[Kuroshima]

Originally Posted by Kromm

• Remember when dwarves were dwarves, pansy elves were pansy elves, and nobody needed to join silly professional associations run by humans to go out and stick sharp pieces of metal in orcs? If you do, then Races as Professions is for you.

Very neat article, now we need that for every race ;) My only issues with them, is that, with most of the racial power-ups already taken, and with little in the way of professional power-ups, compared to other templates, they may lack growth potential, and eventually feel stale. That's more of an issue for dwarves than it is for elves, because as elves try to do everything, they are seldom lacking in places to put points in. Still, my experience is that generalists don't do that well in DF, at least not if the opposition is gauged against the non-generalists, who, in DF tradition, twink and munchkin the hell out of their characters. Multiclassing is always an option, but see above for what issues I have with trying to be a jack of all trades...

• Do you use GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 9: Summoners but find your demonologists and necromancers getting bored when they have no demons or undead to play with? Dark Summonings provides lenses to loosen up their niches a bit, along with new multi-profession lenses and a playable bloodsucking race with a vested interest in the Dark Side.

I find these variants much more interesting than the originals. My only issue is that I would have included the spells in the Onyx Path in Magical Styles as options for both templates.

• Those of you playing a saint or a warrior-saint (see Pyramid #3/36) will love Saintly Power-Ups. But here's a secret: This article doesn't just expand saints – it opens up the entire system of GURPS Powers: Divine Favor, with levels of Divine Favor past 16, new traits for paragons, and the ultimate godly power of History-Shaping Miracles!

I can't provide unbiased commentary here ;)

• What do you get if you take normal dungeons and stretch out the corridors from yards to miles? Super Dungeons, of course! In this month's Eidetic Memory, David Pulver not only explains how to justify and use these constructions in a game, but also provides an example (with a map!) for you to drop into your existing campaign.

Very good article, though maybe the weakest of the bunch. Tries to cover too much ground. I would have either focused more on the sample super-dungeon, or provided more advice on creating your own super dungeons.

• GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 13: Loadouts made the tedious task of assigning equipment so much faster and easier . . . but since its release, later supplements have added the mentalist, while Pyramid has added the demolisher, justiciar, monster slaver, musketeer, and mystic knight. It's time for Matt Riggsby to give us More Dungeon Fantasy Loadouts, right? Right.

I didn't use Loadouts, because the supplement was out way after my characters looked like xmass trees laden with glowing magic items and top notch gear. Still, I find them very well written and potentially very useful. The Pyramid templates were lacking them, so that's now fixed!

• The pajama-wearing stars of GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 12: Ninja hogged all the spotlight time (ironic for a bunch of guys who dress like bunraku puppeteers, neh?), relegating the less-flashy assassin to a mere box. After numerous death threats, Peter Dell'Orto came back to give us Power-Ups for Assassins. With plenty of boons, including seven new perks useful for any quiet killer, it's safe (heh-heh) to say that there's no longer a contract on his head.

I would have added some sort of special "death blow" unique technique, or something expensive. Other than that, it's what I would have written, only done with much greater skill.

• To balance out the serious article above, Peter also delivered a Dungeon Fantasy Monsters-style take on a couple of Snowmen. Go ahead, let your players laugh and crack Rankin/Bass jokes . . . it'll just make the GM's smile all the more satisfying when the delvers' ho-ho-hot blood spills across the tundra.

Makes me want DFM2 even more ;)

• And our final gifts to you are this month's usual features, including a Random Thought Table that contrasts consistency against massive change, an Odds and Ends FROM HELL, and a Murphy's Rules that pulls those loose cannon back in line.

— PK & Kromm

Not a fan of RTT normally, but the platonic ideal things would do for a very tongue in cheek game, I'll shelve it for future use for sure... The explosive advancement section suits shorter campaigns than what I'm used to, so I will get less use out of it.
I think that we should start mining Munchkin for ideas on prefixes and suffixes for monsters, unless the IP owner objects... 8P