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Hello, I am a Game Master (GM) and I like to over-prepare. This is a fan blog that collects my homebrew material about running tabletop role-playing games (RPGs) using the Generic Universal RolePlaying System (GURPS). If you’re not familiar with this stuff, check out a definition of tabletop role-playing. GURPS,…Continue reading “About This Blog”

13Aug 201912 Aug 2019

Character: James Jameson, Assassin (150 points)

Boilerplate preface (feel free to skip to character description!): This character is another example in the a set of completed characters I’m…

Incompetence vs. Delusional Competence (Rules Nitpick)

Super minor thing that I’m noting here. I love the GURPS Power-Ups 6: Quirks book but I just noticed that…

1Aug 201921 Jul 2019

Tybalt of Stonemarsh, Elator — The Proud, Nerdy Assassin (200 points)

This is a sample character demonstrating the use of the elator template. Tybalt of Stonemarsh When Tybalt came to his…

Daily Posts Didn’t Work

Well, I didn't make it. As you may recall, I thought I would switch to blogging every day as I was basically doing that anyhow. I lasted seven weeks, but…

Robot Hireling: Gort, Engineering Bot (35 points)

30 Jul 201917 Jul 2019

This robot is useful as an NPC hireling to have on hand if no one wants to buy the engineering skills necessary to the story. Combined with Zak (another NPC…

Robot Ally/Pet: Eight Ball (150 points)

29 Jul 201929 Jul 2019

This is Archie's homemade robot companion. See Archie's write-up for more details about the back story of this character. Boilerplate preface (feel free to skip to character description!): This character…

Character: Gainesville Bob, Minister and Grifter (150 points)

28 Jul 201922 Jul 2019

Boilerplate preface (feel free to skip to character description!): This character is another example in the a set of completed characters I'm posting for the Deeps of Lyrae campaign. I…

Character: “Boom-Boom” Anacusis: Ex-Soldier, Heavy Weapons (150 points)

27 Jul 201922 Jul 2019

Boilerplate preface (feel free to skip to character description!): This character is another example in the a set of completed characters I'm posting for the Deeps of Lyrae campaign. I…

Character: Mahaena Papeete, Hacker-Ninja (150 points)

26 Jul 201922 Jul 2019

Boilerplate preface (feel free to skip to character description!): This character is another example in the a set of completed characters I'm posting for the Deeps of Lyrae campaign. I…

Character: Lady Triticale, Merchant Antiquarian (150 points)

25 Jul 201922 Jul 2019

Boilerplate preface (feel free to skip to character description!): This character is another example in the a set of completed characters I'm posting for the Deeps of Lyrae campaign. I…

Character: Freddy Jupiter: Hotshot Pilot, Smuggler, Dirtbag (150 points)

24 Jul 201922 Jul 2019

Boilerplate preface (feel free to skip to character description!): This character is another example in the a set of completed characters I'm posting for the Deeps of Lyrae campaign. I…

Character: Dr. David Bremerton, Ex-Military Medico (150 points)

23 Jul 201922 Jul 2019

Boilerplate preface (feel free to skip to character description!): This character is another example in the a set of completed characters I'm posting for the Deeps of Lyrae campaign. I…

Deeps of Lyrae: Campaign Roadmap

22 Jul 201912 Aug 2019

Welcome to The Deeps of Lyrae Campaign: In the far future, humanity has invented a jump drive, conquered the stars, and forged them into an almost inconceivably large interstellar empire.…

Character: Bertor Macmillan, Belter and Geologist (150 points)

22 Jul 201917 Jul 2019

Boilerplate preface (feel free to skip to character description!): This character is another example in the a set of completed characters I'm posting for the Deeps of Lyrae campaign. I…

Character: Archie Sparks, Boy Genius Roboticist (150 points)

21 Jul 201929 Jul 2019

I'm switching gears here to the Deeps of Lyrae campaign, and I'm going to put up a set of completed characters over the next few posts. I made them for…

