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Advantaged Rolls in GURPS

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Over at Bat in the Attic, +Rob Conley thought about using the D&D5 Advantaged/Disadvantaged mechanic in GURPS, or for 3d6 rolls. Basically, roll extra d6s, and pick the lowest three. I’ve written about the D&D mechanic before. More than once. This has the beneficial aspects you’d find in D&D, in that it keeps the die roll in…

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Pyramid Review: #3/38: The Power of Myth

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When I took a look at the most and least seemingly popular/favorable Pyramid issues since the magazine’s third incarnation, a few issues on the bottom were very poor sellers, but really gave no indication of why. I wanted to revisit each of these and do an article-by-article review, in the same manner that I reviewed…

Kickstarter: Dracula Dossier . . . backed

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You can’t really go wrong with backing one of Kenneth’s projects. Night’s Black Agents is a RPG about a team of guys with Jason Bourne’s skills doing battle against a Conspyramid of Vampires and their minions, lackeys, henchman, and stooges. Dracula Dossier, I believe, starts with the premise that Stoker’s Dracula is a freakin’ field…

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Skull and Shackles: Ghost Ship

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GM: +Jeromy French Players: +kung fu hillbilly , +Joshua Taylor , +Matt Sutton We started out with some discussion of crafting and enchanting, as our resident Alchemist managed to come up with some very Pel-centric boots that give +2 each to Stealth, Swim, and Sailor for Rogues with the right skill set (mine). Retail for 6500gp, I get it for all my…

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Return to the Mad Archmage

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After a six-week hiatus, +Erik Tenkar , +Peter V. Dell’Orto , +Tim Shorts , +Joe D , and a new player Reece, playing Bronan the 3rd level fighter. We carefully negotiate the 5% slope, assuming Bronan the level 3 fighter (yay, more meat shields!) cannot detect it. After securing healing potions and whatnot, we head to something that looked like a New Yorker…

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Slightly Bad Sight

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Bad Sight is tough on a PC. It’s a -25 point disadvantage and carries some serious ouch to it in either nearsighted or farsighted varieties. What if you want to have just slightly bad vision? Fairly easy: just make it leveled. I’m going to tweak point cost a bit as well. Nearsighted (-3 per level)…