GM Dirty Tricks for GURPS MAGIC

Culture20 · 09-23-2017, 05:29 PM

"Magic" arms and armor carried by enemies which radiate magic because they're made with earth to stone (double strength). First dispel or null-mana zone and all the items permanently turn back to dirt.

Metal pillars made the same way, holding up tons of stone or earth; an evil wizard needs only to dispel them when the PCs stand in the correct spot..

hal · 09-23-2017, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Culture20

"Magic" arms and armor carried by enemies which radiate magic because they're made with earth to stone (double strength). First dispel or null-mana zone and all the items permanently turn back to dirt.

Metal pillars made the same way, holding up tons of stone or earth; an evil wizard needs only to dispel them when the PCs stand in the correct spot..

Nice one. Nasty as heck. Wonder how he outruns the collapsing ceiling?

sir_pudding · 09-24-2017, 06:51 AM

Etch a scroll on that load-bearing pillar and you don't even need dispel.

Prepared defenses with ice slick or grease are definitely a thing that I use.

The players were also particularly frustrated with the room that got hotter as they stayed in it, defended by orichalcum golems (although the payday from the scrap from that fight turned frowns around).

Golem in general is pretty abusable, even if you restrict it to thematically construct traits. I like golem mechanical artillery myself.

They also didn't like the room that was the site of a mass suicide and full of a couple hundred ordinarily deceased skeletons. At first they were suspicious, but because it was the entrance to the dungeon, they eventually stopped caring about it, until the opposed adventuring party's necromancer cast Mass Zombie while the PCs were in the dungeon. She instructed them to remain in place until the PCs were halfway through the room.

robkelk · 09-24-2017, 08:39 AM

There's this classic from Order of the Stick: "The note says 'I memorized Explosive Runes this morning'."

09-23-2017, 05:29 PM	#1
Culture20 Join Date: Feb 2014	Re: GM Dirty Tricks for GURPS MAGIC "Magic" arms and armor carried by enemies which radiate magic because they're made with earth to stone (double strength). First dispel or null-mana zone and all the items permanently turn back to dirt. Metal pillars made the same way, holding up tons of stone or earth; an evil wizard needs only to dispel them when the PCs stand in the correct spot..

09-24-2017, 06:51 AM	#3
sir_pudding Wielder of Smart Pants Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ventura CA	Re: GM Dirty Tricks for GURPS MAGIC Etch a scroll on that load-bearing pillar and you don't even need dispel. Prepared defenses with ice slick or grease are definitely a thing that I use. The players were also particularly frustrated with the room that got hotter as they stayed in it, defended by orichalcum golems (although the payday from the scrap from that fight turned frowns around). Golem in general is pretty abusable, even if you restrict it to thematically construct traits. I like golem mechanical artillery myself. They also didn't like the room that was the site of a mass suicide and full of a couple hundred ordinarily deceased skeletons. At first they were suspicious, but because it was the entrance to the dungeon, they eventually stopped caring about it, until the opposed adventuring party's necromancer cast Mass Zombie while the PCs were in the dungeon. She instructed them to remain in place until the PCs were halfway through the room.

09-24-2017, 08:39 AM	#4
robkelk Untitled Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: between keyboard and chair	Re: GM Dirty Tricks for GURPS MAGIC There's this classic from Order of the Stick: "The note says 'I memorized Explosive Runes this morning'." __________________ Rob Kelk “Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.” – Bernard Baruch, Deming (New Mexico) Headlight, 6 January 1950 No longer reading these forums regularly.