Deeps of Lyrae Character: James Jameson, Assassin (150 points) 13 Aug 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 made them for my…
Rules Incompetence vs. Delusional Competence (Rules Nitpick) 12 Aug 2019 Super minor thing that I'm noting here. I love the GURPS Power-Ups 6: Quirks book but I just noticed that the write-up distinguishing "Delusional Competence" from "Incompetence" is a little…
Land of the True Game Tybalt of Stonemarsh, Elator — The Proud, Nerdy Assassin (200 points) 1 Aug 201922 Jul 2020 This is a sample character demonstrating the use of the Elator template. Tybalt of Stonemarsh When Tybalt came to his talent, it was a huge relief to him. They say…
Land of the True Game Template: Elator (Teleportation) 31 Jul 201931 Jul 2019 I hope that last string of space pirates was useful to you! Now back to the Land of the True Game for a change. Writing these templates is hard work!…
Deeps of Lyrae 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…
Deeps of Lyrae Robot Ally/Pet: Eight Ball (150 points) 29 Jul 201910 Nov 2023 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…
Deeps of Lyrae Character: Gainesville Bob, Minister and Grifter (150 points) 28 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: “Boom-Boom” Anacusis: Ex-Soldier, Heavy Weapons (150 points) 27 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: Mahaena Papeete, Hacker-Ninja (150 points) 26 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: 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 Deeps of Lyrae: Campaign Roadmap 22 Jul 201911 Nov 2023 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.…
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: 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…
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…
Deeps of Lyrae 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…
Deeps of Lyrae… 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:…
Deeps of Lyrae 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…
Deeps of Lyrae 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…
Deeps of Lyrae 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…
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