GURPS Mass Combat needs practice and rehearsals for the GM to get it right and so that the players also get the feel of the…
These are my notes in correction of the mass combat I ran recently. I hope to update this when new data becomes available. This system…
A review of magic Items and some notes about how it affects a setting. Rules in Review The rules for using Magic Items in B482…
I was surprised by the applications of Earth Magic. What I love about it is that its really just the application of science and geometry…
Health GURPS Stat the health stat bugs me because fitness and conditions are separate. Why can’t it be just in one stat? If I get…
Ritual Magic Basics Ritual Magic under B242 and GURPS Magic p.200. Basically instead of every spell a skill, you have a core skill minus prerequisite…
Bringing down the information barriers, and helping you get to play a mage or allow supernatural elements in the game. I’m particularly trying to work…
As part of the Cult of stat normalization I found talents to be indispensable and it models so many things so well. I interchange talent…
What I’ve noticed is that some skills can be bundled as part of a broader skill – exam Police Work is a Optional Specialty of…
Typically people work for a Patron Entity, especially for low tech. The relationship may vary, but it a pretty certain thing in such an age…
Contact Ally Freq-6 Depending on how the GM arbitrates Freq-6 MOST contacts in the real world fall into this category! Imagine that contact you can…
Because Alter Visage, Body and Voice have a duration of 1 hour, a Body Specialist Adept with a Body Control-27 [16] (normal mana through a…
Networks are the easier way of doing business IMO, but that’s not the impression that actually influence character builds. Sun Tzu’s says avoid a test…
Playing around with Darkness Aspect Mage and Shadow Magic. Again lets begin with some basics. Reading the definition of Darkness Aspect Mage (B67), it seems…
Lets have a quick review of some key concepts. Let’s Review Magery (B66) is a Binary Answer: Magical or Non-Magical. Since there is no Extra-Perception…
More Extensive Countermeasures and their Costs. These packages are useful for GMs to detail how extensive the protections a Character may have. First is to…
All Social Skills, have grooming and styling as part of the training and knowledge base of a social skill. I’m of the opinion that it…
This is for my preparation for the next arc for War Beneath Heaven, a Modern Fantasy Setting set in rapidly Urbanizing African 3rd World. The…
Now that I’ve read it pretty thoroughly I learned I made a lot of mistakes in the interpretation. It really should be discussed, I won’t…
NPC mages using Ritual Magic. Having these set up determines the value and accessibility of mage resources. Layer your appreciation of HR and you the…
On of my current inspirations is “The Good Wife“, especially since it takes current events and current debates and weaves it into the narrative. Given…
Finally Got to Watch Deathnote and it is Amazing and gave me a lot of Ideas. Anyway, the ideas expressed and storytelling in Death-note is…
Simple resource system for GURPS for less Bean Counting. Use the Speed and Range Table in B550. Basically Begin with a Professional Skill, Merchant related…
What to learn First I’ve talked about Enchantment being on of the First Set of spells to learn, please add Meta-Spells, Knowledge and Necromancy. There…
I am a fan of Philosophy, especially after all learning on my own when my entire education consistent in metaphysics of Saint Thomas Aquinas. If…
I have many unfinished projects related to gaming but despite that I consider them a part of a learning process *cough *bull$#! +*cough* Anyway they…
I was talking to +James Austin about Magic in the GURPS Modern Fantasy Game. We settled on GURPS Ritual Path Magic, which can co-exist with GURPS Ritual…
Just Browsing Running Results Nothing is as humbling as learning your GURPS stats. I did a run and finished at the 17% of men and…
I’m running a Kitchen Sink Setting and magic and psionics are usually very hard to balance. One thing that makes it a BIT easier is…
I borrow money to buy a Desktop, a Car, a home. Interestingly, I took on a Debt disadvantage forcing to have less disposable income but…