GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 10: Taverns

Kromm · 02-25-2010, 11:13 AM

The way of taverns:
Cloaked strangers, drink, and brawling.
Don't tick off the troll.

— Some hack

The latest from e23 is GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 10: Taverns, for the GURPS Dungeon Fantasy series. This one covers everything you need to start your dungeon adventure old-school style: in a tavern, with a cloaked stranger or an old man giving the delvers a tempting tip or a moldy map . . . which is promptly set aside for a brawl. Its 33 pages contain guidelines on drinking establishments, their employees and patrons, and what they have for sale; rules for quick-and-very-dirty bar fights; and four businesses, complete with staff, adventure seeds, and full-page hex maps suitable for enlarging for tabletop use. This isn't just fluff, though. Crunch includes stats for common barroom denizens, rules for using social abilities to garner tips (of both the cash and information varieties), a template for dungeon-delving PC innkeepers, dirty-fighting moves you can use in the pub or the dungeon, stats for improvised weapons, tavern-themed magic items, booze with remarkable side effects, and even some monsters. It almost makes me want to run a pub-crawl-based DF campaign!

tg_ambro · 02-25-2010, 11:49 AM

Wow, awesome! Now I have another reason to complain about my latest economic setbacks! But seriously, this looks really cool.

Kalzazz · 02-25-2010, 11:52 AM

You know, I had always thought DF Taverns was a joke book, no, its real!

'You all meet in a tavern - now with rules!'

GURPS is the most awesome RPG yet

Kromm · 02-25-2010, 12:05 PM

I'm serious about the pub-crawl campaign. I think it could be oodles of fun to create dungeon-delving PCs and then spend several adventures going from watering hole to watering hole, collecting clues and maps, stocking up on miraculous brews, trading songs and drinks for useful items, honing fighting skills in brawls, etc. Ideally, somebody would join the campaign late and get to play the innkeeper whom the party convinces to join them. At the end of the pub crawl would be an actual dungeon crawl where the PCs – armed with extensive information, strange-but-fated-to-prove-useful items, and an encyclopedic knowledge of dirty fighting – take on real monsters for keeps.

sir_pudding · 02-25-2010, 12:08 PM

"If there's any girls there, I want to do them."
-Dead Ale Wives

Kelly Pedersen · 02-25-2010, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kromm

At the end of the pub crawl would be an actual dungeon crawl

If you do this, the final dungeon crawl must be set in the abandoned temple of a god of alcohol/drunkeness!

Akicita · 02-25-2010, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelly Pedersen

If you do this, the final dungeon crawl must be set in the abandoned temple of a god of alcohol/drunkeness!

Not quite - it should be the active temple of a god of abandon.

Rasputin · 02-25-2010, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kromm

I'm serious about the pub-crawl campaign.

A good reason for the GURPS Dungeon Fantasy: Urban Survival Guide.

b-dog · 02-25-2010, 10:28 PM

My review of DF 10 Taverns:

I liked the art in this book, less cartoony more realistic and medieval so as to fit the genre better. The first part of the book was really good and gave me quite a few ideas and also inspiration for adventures. This book seems to put the fairy tale back into DF because part of the fun is the finding out of secret treasure maps and strange legends. Also it helps put some ideas into how to be a DM and play the bar establishment. The sample bars were well done and fun but the adventure seeds were a little lame IMO. The magical drinks and other stuff at the end of the book were pretty cool too. All in all I really liked this book. I think that it is very useful for a DM. I would think that some sort of DF Trading Post would be useful for adventure ideas because the trading post is likely the second place where DF PCs are at. Great job!

Jeminai · 05-27-2010, 12:43 PM

I want to cast magic missile at the darkness, heh heh heh.

DO YOU HAVE ANY MOUNTAIN DEW?

The whole DF series is so good it almost makes me want to play a straight Hack-and-Slash game, but them I remember that I got away from DnD so I wouldn't have to do that anymore to see characters grow.

Great Job with the whole DF series.

