Recent content by uzirath

GURPS Monster Hunters: Flayed horse. Imploding cabin. Veils.

I have always loved reading published adventures. I have nearly the complete run of Dungeon magazine, and I buy lots of adventures that I'll never run, just for ideas. I usually enjoy reading them cover to cover. I love looking at good maps, too. I like some of the intricacies of published...

I've had some success with this in GURPS, despite it being a fairly traditional system. GURPS Supers and a few other books have guidelines for this sort of thing (as well as having suggestions for how to manage sidekick and mentor characters), but I primarily handle it by making sure the group...

This has always been the heart of playing TTRPGs for me, too. I mean, I can have fun just playing the "game" part of it, especially if the game itself includes engaging choices (e.g., I sometimes enjoy GURPS tactical combat without any RP), but this isn't why I play the games. I like creating...

GURPS Dungeon Fantasy: Swashbuckler crippled; desperately fights left-handed!

I have run a lot of D&D adventures from every edition using GURPS (both 3e, 4e, and Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game). Off the top of my head, these include, The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh, Desert of Desolation, White Plume Mountain, Sunken Citadel, Phandelver, the GDQ series, Isle of Dread...

Fantastic! That did the trick. Now I'm getting names like Flóin, Farkûn, and Kílin in the mix. (Because we all know that a fantasy name without an accent is hardly a name at all.)

I've been playing around with this for a bit. Super cool. Using just male names from the 1880 census gave me some cool ones: Lewton, Wallyn, Tram, Warlie, Morsont, Lawford, Arcusta, Culien, Gustin, Stavis, Ando, Ansonisco, Orreas, Mathams, Iden, Matrando, Theriah, Balmandon. Then I found a...

GURPS Flight 13: Landed safely; where is everybody? Edit: Finally running an adventure I've had on my shelf since 1989.

GURPS Dungeon Fantasy: Sanctimonious templars defeated; hostages rescued.

Featured on today's Daily Illuminator, Saethor's Bane is nearly complete. The final window for late pledges closes on Saturday, April 20. It's full color and a lot of fun (I've played through an early draft a bunch of times, both running solo and with a GM).

I wholeheartedly support this advice. It's hard for some people to do "homework" related to the game. But when you provide them with more authorship opportunities at the table, it can create a lot of great material. Encourage synergy between characters, too. It's great when someone makes...

I've used dragons sparingly over the years, usually playing up their intelligence and ability to survive. One of my favorites involved the PCs exploring a ruined underground temple complex that they thought had a secret entrance into a dragon's lair. What they didn't know, was that the dragon...

GURPS Dungeon Fantasy: Swashbuckler tackles wizard into firepit.

GURPS Dungeon Fantasy: Assassination attempt thwarted; PCs ennobled.