[OOC] Dungeons of Death

[Greg 1]

Dungeons of Death

Are you ready to hack?

This is a straightforward dungeon-crawl for 250 point GURPS Dungeon Fantasy characters built using the classes in the DF series. The dungeon is guaranteed not to make any sense - rooms will be strung together and populated with monsters with no rhyme or reason beyond what seems cool at the time, in the most surreal traditions of old-school D&D.

The game is not intended to last. In about 30 days, I will probably have to stop. I have no idea how far we can get in 30 days. I’m just going to drop the PCs at the dungeon door, let you start hacking, and see what happens.

PCs can begin gathering at the Warg and Wagon Tavern in the little town of Pitfield. When you decide that you have enough for a party, I’ll move you immediately to the dungeon at the base of Mount Stoneguard. New PCs will be allowed to join the party freely. I’ll just retcon them into the story as people the party had agreed to meet up with.

Any interest?

Post prospective characters to this thread please.

[tjmiller07]

I'm in, just securing a place this way, but it'll take me a few days to make a character.

[ladyarcana55]

Sounds like fun, sure!

[Rocket Man]

Need a thief? :) Count me in. I'll have my character up in a day or two.

[Captain-Captain]

Not quite complete, one quirk and some equipment.

Name: Keith St. Michel
Race: Human

Attributes [140]
ST 11 [10]
DX 15 [100]
IQ 10
HT 13 [30]

HP 11
Will 10
Per 10
FP 13

Basic Lift 24
Damage 1d-1/1d+1

Basic Speed 7
Basic Move 7

Ground Move 7
Water Move 1

Social Background
TL: 3 [0]
Cultural Familiarities:
Languages:

Advantages [115]
Ambidexterity [5]
Appearance (Attractive) [4]
Combat Reflexes [15]
Enhanced Dodge (1) [15]
Enhanced Parry (Sabre) (1) [5]
Extra Attack (1) (Multi-Strike) [30]
Luck [15]
Rapier Wit [5]
Signature Gear (Saber & Buckler) (1) [1]
Weapon Master (Sabre) (one specific weapon) [20]

Perks [1]
Weapon Bond (Saber) [1]

Disadvantages [-50]
Code of Honor (Gentleman's) [-10]
Compulsive Carousing (12 or less) [-5]
Curious (12 or less) [-5]
Gregarious [-10]
Sense of Duty (Adventuring companions) [-5]
Trickster (12 or less) [-15]

Quirks [-5]
_Unused Quirk 1 [-1]
Bowlegged [-1]
Dreamer [-1]
Proud [-1]
Vow [-1]

Packages [0]
Sword-and-Buckler Play (Martial Arts) [0]

Skills [48]
Acrobatics DX/H - DX+0 15 [4]
Arm Lock (Wrestling) Tech/A - def+0 15 [0]
Armed Grapple (Shield (Buckler)) Tech/H - def+0 13 [0]
Bind Weapon (Saber) Tech/H - def+0 0 [0]
Boxing DX/A - DX+0 15 [2]
Brawling DX/E - DX+0 15 [1]
Broadsword DX/A - DX+0 15 [1]
Carousing HT/E - HT+0 13 [1]
Cloak DX/A - DX+0 15 [2]
Counterattack (Saber) Tech/H - def+0 14 [0]
Disarming (Saber) Tech/H - def+0 19 [0]
Dual-Weapon Defense (Saber) Tech/H - def+0 12 [0]
Fast-Draw (Knife) DX/E - DX+1 16 [1]
includes: +1 from 'Combat Reflexes'
Fast-Draw (Sword) DX/E - DX+1 16 [1]
includes: +1 from 'Combat Reflexes'
Fast-Talk IQ/A - IQ+0 10 [2]
Feint (Brawling) Tech/H - def+0 15 [0]
First Aid/TL3 (Human) IQ/E - IQ+0 10 [1]
Gesture IQ/E - IQ+0 10 [1]
Hiking HT/A - HT-1 12 [1]
Jumping DX/E - DX+0 15 [1]
Kicking (Brawling) Tech/H - def+0 13 [0]
Retain Weapon (Saber) Tech/H - def+0 19 [0]
Riding (Equines) DX/A - DX-1 14 [1]
Saber DX/A - DX+4 19 [16]
Scrounging Per/E - Per+0 10 [1]
Seamanship/TL3 IQ/E - IQ+0 10 [1]
Search Per/A - Per+0 10 [2]
Shield (Buckler) DX/E - DX+0 15 [1]
Stealth DX/A - DX-1 14 [1]
Streetwise IQ/A - IQ+0 10 [2]
Throwing DX/A - DX+0 15 [2]
Trip (Wrestling) Tech/H - def+0 10 [0]
Wrestling DX/A - DX+0 15 [2]

