02-16-2017, 10:51 PM | #1 |
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Pyramid #3/100: Pyramid Secrets
If the past 99 months have taught us anything, it's that you folks have about as wide a range of tastes as any other group in the world. We've published articles about everything from traffic intersections to Victorian mannerisms, and we keep pushing our thematic limits. So for Pyramid #3/100: Pyramid Secrets, we decided to step back from theme and do a bit of celebrating . . . not just our centennial issue, but also our success using Amazon CreateSpace to bring GURPS books back into print and using Kickstarter to bring Dungeon Fantasy to the masses. Ready to party?Cents become dollars
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02-16-2017, 11:02 PM | #2 |
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I also wanted to thank two Christophers.
Christopher "Ghostdancer" Rice worked tirelessly to address my comments when I saw the potential for his article (which originally diverged a bit from PU5) to become a true expansion for that book. I strongly recommend giving this system a try; he isn't exaggerating when he says it can replace Luck, etc. And Christopher "not on these forums" Conrad is my Dungeon Fantasy GM; he came up with the core ideas of our article when one of our players asked, "Where are the gods of trade and money?" I'm really proud of what we ended up with, and it's worked out great for that Tycoon-heavy PC in our games.
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02-16-2017, 11:36 PM | #3 |
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Your working late on this :)
It was a good issue, hope people got the cover art but ya know someones going to criticize it. On W23 I thought it was a bug and the picture didint get uploaded. Only saw the real cover when I opened the issue up. magazine not available at present so I wont use the article names. 2 articles are likely to be of use to me. The Impulse buy article was a nice expansion. First I was thinking ok, we get a few new examples but we already have this in Power Ups, even if its kind of a sidebar. But nice examples anyway. I even liked the box of alternative names. However then I got to the example replacements for luck type abilities.The article is really useful and works better as a Narrative or coincidental magic system than my house use of the system from Impulse Buys The fashion article was also useful and interesting, though a little more bling would have been nice. Love the Force field suit. Random Thoughts have good ideas for helping GMs. The rest were of course well written but unlikely to see use in my campaign or group. My only negative comment was I wish there had been a Conspiracy or Mystery type crunch thing. Of course you could do that with Ghostdancers article.... IP (Aspected, Conspiracies; -20%) and bonus points for new discovery or connections made and possibly thwarted.
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02-17-2017, 12:15 AM | #4 |
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Love love love this issue.
Impulse Control I'm very happy to see finally in print, and I'll be expanding my group's already-heavy use of IP to include what it offers. As I and one of my players were reading it, we both looked at each other and said the same character's name when looking at the Big Entrance option. Infinite Weapons I would have bought just for the stats on the CAWS alone, and has several other (a)historical gems besides. The Galactic Operations Directorate is a great in-depth look into the world of UT's vignettes — though I'm not sure I'd want to play in it, it's fun to read. Fashion Forward comes with impeccable timing, just as I'm working on a cyberpunk game. i do have one minor quibble — the clothing weights offered in there seem to be pegged at the Basic Set's clothing weights, while High-Tech says TL8+ clothing is half that weight thanks to modern fabrics. Still, it's easy enough to say the weights of listed garments can vary from 50% to 200% the listed value based on the fabric and the cut. Gods of Commerce offers a nice expansion to the selection of deific portfolios available, and I've already got a character in mind to use it for the next DF game I wind up in. Hafta convince the GM to use Traits for Town from a previous issue, though... Realistic Injury, Expanded is going to see regular use, but I think poor Bruno is going to go crazy trying to fit yet more hit location effects into her wonderful hit location cheat-sheet (time for a page 3?). Briefly, an Adventure... well, nothing my group does is ever brief, and we still manage to hold marathon eight-ten-twelve-fifteen-hour gaming sessions on an almost-weekly basis, even after more than ten years of this. Still, there are valuable points to mine here. |
02-17-2017, 02:17 AM | #5 | |
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Yeah, I had no idea when it was going to make it up, so I just figured I'd do the promo stuff when I got back home from running my ATE game.
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Do you have DF17? If so, I find that some GMs consider the named & numbered books to hold more canonical weight than articles, so maybe toss that in the GM's lap instead of Traits for Town? (We love DF17; Christopher started off his campaign with a document detailing all of the guilds that were available, with custom assistance lists for most of 'em.)
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02-17-2017, 02:25 AM | #6 | |
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02-17-2017, 05:57 AM | #8 |
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It does not add any new (sub)locations, but expands on injury to already-existing ones. However, I thought Low-Tech already subdivided the leg into thigh, knee, and shin; you might look there.
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02-17-2017, 05:59 AM | #9 |
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By the way, if anyone wants a GDF for "Gods of Commerce," here you go. I created this for our game's character creation. I didn't make new templates, but all of the traits you need to build a Commerce cleric or holy warrior are in there. As a bonus, it also includes a character sheet for James Trima.
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02-17-2017, 09:59 AM | #10 |
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PK, on Tithing, I am fuzzy on how it is calculated
Say Cindi the Commerce Cleric finds an edged rapier with MSRP 1k she would like to use, and 50 moneys. She has base wealth Cindi needs to Tithe to The Almighty Dollah, God of Transactions What does Cindi owe Dollah? If she owes 105, she can sell her new sword for 400, pay 105 tithe out of her 450 and is a sad cleric. Or does she owe 45 (based on swords trade in value of 400?), or how does it work? |
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