GURPS Psionic Powers is one of my favorite power-building blocks for 4th edition. Something I banged out for a cyberpunk campaign that never got off the ground fast enough was the idea that a psychic vampire could steal someone else’s shape… …if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to […]
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GURPS101: Making Friends and Conjuring People
“Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.”— Pythagoras The Allies advantage (p. B00) can represent a plethora of abilities. From a steadfast ally to the supernatural ability to summon a monster to fight for you. Allies as Pieces Parts:So what […]
Continue readingGURPS101: Leeches, Vampires, and Succubi (Oh, my!)
“Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.”— Bram Stoker, Dracula (1897) The Leech advantage (GURPS Powers, p. 96) is the more generalized version of the Vampiric Bite advantage (p. B96) that appeared in the Basic Set. (Buckle your seatbelts up kiddies because this is a long post. Note I’m intentionally ignore the Vampiric Bite […]
Continue readingGURPS101: More Psychic Vampirism Powers for Psionic Powers
Continuing my series of “Hey, let’s pad out GURPS Psionic Powers!” Today’s entry is all about psychic vampires. Yeah, they’re creepy and their powers are too, but no one can deny how useful they are… …if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content for patrons is here.
Continue readingGURPS101: More Cyberpsi Powers for Psionic Powers
One of the things that’s always fascinated me about the fictional portrayal of electrokinesis is that some users can power machines with their abilities. GURPS can do this by emulating the Create advantage – but it takes a little legwork.,, …if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the […]
Continue readingGURPS101: More Psychic Healing Powers for Psionic Powers I
Like previous installments, here are a few new powers for GURPS Psionic Powers. For GMs who split Psychic Healing into Psychometabolism and Biokinesis the Anamorphosis power belongs in the former in GURPS 4th edition. The only real issue (and it’s the same issue that all worked frameworks have) is that there are just never enough powers… …if you’d like […]
Continue readingGURPS101: Illusion-Casting
“Are you ever not going to fall for that?”— Loki, The Avengers (2012) The Illusion advantage (GURPS Powers, p. 94) is probably one of those things that should have been in the Basic Set, but wasn’t. Illusion as Pieces Parts:So what does Illusion do and how does it do it? This requires a Concentrate maneuver to […]
Continue readingGURPS101: Powers Negation and Mimicry
My small circle of Aeon players (well, it’s not really small anymore – there’s like 20 of them) have been providing lots for me to chew on recently. It has put me in a position where I have to really look at the rules for character traits when trying to create new superpowers. One thing […]
Continue readingGURPS101: More Telepathy Powers for Psionic Powers I
GURPS Psionic Powers is one of the better worked examples for a powers-framework in GURPS 4th edition. The only real issue (and it’s the same issue that all worked frameworks have) is that there are just never enough powers… …if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content […]
Continue readingGURPS101: All-Seeing Eyes
The Clairsentience advantage is one of the most underused and overrated of the “information-gathering” traits GURPS has to offer. This is most likely due to it’s high cost (50 points) and low range (starting range is a mere 10 yards). Clairsentience as Pieces Parts”So what does Clairsentience do and how does it do it? Requires you Concentrate for one […]
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