I saw a question on the RPG Stack Exchange which got my wheels turning briefly. “Hey,” said a user. “I want to use a particular ability in 3.5, but it requires two slashing weapons, and my guy uses maces. I want a slashing mace!” The question also had a lot of rules-specific questions about some…
So, humanoids can kick and punch. Everyone knows what that looks like. A kick picks your foot off the floor and uses it as a striking surface. A punch is the same with your arms. This is all well and good for humans, and even critters like Kangaroos seem to have Boxing-14 as an innate…
I do a lot of posting about “realistic” stuff, and increasing the verisimilitude and simulationism achievable – hopefully at minimal cost – for GURPS. An example – instead of being able to accelerate from a standing stop to full Move in one turn, if you halve your acceleration (so on turn one, Joe average can…
To try and rationalize what I’m doing with this blog, I’m tossing out some ideas. Monday Morning: Pathfinder Skull and Shackles or GURPS Space Actual Play Report Wednesday Morning: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Actual Play report. Thursday: GURPS Content or other rules-centric stuff Friday Evening: Read-through reports. I’ve got Pathfinder, FATE Core, and some GURPSy stuff…
GM: +Nathan Joy Players: +Mark Langsdorf , +Theodore Briggs , +Kevin Smyth , +Emily Smirle The Boss Fight The game starts out with fire shooting out of a well in the center of the room. We initially fear monsters or death . . . but it turns out to be the sword we’ve been looking for all this time, narrowly wedged down the…
GURPS is getting a much-needed shot in the arm thanks to the Dungeon Fantasy Kickstarter. It has met and exceeded its funding goals, and the SJG team have made it so that any purchases of GURPS products on Warehouse 23 also count for “how well did the KS do” when it comes to stretch goals….
