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…
Deeps of Lyrae Robot: Zak from Reactor Maintenance (as NPC or Patron; 447 points) 6 Jun 201910 Nov 2023 Now let's try building Zak the robot as an NPC. As discussed earlier, this is an expensive proposition. I've already described Zak and provided a picture. In this post I'll…
Deeps of Lyrae Robot: Zak from Reactor Maintenance (as Equipment) 5 Jun 201910 Nov 2023 If you don't want to play Zak the robot, maybe you just want to buy him. (Or rent-to-own?) An anonymous GURPS-loving person, referenced only as "a friend" by Jachra on…
Deeps of Lyrae Robot: Zak from Reactor Maintenance (NPC Description + Adventure Seed) 4 Jun 201917 Jun 2019 Zak solves the game problem of crewing up the adventurer's spaceship. I envision the Deeps of Lyrae campaign will include a lot of spacefaring. I'm going to get the players…
Deeps of Lyrae Robots, In General 3 Jun 201910 Nov 2023 In the next set of posts I'm going to share a build for a maintenance robot named Zak, but I am going to do so in multiple versions. In this…
Deeps of Lyrae… Spaceship Minor Loot Table 29 May 201917 Jun 2019 Loot tables are staples of dungeon-crawl RPGs. But it can be hard to find anything equivalent if you are planning a game crawling through TL11^ spaceships. I know I will…
Deeps of Lyrae… Table of Hard Vacuum Effects on Equipment 27 May 201917 Jun 2019 So, you went to space and left the door open? As discussed in my last post, this table is a "missing sidebar" describing what happens to things on spaceships after…
Deeps of Lyrae… The “Missing Sidebar” Problem: Equipment and Vacuum 20 May 201917 Jun 2019 I’m not sure where to file this complaint, but I want to share it: It seems like sci-fi RPGs have gotten a little too conservative in the kinds of rules…
Deeps of Lyrae Loadout: NPCs in the 261st Sector Fleet 13 May 201911 Nov 2023 Military personnel have equipment suited to their assignment. As discussed in the last post, military personnel in the Deeps of Lyrae setting don’t just walk around packing heat. If a…
Deeps of Lyrae NPCs: Space Marines 6 May 201910 Nov 2023 In the Deeps of Lyrae, marines of the 261st (the sector fleet) will appear in situations where the Navy expects trouble. That is, it needs combat infantry. Every large navy ship has some…
Deeps of Lyrae NPCs: Naval Officers 29 Apr 201910 Nov 2023 While scooting around the sector in your spaceship you might well encounter a patrol of the Imperial Navy. The officers of the 261st (the sector fleet) will be the ones in…
Deeps of Lyrae NPCs: Navy Spooks 22 Apr 201910 Nov 2023 Naval Intelligence personnel ("spooks") of the 261st will be assigned by Captain Sem for duties involving his “special project” (see the plot). These might include spy-like tasks such as shadowing…
Deeps of Lyrae NPCs: Navy Enlisted Crew 15 Apr 201910 Nov 2023 To continue fleshing out the 261st, I've come up with a few example NPCs and their loadouts. This post will start with the crew on the 261st's starships. That is,…
Deeps of Lyrae Organization: The 261st Imperial Fleet 8 Apr 201910 Nov 2023 (a.k.a. “The Fierce Falconets”) I decided to use the organization statistics rules in GURPS Boardroom and Curia to be sure I understand the capabilities of the organization commanded by Fleet…
Deeps of Lyrae NPC Villain: Fleet Captain Sem 1 Apr 201917 Jun 2019 Captain Sem is the key villain who motivates the plot in the early part of the Deeps of Lyrae campaign. I often like to design the entire character sheet for…
Deeps of Lyrae… Tonnage: Converting Spaceship “Tons” Between Traveller and GURPS 25 Mar 201917 Jun 2019 A great benefit of a campaign based on Traveller is that there is such a large amount of Traveller material available to draw from – both fan produced and otherwise.…
Deeps of Lyrae The Campaign’s Starting Plot 18 Mar 201917 Jun 2019 When a campaign starts out it isn't clear where it is going to go, but I do try to come up with a narrative hook that could span multiple adventures…
Deeps of Lyrae… The Long Voyage Eccentricity Table 11 Mar 201917 Jun 2019 Living together with strangers in a small space (a spaceship) while embarking on a difficult new endeavor (space piracy) is mentally stressful. And if you add in space combat, being…
Deeps of Lyrae… Fewer Combat Cards? 4 Mar 201925 Jun 2019 The GURPS Combat Cards (PDF download: free!) are designed to make the combat rules simpler for new players and to help them understand what is going on. I agree it's…
Deeps of Lyrae… The Combat Rules: My Subset 25 Feb 201917 Jun 2019 The GURPS Basic Set invites you, the Game Master, to think of the game as an a la carte menu. While there are hundreds of books of rules, your job…
Land of the True Game Land of the True Game: Campaign Roadmap 18 Feb 201912 Nov 2023 This post is a table of contents covering what I will address in the Land of the True Game campaign and setting on this blog. (Read the one-paragraph description here…
Deeps of Lyrae The Backwater Planet: Family Whee 11 Feb 201917 Jun 2019 As promised in the last post, here is the completed planetary record for Family Whee, completed at great mental cost after my detour with the Planet Worksheet. This is the…
Deeps of Lyrae… Harsh Words About the Planetary Worksheet: Avoid It 4 Feb 201917 Jun 2019 I just tried to gin up the stats for the first planet of the Deeps of Lyrae campaign: Family Whee. This is the backwater planet described at the end of…
Deeps of Lyrae The Universe in One Page 28 Jan 201917 Jun 2019 I tried to write a one-page single-spaced backgrounder on the "Deeps of Lyrae" universe with the idea that I would give it to my players. (To catch up on the…
Deeps of Lyrae Campaign Planning Form (Deeps of Lyrae) 21 Jan 201917 Jun 2019 I'm not sure if anyone actually uses the official Campaign Planning Form but I did fill it out for this campaign so I thought I would post it here. campaignplanning-deeps-of-lyrae-2Download
Deeps of Lyrae Character Creation Advice: Roles and Traits 14 Jan 201917 Jun 2019 Traveller-inspired RPG gameplay in the "Deeps of Lyrae" setting using my character-creation prompt allows a wide variety of roles because the prompt itself is about adopting a new occupation: that…
Deeps of Lyrae Adapting the Traveller Universe 7 Jan 201917 Jun 2019 My "Deeps of Lyrae" campaign is a Traveller variant using the GURPS 4th edition rules. Traveller is a venerable sci-fi roleplaying concept, heavily inspired by the science fiction of the…
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