Stats [140] Ads [115] Disads [-50] Quirks [-5] Skills [48] = Total [249]

Hand Weapons
1 Light Iron Buckler LC:4 $125 Wgt:4
Dam:1d-1 cr Reach:1 Parry:No ST: Skill:DX-4, Shield-2, Shield (Buckler) Notes:[2,3,4]
1 Saber LC:4 $700 Wgt:2
swing Dam:1d+2 cut Reach:1 Parry:14F ST:8 Skill:Sword!, Saber, DX-5, Broadsword-4, Main-Gauche-3, Rapier-3, Shortsword-4, Smallsword-3
thrust Dam:1d+2 imp Reach:1 Parry:No ST:8 Skill:Sword!, Saber, DX-5, Broadsword-4, Main-Gauche-3, Rapier-3, Shortsword-4, Smallsword-3

Ranged Weapons

Armor & Possessions
1 Backpack, Small $60 Wgt:3 Location:
1 Blanket $20 Wgt:4 Location:
1 Climbing Gear $20 Wgt:4 Location:
1 Cloth Armor Suit $150 Wgt:12 Location:all
1 Compass $50 Wgt:5 Location:
9 Elven Rations $135 Wgt:4.5 Location:
1 Lantern $20 Wgt:2 Location:
3 Oil (per pint) $6 Wgt:3 Location:
1 Personal Basics $5 Wgt:1 Location:
3 Rations $6 Wgt:1.5 Location:
1 Tent, 1-Man $50 Wgt:5 Location:

Notes
A son of King Brighton's Valet, Keith was about the same age as the King's 3rd son, Prince Benjamjin. He was falling into the mold of being the Prince's freind, advisor and bodyguard, and being taught how to best be able to fight and defend the Prince when heavy arms and plate armor were not available. This might well have proven a great gig in life except an Elder thing used incomprehbnsible dark arts no honest wizard or even a few dishonest ones could understand, and slew the royal family merely to retrieve one idle curio sitting on a shelf in the room.

It then vanished, and the resultant civil war ripped the small kingdom to shreds. Since then Keith has survived by his wits and his blade.

[Greg 1]

Originally Posted by tjmiller07

I'm in, just securing a place this way, but it'll take me a few days to make a character.

Sure thing. :)

Originally Posted by ladyarcana55

Sounds like fun, sure!

Good!

Originally Posted by Rocket Man

Need a thief? :) Count me in. I'll have my character up in a day or two.

Certainly! What's a dungeon without a thief?

[Greg 1]

Originally Posted by Captain-Captain

Not quite complete, one quirk and some equipment.

Name: Keith St. Michel
Race: Human

We have ourselves a swashbuckler! That is PC number one.

As you point out, you do need to fix a couple of quirks, but that's tinkering.

Just be aware that to keep things moving, I'll sometimes be rolling for PCs, which may mean (among other things) that I might not use your Luck when you would have in my position. In general, I'm not going to use it when rolling for you unless it seems obvious that you probably should.

As soon as we have a second PC, you can meet up at the inn. When you decide you have enough to start, we'll move the party to the dungeon entrance and others can join up when they are ready.

By the way, I saw your sabre thread in the GURPS forum. If you want to make use of material from GURPS Martial Arts, that's great.

[tjmiller07]

Name: Alteria (female)
Race: Elven

Attributes [124]

ST 12 [20]
DX 14 [80]
IQ 10
HT 12 [20]

HP 12
Will 10
Per 10
FP 12

Basic Lift 29
Damage 1d-1/1d+2
Karate Punch Damage 1d+8
Karate Kick Damage 1d+9
L. Spear Damage 1d+7 imp
Thrown Spear Damage 1d+3 imp
Comp. Bow Damage 1d+2 imp

Basic Speed 6.5
Basic Move 6

Ground Move 6
Water Move 0

Social Background
TL: 3 [0]
Cultural Familiarities:
Languages: Accented Manspeak [4]

Advantages [95]
Ambidexterity [5]
Combat Reflexes [15]
Enhanced Dodge (1) [15]
Heroic Archer [20]
Signature Gear (Weapons) [2]
Wealth (Comfortable) [10]
Weapon Master (Spear) (one specific weapon) [20]


