GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 8: Treasure Tables

Kromm · 12-17-2009, 11:45 AM

Silver and gold coins:
What could be better than that?
Let Riggsby show you!

— Some hack

E23 just released GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 8: Treasure Tables, the latest in the GURPS Dungeon Fantasy lineup. At 64 pages, it's the series' biggest item yet! Which is fitting, because it describes loot, where more is usually better. This is old-school table-rolling goodness, my friends. It covers everything from bits of rope, ordinary sticks, and some dead guy's boots . . . through finery, silverware, and luxury commodities . . . to Artifacts o' Power™. What's perhaps coolest is that it addresses modifying items: they can be intricately shaped and stylized, made of remarkable materials, bejewelled, enchanted, supernaturally embellished, and possibly even cursed. So if you've always wanted a fine, icy tempered-glass broadsword, set with peridot and etched with a squid motif, that chimes when swung . . . well, now you have a tiny chance of finding one at random, and can easily work out the price to commission one (if the GM and the Squid Gods let you!).

Pmandrekar · 12-17-2009, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kromm

Silver and gold coins:
What could be better than that?
Let Riggsby show you!

— Some hack

e23 just released GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 8: Treasure Tables, the latest in the GURPS Dungeon Fantasy lineup. At 64 pages, it's the series' biggest item yet! Which is fitting, as it describes loot, where more is usually better. This is old-school table-rolling goodness, my friends. It covers everything from bits of rope, ordinary sticks, and some dead guy's boots . . . through finery, silverware, and luxury commodities . . . to Artifacts o' Power™. What's perhaps coolest is that it addresses modifying items: they can be intricately shaped and stylized, made of remarkable materials, bejewelled, enchanted, supernaturally embellished, and possibly even cursed. So if you've always wanted a fine, icy tempered-glass broadsword, set with peridot and etched with a squid motif, that chimes when swung . . . well, now you have a tiny chance of finding one at random, and can easily work out the price to commission one (if the GM and the Squid Gods let you!).

Fabulous, Kromm!! Can't wait to get it! Thanks again for this (marvelous) series of pdfs!
And I'm a big fan of that Riggsby Hack.

-P.

Bruno · 12-17-2009, 12:09 PM

Huzzah! *rushes out to buy it*

Ego Archive · 12-17-2009, 01:48 PM

Woot!

Now to go get the treasurey goodness.

thulben · 12-17-2009, 02:09 PM

Bought it and scanned it over lunch. I have to say that there are a *lot* of really good ideas in there. I'll be using this this Saturday. Boring treasure no more!

Collective_Restraint · 12-17-2009, 02:22 PM

Perused it at lunch too. Pretty neat, it's definitely one of the best DF to date. This just screams for a web-based game-aid to automatically generate loot.

mlangsdorf · 12-17-2009, 03:44 PM

Two things I'd love to see:

The new items from Chapter 3, organized as a separate inventory. Delvers should be able to buy this stuff in town, and it'd be helpful it were organized without all the "see some other book" references for duplicate items.

A list of EVERY item in the book, with weight, dollar value, and page reference.

SCAR · 12-17-2009, 04:30 PM

OK, so I generated a random treasure:

A 3.5 carat Moonstone, the surface of which seems to looks like Rolling Clouds, the bearer is immune to Lightning.

Question: The Enchantment roll gave me a Regenerating Reserve and Resist Lightning (always on) Defense Enchantment with a Reserve of 12. Resist Lightning costs 2 to cast and 1 to maintain, and the Regenerating Reserve recharges as per a Powerstone (1 per day in Normal Mana).
How is the the Always On supposed to interact with the Reserve? - Surely the item is permanently self powering so the Reserve would be irrelevant.

Nice item, and yes the Rolling Clouds Embellishment and the Resist Lightning were both randomly rolled!

Crakkerjakk · 12-17-2009, 04:48 PM

A flying gazebo. They're even more dangerous than originally thought!

Joseph R · 12-17-2009, 04:52 PM

Oh man, it's not fair! How are us between-gainful-employment types supposed to get by without this?

