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Sicatra - The Edge of Twilight - Game Session 1

http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2016/01/sicatra-edge-of-twilight-game-session-1.html

Another session report from the Vault.

Carpe Blogiem: It's Been an Aeon...

http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2016/01/carpe-blogiem-its-been-aeon.html

Today is GURPS day and I do some musing on my new supers setting, Aeon. With two games in the campaign setting, one online and one face to face both opportunities and challenges present themselves in equal measure. I talk about a few.

Carpe Blogiem: 2015 - A Year In Review

http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2016/01/carpe-blogiem-2015-year-in-review.html

So how did 2015 go for me? Not bad, not bad at all.

GURPS101: More Bioenhancement Abilities for Monster Hunter Experiments II

Like the previous installment, today’s Special is all about the experiment from GURPS Monster Hunters. With new abilities for your favorite Frankenstein or Prometheus person, what could possibly go wrong with making a monster...

Boil and Bubble: The Power of the Soul

http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/12/boil-and-bubble-power-of-soul.html

So occasionally I see a forum post I like and I decide to answer it on my blog. That's pretty much what this post is about.

Sicatra - The Bloodied and the Banal - Game Session 6

http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/12/sicatra-bloodied-and-banal-game-session.html

Some session recaps from the Vault.

Gamemaster’s Guidepost: Dungeon Fantasy Encounter - Battle at Bloodfire Falls

So this is the first of it's kind: a "Patreon Mega-Special." In this case, it's a short adventure for Dungeon Fantasy. Merry Christmas everyone and have a happy New Year.

Designer's Notes: Vehicle Imbuements

http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/12/designers-notes-vehicle-imbuements.html

It's Christmas Eve and I've yet to sleep. Thought I'd go ahead and post this since tomorrow I'll be busy most of the day. It's a couple of notes on my "Vehicle Imbuements" article. You can imbue anything, you know? I wonder what I'll imbue next...

Triple Threat: Hellwasp

http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/12/triple-threat-hellwasp.html

Blargh. I'm in the middle of finishing the renovations for my room so everything's a mess - but hey, have some really nasty bugs to toss at your players they will "thank you" and by thank you I mean stick a d4 in your eye.

Gamemaster’s Guidepost: Monster Hunters Encounter - Seal and Stone

Ever need a quick adventure for your Monster Hunters game? A real fast jump off point you can use without putting too much effort into it? Well today's Patreon Special is exactly that. With enough info to get started, but allow the GM the wiggle room he needs, stats for a new monster to fight, a new relic, and a couple of new spells.

Designer's Notes: What's In a Lair?

Today one of my long-time articles came out in Pyramid. I'm pretty proud of it. Read here for how this sucker came about.

Gamemaster's Guidepost: A Novel Approach to GMing, Part III: Here's the Plan

http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/12/gamemasters-guidepost-novel-approach-to_11.html

The final (?) post from Scott Rochat about how fiction and gamemastering intersect more than you might think

Book Review: GURPS Aliens Sparrials by Elizabeth McCoy

http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/12/book-review-gurps-aliens-sparrials-by.html

Today's post is a quick review of Elizabeth McCoy's new book.

December 2015 Patreon Special #1

Gamemaster's Guidepost: Dungeon Fantasy Loot Rolls

"Let's go fight a dragon!" "Okay!" 10 hours later.... "THE LOOT! THE LOOT! THE LOOT IS ON FIRE!" "We don't need that loot, let it burn!" "Wait...what?" Okay. You're on a roll gamemastering your litter of murderhobos and suddenly you need some treasure. Any treasure. Oh, god what will you do? I got you covered with my random loot tables that also include new rules on how to quickly adjudicate treasure in GURPS Dungeon Fantasy. 2015-12-06 05:27:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Gamemaster's Guidepost: A Novel Approach to GMing, Part II: Do I Feel A Draft?

Continuing Scott "Rocketman" Rochat's guest blogging mini-series on how writing and GMing have more in common than you might think.

