11-26-2020, 08:20 AM | #1 |
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GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Encounters 3: The Carnival of Madness
Dungeons are great – right up until the players ignore the one the GM spent months designing. Ŧhe heroes might get there eventually, but in the meantime, there's a game session to fill. In a situation like this, it's good to have an adventure that can plausibly come to the delvers, no matter where they are: in town, in the middle of nowhere, or anywhere else they've wandered off to.Mama and papa! GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Encounters 3: The Carnival of Madness offers exactly that. Carnivals travel, after all, so they can show up anywhere. Of course, to attract adventurers, you need to offer something more interesting than the county fair . . . Everybody loves a circus – right up until they visit this one. — Store Link: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/SJG37-0363
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11-26-2020, 09:02 AM | #2 |
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Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Encounters 3: The Carnival of Madness
I liked it, good read.
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11-26-2020, 10:29 AM | #3 |
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Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Encounters 3: The Carnival of Madness
Uh-uh, Hannibal. No way, no how.
(It is pretty good - inspired even.)
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11-26-2020, 10:30 AM | #4 |
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Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Encounters 3: The Carnival of Madness
Thank you! It's somewhat based on an encounter I created for my old Dawn of Magic campaign, though the original was remembered by the players mostly for the pie-eating contest.
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11-26-2020, 01:29 PM | #5 |
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Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Encounters 3: The Carnival of Madness
IIRC there was a carnival of curses in Magic Items 2 for 3rd edition.
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11-26-2020, 01:40 PM | #6 |
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Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Encounters 3: The Carnival of Madness
I don't have it front of me, but IIRC it was "Poponax the Vile Clown" (the name stuck with me for some reason) in Magic Items 2, whose touring carnival gave out cursed items as the prizes for their games. He was the character attached to the Curses chapter.
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11-26-2020, 01:56 PM | #7 |
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11-26-2020, 02:31 PM | #8 |
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Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Encounters 3: The Carnival of Madness
Its a joke, Through me off the first few times I saw them but I caught on quickly enough. I dont think it was hilarious but it was cute and didn't make reading hard so unless its a problem with Ctrl + Find Im good.
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11-26-2020, 02:33 PM | #9 |
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Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Encounters 3: The Carnival of Madness
That's the guy. There's also the Clown Canon, a method of travelling very quickly and safely. It just looks ridiculous.
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Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Encounters 3: The Carnival of Madness
Adventure seed: The carnival needs more freaks! So they hire "comprachicos" (child-buyers). These vile people kidnap children and mutilate them so they are fit for use in the carnival. Victor Hugo describes them:
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