02-25-2010, 11:13 AM	#1
Kromm *GURPS* Line Editor Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Montréal, Québec	GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 10: Taverns The way of taverns: Cloaked strangers, drink, and brawling. Don't tick off the troll. — Some hack The latest from e23 is *GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 10: Taverns, for the GURPS Dungeon Fantasy* series. This one covers everything you need to start your dungeon adventure old-school style: in a tavern, with a cloaked stranger or an old man giving the delvers a tempting tip or a moldy map . . . which is promptly set aside for a brawl. Its 33 pages contain guidelines on drinking establishments, their employees and patrons, and what they have for sale; rules for quick-and-very-dirty bar fights; and four businesses, complete with staff, adventure seeds, and full-page hex maps suitable for enlarging for tabletop use. This isn't just fluff, though. Crunch includes stats for common barroom denizens, rules for using social abilities to garner tips (of both the cash and information varieties), a template for dungeon-delving PC innkeepers, dirty-fighting moves you can use in the pub or the dungeon, stats for improvised weapons, tavern-themed magic items, booze with remarkable side effects, and even some monsters. It almost makes me want to run a pub-crawl-based DF campaign! __________________ Sean "Dr. Kromm" Punch <kromm@sjgames.com> *GURPS* Line Editor, Steve Jackson Games My DreamWidth [Just *GURPS* News]

02-25-2010, 11:49 AM	#2
tg_ambro Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Arkham Asylum	Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 10: Taverns Wow, awesome! Now I have another reason to complain about my latest economic setbacks! But seriously, this looks really cool. __________________ Jazama Pajama Pajama Shimera Kazam Imera Imera Kazam Pajama Shimera Kazam Pajama Pajama! Check out my blog, Ambro's Brainwaves Pretend you have telepathy, read my thoughts!

02-25-2010, 11:52 AM	#3
Kalzazz Join Date: Feb 2009	Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 10: Taverns You know, I had always thought DF Taverns was a joke book, no, its real! 'You all meet in a tavern - now with rules!' GURPS is the most awesome RPG yet

02-25-2010, 12:05 PM	#4
Kromm *GURPS* Line Editor Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Montréal, Québec	Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 10: Taverns I'm serious about the pub-crawl campaign. I think it could be oodles of fun to create dungeon-delving PCs and then spend several adventures going from watering hole to watering hole, collecting clues and maps, stocking up on miraculous brews, trading songs and drinks for useful items, honing fighting skills in brawls, etc. Ideally, somebody would join the campaign late and get to play the innkeeper whom the party convinces to join them. At the end of the pub crawl would be an actual dungeon crawl where the PCs – armed with extensive information, strange-but-fated-to-prove-useful items, and an encyclopedic knowledge of dirty fighting – take on real monsters for keeps. __________________ Sean "Dr. Kromm" Punch <kromm@sjgames.com> *GURPS* Line Editor, Steve Jackson Games My DreamWidth [Just *GURPS* News]

02-25-2010, 12:08 PM	#5
sir_pudding Wielder of Smart Pants Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ventura CA	Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 10: Taverns "If there's any girls there, I want to do them." -Dead Ale Wives

02-25-2010, 10:28 PM	#9
b-dog Join Date: Nov 2006	Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 10: Taverns My review of DF 10 Taverns: I liked the art in this book, less cartoony more realistic and medieval so as to fit the genre better. The first part of the book was really good and gave me quite a few ideas and also inspiration for adventures. This book seems to put the fairy tale back into DF because part of the fun is the finding out of secret treasure maps and strange legends. Also it helps put some ideas into how to be a DM and play the bar establishment. The sample bars were well done and fun but the adventure seeds were a little lame IMO. The magical drinks and other stuff at the end of the book were pretty cool too. All in all I really liked this book. I think that it is very useful for a DM. I would think that some sort of DF Trading Post would be useful for adventure ideas because the trading post is likely the second place where DF PCs are at. Great job!

05-27-2010, 12:43 PM	#10
Jeminai Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Jacksonville FL	Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 10: Taverns I want to cast magic missile at the darkness, heh heh heh. DO YOU HAVE ANY MOUNTAIN DEW? The whole DF series is so good it almost makes me want to play a straight Hack-and-Slash game, but them I remember that I got away from DnD so I wouldn't have to do that anymore to see characters grow. Great Job with the whole DF series.