Geotrinsic phenomena includes any paranormal effect not caused by humans, but rather the environment or reality itself. This includes ley lines, ley line nexuses, super nexuses, “dragon wells” (where raw magic comes from), astrological occultations, “places of power”, “Bad Places”, and other similiar phenomena. Three key ands important phenomena that are technically artificial is the […]
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Carpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Divine Gifts
In The Chronicles of Ceteri universe there are three types of divine gifts. The first is the province of Judeo-Christian saints and holy men. In Ceteri, there is a monotheistic deity who is the real deal and he gives powers over nature and reality to his chosen few. The second type are those who worship spirits, loa, small-g […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: Ritual Path Magic Inscriptions
Ritual Path Magic (and it’s flavors) has multiple ways to cast a spell now and be able to use it later. Between GURPS Thaumatology: Ritual Path Magic, GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 19: Incantation Magic, and Pyramid there are elixirs/infusions (liquid magic), scripts (scroll magic), tattoos (magic inked on skin), charms (magic in easily breakable form), conditional spells (magic […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Middle Kingdom Primer – Magic
Exhales. Ok. Magic. Chinese magic is weird. It’s mixed up so much with the religion(s), regions, and other systems of supernatural influence. Honestly, it’s a mess and capturing the exact feel has been rather difficult. And that’s not even getting into Japanese magic which is more animistic then anything else. So where did I start. […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Middle Kingdom Primer – Setting Assumptions
As I have discussed before the first thing I do when I start to build a campaign setting is decide what the setting assumptions are. That is, what is true, what is false (if needed), and what is thought to be true. This is an intensely important part of campaign building and I can take weeks just […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: AEON Sorcery Spells I
I tend to go overboard when I write up material for my campaigns and a lot of it ends up on my blog or Patreon at some point. Here are two new spells for from my campaign whose magic system draws from the supers genre style magic. Especially Doctor Strange. . . . if you’d […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: The Path of Blades
A new path for those who want to merge swordsmanship and path/book magic. The Path of Blades Great swordsman make the wielding of a blade look like magic, but in fact some of them are using magic. Old as the swords themselves, The Path of Blades is all about repairing swords or wielding them. Additionally, […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: Lunar Ritual Path Magic
A few new spells for Ritual Path Magic casters that involve the use of or relies on the moon in some way. . . . . . if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content for patrons is here.
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 readingGURPS101: Dungeon Fantasy Tropes – The Unarmored Caster
GURPS Dungeon Fantasy is the essence of the delving, dragons, and dungeons (in my humble opinion of course). The original Dungeons and Dragons had some interesting tropes (fight’n cleric, lightly armored rogue, etc.). Today I’m talking about one of my favorites: the unarmored caster. . . . . . if you’d like to read more, […]
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