Ravens N' Pennies - GURPS Content Posts

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Kalzazz

I meant I think dragons and horses are cool, so I hope they are things in your game

Ahhh.

Horses: Yes. One of the players has a Tulpa familiar and one of its forms is a pure white horse (also a Duesenberg and housecat).

Dragons: Buried deep in the campaign setting. I haven't decided what dragons are yet. But they are there and at least one of them is a part of the history of Boston within the campaign. I do know they are deeply magical beings, but I don't know how they tie in yet with the Judeo-Christian mythological backbone I've got going. A few ideas have been bandied around and I'll eventually decide which one I like best.

[Refplace]

Originally Posted by Ghostdancer

Ahhh.

Horses: Yes. One of the players has a Tulpa familiar and one of its forms is a pure white horse (also a Duesenberg and housecat).

Funny I have a charecter in a DF game that has a Tulpa as a horse too!

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Refplace

Funny I have a charecter in a DF game that has a Tulpa as a horse too!

:-) Nimbus has been around almost 11 years. Tulpas are the best.

[Christopher R. Rice]

GURPS101: RPM Spell Loadouts - Mistakes Kal Makes

A guest post by Kalzazz on choosing the best charms when running a ritual path magic user. There's some gold in there.

[Kalzazz]

Thank you for hosting it!

I played a RPMist in a game again last night, which highlighted a couple more insights

16. Insubstantial enemies are ALSO not your friend! You might want to be able to hurt those.

17. Friendly fire isn't your friend either. It is nice to be able to contribute to a fight when your friends are in melee, or your friends won't stay your friends long.

[Pragmatic]

Originally Posted by Refplace

Funny I have a charecter in a DF game that has a Tulpa as a horse too!

From this page of the thread, I get the impression that a Tulpa is a Swiss Army knife of a pet?

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Kalzazz

Thank you for hosting it!

I played a RPMist in a game again last night, which highlighted a couple more insights

16. Insubstantial enemies are ALSO not your friend! You might want to be able to hurt those.

17. Friendly fire isn't your friend either. It is nice to be able to contribute to a fight when your friends are in melee, or your friends won't stay your friends long.

:-)

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

From this page of the thread, I get the impression that a Tulpa is a Swiss Army knife of a pet?

Kind of. Only really old ones or free-wiled though. The young ones can't really concentrate on a form long enough to hold it themselves. Though they can serve the will of another.

[Christopher R. Rice]

Melee Academy: A Decisive Blow

Today is GURPSday and today I talk trading skill for damage with a new maneuver (or technique or perk).

[Kalzazz]

I guess I am not following but how does P375 Parrying Heavy Weapons work when attacking with this technique?

I've reread it, and attacking does not (as best I can tell) force a weapon breakage check to start with, so what is there to add the penalty to?

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Kalzazz

I guess I am not following but how does P90 Parrying Heavy Weapons work when attacking with this technique?

I've reread it, and attacking does not (as best I can tell) force a weapon breakage check to start with, so what is there to add the penalty to?

When a roll is called for, it inflicts a penalty. I suppose you could say that it causes a breakage check regardless or start it as a roll of 7 on 1d and work its way down inflicting a penalty equaling additional damage dealt -1.

So for a mere +1 to the damage roll, nothing happens (you can't roll 7 on 1d6), but if you added +2 damage then your weapon would break on a 6 on 1d6 (which you can roll).