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Dice and Discourse: Skill +
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My adventures in GURPS and thoughts on table top RPGs. One of the most common criticisms of GURPS is that it has too many skills. It is hard to argue against this with the huge number of skills found is Basic Set. Then there is skills that require. Specialization which can make some character types need dozens of skills. Covers. Did you guess any combat skills? I've been playing around with an idea I like to call Skill , or "Skill Plus". A Skill skill that covers a group of skills that are closely re...
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Dice and Discourse: March 2015
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My adventures in GURPS and thoughts on table top RPGs. Part of the reason that I like this sort of set up, is that some of the first dungeon crawls I played were set up this way. While I played some D&D games when I was a kid, they were not dungeon crawls, and my first exposure to this was games like Eye of the Beholder. More recently, games like The Legend of Grimrock and it's sequel give a similar setup. Then there is the loot! It is interesting to have to make a hard choice between the gear you know, ...
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Dice and Discourse: February 2015
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My adventures in GURPS and thoughts on table top RPGs. Dungeon Fantasy and Threshold-Limited Magery. I like some of the ideas behind Threshold-Limited Magery (aka Unlimited Mana). Particularly, I like that it lets mages always have a chance to do something (albeit with some risk). One of the things that annoy me about the standard FP magic system is that you can cast yourself to exhaustion and then there isn't anything else you can do. Recap: DF Nexus Session 1: Something Wicked in the Wind. Felt somethi...
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Dice and Discourse: Recap: Nexus 5 - Raiding the Castle
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My adventures in GURPS and thoughts on table top RPGs. Recap: Nexus 5 - Raiding the Castle. The party decided to scout around the castle and get a good look at what there were facing. They left there extra gear and Pick's. Dog hidden in the woods and made a wide circle around the hill the castle was on. The hill was steep going on the north and south sides, But more gradual along the east west, where a path cut through the trees,. Decided to tempt fate and cast Stone to Earth. With his first casting, Tion.
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Dice and Discourse: July 2014
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My adventures in GURPS and thoughts on table top RPGs. Recap: DF Session 21, Zerst 02. 3A:137, Third Spring, 7th day:. Picking up where we left off last time. It seems that Barnabus. Injuries were more severe than what the originally thought, so he returned to town while the other's continued on. The others found the back entrance to the mine, but after traveling in for a ways they came to an area where the supports had collapses. Fo. Was able to raise a beam and get the passage open for all to enter.
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Dice and Discourse: June 2014
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My adventures in GURPS and thoughts on table top RPGs. What Tech Level is Dungeon Fantasy? After putting together my Dungeon Fantasy Campaign Planning Form a friend asked me, "Isn't DF TL4 by default? He followed up after seeing that I had listed the exception for TL4 weapons and armor, but this still had me thinking. DF1 and DF2 neither mention what is the "default" TL (unless I've missed it). Of course this should be obvious that it is TL3 right? But what should we assume it is the rest of the time?
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Dice and Discourse: Monster Hunters
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My adventures in GURPS and thoughts on table top RPGs. Starting 2014.09.04. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The 5th Realm (GURPS Fantasy/DF). Google Sheets NPC Sheet. GURPS News and Wild Speculation. Water Wizards, the Direct Damage Mages. Dungeon Fantasy RPG Kickstarter. View my complete profile. The material presented here is my original creation, intended for use with the GURPS. System from Steve Jackson Games. This material is not official and is not endorsed by Steve Jackson Games.
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Dice and Discourse: August 2014
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My adventures in GURPS and thoughts on table top RPGs. Campaign Planning Form: Hunter Zero. We my group is taking a break from DF and going to run something else. We met and discussed what possible games to run, and this is what we came up with. This form is a modified (and reduced) version of the Extended Campaign Planning form from How to be a GURPS GM. I group of exceptional persons aided by a mysterious benefactor hunt down the horrors that hide in the shadows and prey on humanity. And many other fol...
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Dice and Discourse: GURPS Misconceptions: Rules required
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My adventures in GURPS and thoughts on table top RPGs. GURPS Misconceptions: Rules required. That made me start thinking. In other games systems when a situation comes up where there isn't a rule to cover it. The GM rules on the fly using his or her best judgment. But GURPS has rules for just about everything. Because of this, people think that when a situation comes up that those rules cover, then those rules must be used. But the fact is, there is no reason why a GURPS GM can't just rule off the cuff.
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Dice and Discourse: November 2014
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My adventures in GURPS and thoughts on table top RPGs. Lanton: History of the North. Report to the New Spymaster - Part 1: Background. As requested I have put together this report detailing the events that led to the current situation in the north. This report contains much information that is not known outside of the Masque Intelligence Agency and is for the eyes of the Spymaster only. 8220;dead gods”, or even the Adversary* , his name be damned, whom we hide our faces from. II The Fellus Unification War.
