A handful of new spells for GURPS Thaumatology: Ritual Path Magic with a focus on “kinetic” or “mystical force.”. . . . . if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content for patrons is here.
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Gamemaster’s Guidepost: Gamemastering Urban Fantasy Campaigns
I’ve been running a urban fantasy campaign for the better part of two decades. The same campaign setting but multiple systems until I finally settled on GURPS just over fourteen years ago. It was one of the first things I created in GURPS and I’ve learned a lot over the iterations. I am of course […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – February 2020
Authorial Highlights GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: ??? aka Marl Ankh-3 is in the hands of SJ Games. GURPS Realm Management aka SNO-51 is in playtest. So far the playtest has reached 1,634 separate emails as of this post. We’re in the endgame for this. My extension for the playtest was granted and my playtesters are […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: Fire Elementalism Ritual Path Magic Style
A new magical style for ritual path magic mages. This style is a look at what a fire elementalist might look like using GURPS Thaumatology: Ritual Path Magic. That book as well as Pyramid #3/66: The Laws of Magic and Boil and Bubble: Fire Ritual Path Magic Spells I and II are required to get […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost: Gamemastering High Point Totals
In GURPS dealing with high-point total PCs is a matter of finesse, not math. A character’s effectiveness in different situations can be radically different depending on what a given character has purchased with them. . . . . . if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – January 2020
Authorial Highlights GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: ??? aka Marl Ankh-3 has had its first draft submitted to Steve Jackson Games. Given that GURPS Girl Genius is in house and with Kromm I doubt I will see feedback on this any time soon. My current version is sitting at about 26,000 words and has only two […]
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 […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: 2019 – A Year In Review
Here are how things went for me in 2019: The Good (What I did well or that went well) GURPS Realm Management (aka “SNO-51”) was written, revised, and is currently in playtest. The playtest is likely to be extended and as of this writing there have been over 1,000 emails traded back and forth between […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: Warding Ritual Path Magic
A few warding spells for protecting a caster’s home and hearth… . . . if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content for patrons is here.
Continue readingMelee Academy: More Psionic Martial Arts III
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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