Deeps of Lyrae Character: Lady Triticale, Merchant Antiquarian (150 points) 25 Jul 201910 Nov 2023 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 Character: Freddy Jupiter: Hotshot Pilot, Smuggler, Dirtbag (150 points) 24 Jul 201910 Nov 2023 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 Character: Dr. David Bremerton, Ex-Military Medico (150 points) 23 Jul 201910 Nov 2023 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 Character: Bertor Macmillan, Belter and Geologist (150 points) 22 Jul 201910 Nov 2023 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 Character: Archie Sparks, Boy Genius Roboticist (150 points) 21 Jul 201910 Nov 2023 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…
Land of the True Game Character: Princess Alba, Ruler — The witty royal troubleshooter with a soft heart (200 points) 20 Jul 201922 Jul 2020 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: 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…
Deeps of Lyrae 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…
Deeps of Lyrae 25 Obscure Sci-Fi Character Ideas (For the Hard-to-Please) 15 Jul 20193 May 2025 In the last post I listed 45 sci-fi character templates and explained that with the Deeps of Lyrae campaign I'm going to use the templates published in GURPS Space and…
Deeps of Lyrae Time to Make Characters, People! (A List of 45 GURPS Templates Relevant to Sci-Fi) 14 Jul 20191 Aug 2020 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…
Land of the True Game Rank, Status, and Social Stigma (Among Gamesmen and Pawns) 27 Jun 201922 Jun 2019 In The Land of the True Game, the "True Game" is a place, a game, a political order, a religion and a military hierarchy similar to feudalism. Since this is…
Land of the True Game Codes of Honor and a Vow (For Gamesmen) 26 Jun 201919 Jul 2020 In this post I cover some codes of honor, a vow, and related disadvantages relevant in The Land of the True Game setting. Code of Honor (Gamesman) The ethos of…
Land of the True Game Template: Armiger (Flier) 25 Jun 201923 Jul 2020 In The Land of the True Game, armigers have the talent of flight. The word "armiger" evolved from "ayr-man." They are a common game piece, and respectable demensnes will employ…
Land of the True Game Module: Combat Veteran (For Gamesmen) 24 Jun 20197 Jul 2019 A module is part of a template that can be included in a template by reference, it's similar to a lens, which specifies a variant of a template. See GURPS…
Land of the True Game Module: Minor Heretic (Usually For Gamesmen) 24 Jun 201925 Jun 2019 A module is part of a template that can be included in a template by reference, it's similar to a lens, which specifies a variant of a template. See GURPS…
Land of the True Game Module: Educated (Usually For Gamesmen) 24 Jun 201922 Jul 2020 A module is part of a template that can be included in a template by reference, it's similar to a lens, which specifies a variant of a template. See GURPS…
Land of the True Game “True Game ESP, -20%” and The Heat Limitation (Gamesman Magic Modeled as Psionic Power) 23 Jun 201911 Oct 2023 "Where do you think you're going with all those ovens, friend?" One of the neatest things about The Land of the True Game setting is that most of the magical…
Land of the True Game Inverting “Unusual Background:” Skills for Gamesmen (And Their Templates) 22 Jun 201925 Jun 2019 A bunch of skills belong on all templates in The Land of the True Game, at least for gamesmen. Every gamesman knows how to ride a horse, has some familiarity…
Land of the True Game The Index (Setting Artifact) 18 Jun 20196 Nov 2023 The Index is a book, similar to a phone directory, dictionary, or encyclopedia, that specifies all of the types of gamesmen that exist in The Land of the True Game.…
Land of the True Game Campaign Planning Form (Land of the True Game) 16 Jun 201917 Jun 2019 I'm still not sure if anyone else actually fills out the official GURPS Campaign Planning Form, but I do. So here it is for the Land of the True Game…
Land of the True Game What the Players Need to Know (Campaign Setting) 15 Jun 201917 Jun 2019 Unlike my normal character design prompts, which are pretty open-ended, in The Land of the True Game campaign I'm going to use templates and lenses to give players a pre-set…
Land of the True Game Alien: The Agirul (Stats and Notes) 14 Jun 201917 Jun 2019 In this follow-up to my racial template and narrative description of The Agirul, I'll discuss how I did the modeling and provide more detailed stats. Notes on Modeling There are…
Land of the True Game Alien: The Agirul — Sees All, Speaks With All, Is One 13 Jun 201917 Jun 2019 "What the Agirul knows, the Agirul knows," said the creature in a voice of great complacency. "Which means all of it, wherever its parts may be." The tl;dr version: Here's…
Land of the True Game Alien: Stickies (Stats and Notes) 12 Jun 201917 Jun 2019 In this post I'll follow-up my high-level racial template and discussion of the stickies with the full stats and some notes about why I modeled them this way. Detailed Stats…
Land of the True Game Alien: Stickies — They’re Wet, Scary, and You 10 Jun 201917 Jun 2019 If you touch a sticky, you become the sticky and the sticky becomes you. If you are a sticky and someone touches you, tough luck. You're going to merge now,…
Deeps of Lyrae Robot: Zak from Reactor Maintenance (as Player or Ally; 125 points) 7 Jun 201910 Nov 2023 In the NPC version of this build I added whatever traits to the character I felt would be interesting to support the adventure. In the PC version, I asked myself…
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