Perks [1]

Weapon Bond (Spear) [1]

Disadvantages [-45]

Code of Honor (Gentleman's) [-10]
Curious (12 or less) [-5]
Dyslexia [-10]
Colorblindness [-5]
Greed [-15]

Quirks [-5]

Quirk 1 [-1]
Attentive [-1]
Careful [-1]
Proud [-1]
Vow [-1]

Skills [90]
Acrobatics DX/H - DX+0 14 [4]
Bow DX/A - DX+2 180[16]
Brawling DX/E - DX+0 14 [1]
Broadsword DX/A - DX+0 14 [2]
Disarming (Spear) Tech/H - def+0 18 [0]
Dual Weapon Attack (Spear and Sword) Tech/H - def+0 14 (spear) def+0 10 (sword)
Fast-Draw (Arrow) DX/E - DX+1 16 [2]
Includes: +1 from 'Combat Reflexes'
Fast-Talk IQ/A - IQ+0 10 [2]
First Aid/TL3 (Human) IQ/E - IQ+0 10 [1]
Hiking HT/A - HT-1 11 [1]
Jumping DX/E - DX+0 14 [1]
Retain Weapon (Spear) Tech/H - def+0 18 [0]
Riding (Horse) DX/A - DX-1 13 [1]
Spear DX/A - DX+4 18 [12]
Search Per/A - Per+0 8 [0]
Shield (Buckler) DX/E - DX+0 15 [2]
Stealth DX/A - DX-1 13 [1]
Thrown Weapon (Spear) DX/A - DX+4 18 [8]
Karate DX/H - DX+8 22 [36]

Hand Weapons
Long Spear $60, WT: 5
Bastard Sword $S.G. (550), WT: 5

Ranged Weapons
Composite Bow $S.G., WT: 4/0.1
12 Arrows $24, WT: 1.2

Armor
Light Scale Armor $150, WT: 15
Heavy Leather Leggings $60, WT: 4
Heavy Leather Sleeves $50, WT: 2
Shoes $40, WT: 2


Possessions
Quick Release Backpack $300, WT: 3
Ceramic Bottle $3, WT: 1
Personal Basics $5, WT: 1
One Man Tent $50, WT: 5
10 Traveler’s Rations $20, WT: 10
Shoulder Quiver $10, WT: 0.5

TRAVEL WEIGHT = 56.2
COMBAT WEIGHT = 33.2

TRAVEL MOVE = 5
COMBAT MOVE = 5

Defenses: Parry (Spear) 11
Dodge 10
Block 10
Karate Parry 14

Point Total – Attributes [124] + Advantages & Perks [86] – Disadvantages & Quirks [-50] + Skills [90] = 250

NOTES: Alteria always walks with her Spear and Shield in hand. (thought I should clear this up since it's a dungeoneering campaign)

[Captain-Captain]

Originally Posted by tjmiller07

[B]

NOTES: Alteria always walks with her Spear and Shield in hand. (thought I should clear this up since it's a dungeoneering campaign)

Just an observation: There actually is a perk, Standard Operating Procedures, which lets you establish such details beyond any reasonable question. The GM can set up circumstances where you cannot carry those weapons (ie having an audience with a King in his castle) but the first chance you get to retrieve your stuff you do and you carry them again. This is automatic, the perk basically buys off YOUR obligation to tell the GM you retrieved your gear.

Power Ups 2: Perks p. 15 (listed in the index without page number btw).

If you want to pull a point for that, I'd suggest dropping the 22 Karate to 21 (Overkill IMHO) and spend the remaining 3 points shoring up skills. Search wold go from it's default of 8 to 12 for one of those points, Shield (Buckler) at 15 provides a Defense of 10, same as 14. The two remaining points going into it changes your block to 11.

Minor nit: Should her First Aid be for humans and not her native race?

[Greg 1]

Originally Posted by tjmiller07

Name: Alteria (female)
Race: Elven

I should have made this clearer, but I wanted the PCs to use the classes listed in the various DF supplements. Alteria doesn't seem to be a particular class.

I apologize for the inconvenience. This is my bad entirely - you built a character fit for the dungeon then I pulled the rug out. I'll fix the call for characters posts.

If there is a character concept you particularly want to capture that the classes as written just can't accomodate, we can negotiate. For instance, I can see that an Elf might have access to Heroic Archer just because she is an Elf. Karate 22 is more problematic because it is more raw skill than a Martial Artist could have by following the template in GURPS DF 1. I want to maintain niche protection.