There's plenty of e23 stuff on my to-buy list (the entire Spaceships line for starters)....but I think I'll have to get this first and worry about the bill later :)

12-17-2009, 11:45 AM	#1
Kromm *GURPS* Line Editor Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Montréal, Québec	GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 8: Treasure Tables Silver and gold coins: What could be better than that? Let Riggsby show you! — Some hack E23 just released *GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 8: Treasure Tables, the latest in the GURPS Dungeon Fantasy* lineup. At 64 pages, it's the series' biggest item yet! Which is fitting, because it describes loot, where more is usually better. This is old-school table-rolling goodness, my friends. It covers everything from bits of rope, ordinary sticks, and some dead guy's boots . . . through finery, silverware, and luxury commodities . . . to Artifacts o' Power™. What's perhaps coolest is that it addresses modifying items: they can be intricately shaped and stylized, made of remarkable materials, bejewelled, enchanted, supernaturally embellished, and possibly even cursed. So if you've always wanted a fine, icy tempered-glass broadsword, set with peridot and etched with a squid motif, that chimes when swung . . . well, now you have a tiny chance of finding one at random, and can easily work out the price to commission one (if the GM and the Squid Gods let you!). __________________ Sean "Dr. Kromm" Punch <kromm@sjgames.com> *GURPS* Line Editor, Steve Jackson Games My DreamWidth [Just *GURPS* News]

12-17-2009, 12:09 PM	#3
Bruno Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada	Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 8: Treasure Tables Huzzah! rushes out to buy it __________________ All about Size Modifier; Unified Hit Location Table A Wiki for my F2F Group A neglected GURPS blog

12-17-2009, 01:48 PM	#4
Ego Archive Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mpls, MN	Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 8: Treasure Tables Woot! Now to go get the treasurey goodness. __________________ Profession Life path Templates [DF]One Shot - Crevan Brokenhand's Last Rest Towndale: A user generated fantasy town for any game system.

12-17-2009, 02:09 PM	#5
thulben Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: SF Bay Area, CA	Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 8: Treasure Tables Bought it and scanned it over lunch. I have to say that there are a lot of really good ideas in there. I'll be using this this Saturday. Boring treasure no more!

12-17-2009, 02:22 PM	#6
Collective_Restraint Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Montreal, Canada	Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 8: Treasure Tables Perused it at lunch too. Pretty neat, it's definitely one of the best DF to date. This just screams for a web-based game-aid to automatically generate loot. __________________ Collective Restraint For GURPS 4E Game Aids, visit my site!

12-17-2009, 03:44 PM	#7
mlangsdorf Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, TX	Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 8: Treasure Tables Two things I'd love to see: The new items from Chapter 3, organized as a separate inventory. Delvers should be able to buy this stuff in town, and it'd be helpful it were organized without all the "see some other book" references for duplicate items. A list of EVERY item in the book, with weight, dollar value, and page reference.

12-17-2009, 04:30 PM	#8
SCAR Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Yorkshire, UK	Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 8: Treasure Tables OK, so I generated a random treasure: A 3.5 carat Moonstone, the surface of which seems to looks like Rolling Clouds, the bearer is immune to Lightning. Question: The Enchantment roll gave me a Regenerating Reserve and Resist Lightning (always on) Defense Enchantment with a Reserve of 12. Resist Lightning costs 2 to cast and 1 to maintain, and the Regenerating Reserve recharges as per a Powerstone (1 per day in Normal Mana). How is the the Always On supposed to interact with the Reserve? - Surely the item is permanently self powering so the Reserve would be irrelevant. Nice item, and yes the Rolling Clouds Embellishment and the Resist Lightning were both randomly rolled!

12-17-2009, 04:48 PM	#9
Crakkerjakk "Gimme 18 minutes . . ." Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Albuquerque, NM	Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 8: Treasure Tables A flying gazebo. They're even more dangerous than originally thought! __________________ My bare bones web page Semper Fi

12-17-2009, 04:52 PM	#10
Joseph R Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: London, U.K.	Re: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 8: Treasure Tables Oh man, it's not fair! How are us between-gainful-employment types supposed to get by without this? There's plenty of e23 stuff on my to-buy list (the entire Spaceships line for starters)....but I think I'll have to get this first and worry about the bill later :)