This quick encounter has a fast set-up and can be dropped into place in any Monster Hunters campaign. The players come across information that an actual Nephilim grave (giants who roamed the earth before the Biblical Flood) has been found. After some quick research they realize that the ancient creature has been bound to its […]
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GURPS101: Lens for Bard – The Warsinger
When I was starting to run Dungeon Fantasy for the first time I decided that I’d make a bunch of options that I knew my players would like or use. I did this both to fill out my handout a little more and to be able to use the content later on in a publication […]
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This huge lion was the scourge of Nemea until Hercules killed it. Unable to be harmed by mortal weapons, it took Hercules great strength to snap the creature’s neck. Afterward, he’d skinned the beast with one of its own claws and wore it on the rest of his labors. In GURPS, “invincibility” is not something […]
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“A is for aurumvorax and that’s good enough for me!” Aurumvorax (plural aurumvorai? aurumvoraxes? aurumvorae? aurumvorax?) are nasty critters that snack on metal like a junkie on smack. Isn’t that fun? Hell yes it is. Originally appearing in the Expedition to the Barrier Peaks and has since been reprinted any number of times. When I […]
Continue readingTriple Threat: The Whispermen
Today’s Triple Threat is something from the Nightmare File (the place where I note all the scary critters I dream about) combined with a thought I had while people-watching (a favorite pastime). “Why do crowds suddenly become silent?” It was just an idle thought at the time, but I had a dream that night that […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: Magical Styles – Demonology
My last installment of magical styles was almost a year ago. The post did prove popular, but I didn’t get back to this until now. Mostly because I’ve been really busy and this sort of intense article requires a lot of research and precise planning – styles take time to make the right way and […]
Continue readingTriple Threat: Cu Sidhe
Cu Sidhe Cu Sidhe (aka “fairy hounds”) are more or less immortal and can be found anywhere that the sidhe are found. They look like normal Irish wolfhounds, but can vastly outperform any normal dog breed. They’re scrappers, coursers, trackers, watchdogs, etc. They are rather bigger overall than normal wolfhounds and truly large specimens can […]
Continue readingGURPS101: Lens for Scholar – The Physick
I like playing support characters whenever I play in a game. Bookworms, healers, “buff” mages, and so on are some of my favorite roles. I’ve always liked GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 4: Sages – both character templates are just so cool to me as a GM and a game designer. While working on my new […]
Continue readingTriple Threat: The Slender Man
The Slender Man Is he real? Is he fake? Something that someone made up on the internet? Or is that the conspiracy? Regardless of his origins the Slender Men is terrifying to behold. Reports put him (it?) at eight to ten feet tall, with pallid skin and dressed in a black suit and tie. Despite […]
Continue readingTriple Threat – Gorillaphant
Note: Nymdok dared me to write this up…so I did. Deal with it. Gorillaphant Some madman’s twisted vision, the aptly named “gorillaphant” is part elephant and part gorilla. I think that about says it all. Any Campaign Setting… ST: 30 HP: 30 Speed: 6.00 DX: 12 Will: 12 Move: 7/14 IQ: 7 […]
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