It's a bat! It's a lizard! It's a scorpion! It's a frog! It's some horrible amalgamation of all of the above from Welsh legend! Seriously, Welshmen - this thing's pretty scary. Can we not have any mor...
2014-12-18 19:40:18 +0000 UTC View Post
GURPS does have some native bartering rules (they're in Social Engineering) - but I thought...what if I could expand them some? Not all games have social constraints like Wealth, Status, etc. and for ...
2014-12-16 07:01:21 +0000 UTC View Post*stares at clock with bleary eyes* I sure wish to hell my meds would kick in. Oh, well, have another campaign session recap from the vault. Tuesday will bring new GURPS goodness. 2014-12-14 13:25:54 +0000 UTC View Post
What new devilry is this? It's not devilry, Boromir, it's Sorcery! Sore Sir Ree. Say it with me now! Today I'm continuing my look at Diablo III powers through the looking glass of PK's Sorcery. enjoy....
2014-12-11 20:13:13 +0000 UTC View PostAnother session recap from the vault for my urban fantasy campaign. http://www.rav...
2014-12-09 17:37:04 +0000 UTC View Post
A pox upon your enemies (via a hex). I muddle over Sorcery and how to possibly expand it a bit more using temporary enhancements/abilities at default. 2014-12-07 22:47:07 +0000 UTC View Post
I know I normally only post GURPS material here - but I thought this was close enough. For those who want TL;DR - there are some pretty cool damn people out there who lent me a hand when they didn't h...
2014-12-05 12:13:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Lo, I have been working in the mines of the Asus to transform this meager writing into something useful. I've been running a Dungeon Fantasy game for a bit, and one of the things I've discovered is th...
2014-12-04 23:52:46 +0000 UTC View PostPosting from my Asus Transformer here's a session recap. It's been hell trying to even get into my blog from here and typing on this little thing (I use it for editing if at all for word processing) i...
2014-12-02 05:36:59 +0000 UTC View PostGuys. I'm probably going to be out of commission for a bit. Still trying to sort this laptop thing out. I should still be able to put up the Patreon special I have planned for December, but actual pos...
2014-12-01 06:26:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Just warning. My laptop has died and I have no clue when I'll be able to start blogging again. I appreciate all of your guys support and if you want to help me further to get a new laptop, the link is...
2014-11-27 16:50:02 +0000 UTC View Post
My latest [B][I]Pyramid[/I][/B] offering, "The Department of Occult Defense" was incredibly enjoyable to write. It's been in the stewpot for a bit, but the secret to a good stew has always been a long...
2014-11-25 09:08:24 +0000 UTC View PostAnother "back log" recap of my urban fantasy campaign. http://www.ravensnpennies....
2014-11-23 22:27:42 +0000 UTC View PostToday is Patreon Day, the day where I thank my patrons with a little something special just for them. In this month's special I talk about ritual path magic and how to emulate one of the caster archet...
2014-11-22 22:16:08 +0000 UTC View PostToday's installment of Assembly Required is all about settling the geography of your campaign into a format you can easily expand later on. 2014-11-21 20:11:28 +0000 UTC View Post
A lot of threads have been going around lately about GURPS and grappling and it got me thinking about my personal experiences with close-in fighting. Probably owing to the fact that I'm pretty big (6'...
2014-11-20 23:07:49 +0000 UTC View Post
So what do skill levels mean for Ritual Path magic? Is it the same as all other GURPS skills? Well, sorta, yeah, but it's a bit different too. In today's Guidepost I talk about that very thing and ho...
2014-11-18 15:13:55 +0000 UTC View PostMore backlog from my campaign recaps. http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2014/11/the-c...
2014-11-17 00:07:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's Triple Threat comes from Celtic folklore, the aillén was a nasty beast that seemed unkillable - at least till the right hero came along. But it had kids... Now challenge your players with thi...
2014-11-13 18:40:06 +0000 UTC View Post
So someone asked over on the forums how the Castlevanian Battle Cross subweapon might look like in GURPS terms. I oblige them. 2014-11-12 00:10:28 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been a while since I posted a session recap - I've been running games and even writing the recaps, but for whatever reason I stopped posting them. I'll try not to flood my blog with them, but I'd...
2014-11-09 23:23:16 +0000 UTC View PostToday's Assembly Required is all about the people, places, and things in your setting. The backhistory and legend of these elements can make or break a setting. That's why planning them from the begin...
2014-11-07 19:27:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Dungeon Fantasy doesn't take itself seriously. That's not to say that it isn't FUN - because it is. But the game I ended up demoing at my FLGS didn't play strictly the way the style otherwise indicate...
2014-11-06 20:01:26 +0000 UTC View Post
I do some naval-gazing as I think about all that occurred while writing this particular article. Warning - very little crunch! 2014-11-04 23:52:36 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm going to go to a Halloween part tonight (or at least try) and I'll be doing some gaming in the morning (hopefully) so I thought I'd go ahead and give you guys a special trick nor treat - it's a Tr...
2014-10-31 16:43:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Being someone who enjoys GMing, I rarely get to the play. I get most of my RPG fix from actually running a game. Occasionally I get the itch to play, but it's like the Vulcan itch - maybe once every s...
2014-10-30 16:29:08 +0000 UTC View Post
That's it. I'm done. I'm poisoning this white-haired bastard's fish-head soup. No amount of martial arts training is worth this. I might as well be Trained by a Master Broomsweeper. Wait? What's that ...
2014-10-28 14:56:39 +0000 UTC View Post
"And the days keeps on worryin' me, there's a hellhound on my trail, hellhound on my trail, hellhound on my trail" Robert Johnson is arguably one of the greatest blues-men to have ever lived. If you ...
2014-10-26 14:44:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Today favors the release of another issue of Pyramid with a article by yours truly. I figured I'd also toss out the Designer's Notes on it as well and give you the whole thing in one day. Enjoy. (You ...
2014-10-23 18:08:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Sarah: Ow! It bit me! Hoggle: What'd you expect fairies to do? Sarah: I thought they did nice things, like... like granting wishes. Hoggle: Shows what *you* know, don't it? These ain't your mother...
2014-10-21 15:52:02 +0000 UTC View Post