and then channeling that energy into powerful magic. . . . . . if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content […]
Continue readingMelee Academy: More Psionic Martial Arts II
GURPS Psionic Powers offers a way to create psychic characters using a powers framework. GURPS Martial Arts codifies fighting styles in an easy to use block. In Pyramid #3/69: Psionics II I created the first fusion of these two books with “Mind and Body”. Here is another martial arts style that never made it to […]
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