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Holy Variability – Variable effects with Learned Prayers

I love Divine Favor. I think it’s a far better and more elegant solution to the question of miracles and clerical “magic” than the existing GURPS system, which is basically the same as Magic, with Power Investiture standing in for Magery, and Sanctity making the tag for Mana levels. You pay your cost and you…

Worldbuilding: The Kim in the North

I swear that this blog will never digress into any sort of political stuff that doesn’t directly involve gaming. That’s not what it’s for. But politics and rulers and kings and kingdoms are a staple of gaming, and one of the things one hears a bit is how certain plot devices, like the evil mad…

Escaping from the pit trap (Paizo and SJG) revisited

A while ago, I wrote a note about the relative perils of doing what is effectively a joint venture between any two companies. This was in relation to how cool I thought it would be, nonetheless, to have the world of Golarion written up for GURPS, and available for actual adventures. I’m playing and writing about…