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Character: Princess Alba, Ruler — The witty royal troubleshooter with a soft heart (200 points)

20 Jul 201921 Jul 2019

This is a sample character demonstrating the use of the Ruler template. Princess Alba Princess Alba came to her talent of beguilement just two years ago. While she is pledged…

Land of the True Game

Template: Ruler (King/Queen/Prince/Princess — Beguilement)

19 Jul 201919 Jul 2019

Although I created this as a template to allow players to use this character type, in fact I suspect I will disallow Rulers as player-characters. How many gangs of adventurers…

Land of the True Game

Template: Seer (Precognition)

18 Jul 201919 Jul 2019

Getting back into my other campaign, the Land of the True Game, with this template for the Seer gamesman. Seers are a little unusual in that their powers are described…

Land of the True Game

Module: Survivor (For Anyone)

17 Jul 201919 Jul 2019

THE SINGLE MOST COMMON QUESTION I AM ASKED AS A GM by GURPS players who have character points to spend is: how do I make combats more survivable for my…

I Want You To Build A Space Suit That Doesn’t Like Me… Into My Skin (Module For Character Bionics)

16 Jul 201915 Jul 2019

A player came to me with the idea of a bionic spacesuit that was built into her skin. I love to accommodate almost anything the players are excited about, BUT…

25 Obscure Sci-Fi Character Ideas (For the Hard-to-Please)

15 Jul 20198 Jul 2019

In the last post I explained that with the Deeps of Lyrae campaign I'm going to use the templates published in GURPS Space and GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars with a…

Time to Make Characters, People! (A List of 45 Templates Relevant to GURPS Traveller)

14 Jul 20198 Jul 2019

After all this work on the spaceships, it's time to get rolling on the characters. For the Land of the True Game campaign I've decided to write my own character…

Table of Campaign Spaceships

13 Jul 20196 Jul 2019

To keep things organized in my mind, I made a printable table of all of the spaceships I expect to use in the Deeps of Lyrae campaign. This is in…

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How to Choose Your Maneuver in Basic Space Combat (And: One-Page Move Flowchart)

12 Jul 20195 Jul 2019

It's a free fan-produced game aid! Download the GURPS Spaceships basic space combat Pilot Move flowchart v. 1 in either PDF or Microsoft Word for GURPS 4th edition: Download PDF:…

Cyclone Light Fast-Attack Fighter (SM+4, TL11^)

11 Jul 20195 Jul 2019

I've been messing around with the format of the information I give to players when they acquire a ship. For the used Sun Dog freighter, I gave them an in-world…

Combat Test: Sun Dog vs. Lapwing Salvage Vessel (Fourth Space Combat)

10 Jul 20195 Jul 2019

In this space combat test I'm going to continue to teach myself the basic space combat rules from GURPS Spaceships by putting my player ship into combat with another ship…

Lapwing Salvage Vessel (SM+10, TL11^)

9 Jul 20194 Jul 2019

Continuing my ship design and combat experiments, I decided to pit the player ship against a very similar ship, so I designed this deep-space salvage vessel at the same SM…

Combat Test: Sun Dog vs. Contessa Liner (Third Space Combat)

8 Jul 20194 Jul 2019

You'll remember that I decided to give the players a ship with a terrible gun and a single missile launcher. Then to teach myself about the GURPS Spaceships basic space…

Combat Test: Sun Dog vs. Tiger Frigate (Second Space Combat)

7 Jul 20194 Jul 2019

In this combat test, I try to teach myself the basic space combat system in GURPS Spaceships by putting the Sun Dog, my barely-armed player ship, against what I'm guessing…

Requires Concentrate Goes Daily

6 Jul 20196 Jul 2019

I started this blog with a promise (stated in the header) of new content every week, but since June 3rd I've managed to increase the posting frequency to every day.…

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