Designer's Notes: The Perky L33t

http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/12/designers-notes-perky-l33t.html

Some very short notes for my latest Pyramid article before I head out to my nightly Tuesday game.

Gamemaster's Guidepost: A Novel Approach to GMing, Part 1: The Plot Thickens

http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/11/gamemasters-guidepost-novel-approach-to.html

Scott "Rocketman" Rochat is my first guest-poster on my blog. He's got some pretty cool stuff to say about being a Gamemaster, check it out.

Patreon Special - GURPS101: Lens for Bard - The Warsinger

The Dungeon Fantasy bard has got to be one of my favorite of the basic templates. It brings back the old school feel of bards being a little bit of, well, all classes. But in GURPS Dungeon Fantasy you can get so much more out of a single template with a lens. Today's post is all about the bard with a martial bent - the warsinger. He pounds the drums of battle and leads his allies into the thick of the fray. With a new lens, power-ups, songs, and more today's post will be useful for anyone intere...

GURPS101: Tactfully Tactical - More Uses For Tactics

http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/11/gurps101-tactfully-tactical-more-uses.html

So Douglas Cole posted "interesting" things on the Tactics skill (see what I did there, Doug? ~_^) and I thought I'd toss out a few ideas of my own on Tactics. Today is GURPS day and since I'm going to be busy most of the day I figured I'd go ahead and post this ahead of schedule. So what can Ta...

Boil and Bubble: Money On My Magic and Magic On My Money

http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/11/boil-and-bubble-money-on-my-magic-and.html

When the money is magic and magic is money, sometimes casting spells can be funny. More seriously, what if money was actually stabilized FP in Dungeon Fantasy? Well, I got a few ideas.

Boil and Bubble: Inaugural Post

So I'm kicking off a new blog series on Tuesday and I wanted to throw down my reasoning for *why*.

GURPS101: Alternate HP and Healing

http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/11/gurps101-alternate-hp-and-healing.html

So Peter Dell'Orto tossed up an interesting post this morning, being full of ...

Designer's Notes: Pointless Monster Hunting

http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/11/designers-notes-pointless-monster.html

Some quick designer's notes on my "Pointless Monster Hunting" article from Pyramid #3/83: Alternate GURPS IV.

GURPS101: More Bioenhancement Abilities for Monster Hunter Experiments

I'm at a charity for my local Extra Life running GURPS demos tonight, but that doesn't mean I'm going to forget my patrons! Today's Patreon Special is a bit...experimental. Well, it's about experiments. Well, it's about GURPS Monster Hunter experiments. Those guys need more powers to draw from. So I made up a couple.

Melee Academy: Reordering Initiative

http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/11/melee-academy-reordering-initiative.html

I like toying around with GURPS assumptions sometimes. I rarely get to use them in my own game because when I play with the rules it's usually a "what if" vs. a "I need to patch a hole!" Today I noodle about reordering GURPS initiative with a couple of different approaches.

Triple Threat: Marrowsucker

http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/11/triple-threat-marrowsucker.html

Awww! Look at that. It's a cute little lizard-thingy. But wait. It's sitting on a pile of something....hollowed out bones. DEAR GLOB, LOOK AT THE BONES! Don't pet near it! Don't touch it! It's going to... Well, that could be you. Anyways, I'm back in the saddle and I thought I'd throw down a fresh Triple Threat (now ...

GURPS101: Magical Styles – Luna di Fiamma

A new magical style that benefits monster hunters - especially those who hunt werewolves...

Triple Threat: Demonic Facade

Some interesting monsters just in time for Halloween.

Carpe Blogiem: Blogcation 2015

http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/09/carpe-blogiem-blogcation.html

I'm going on vacation for my birthday and a few other sundry reasons. Read on if you want to know why. (Make sure you read the thread and comment if you have requests for material or subject matter you want me to cover.)

Variant Dungeon Fantasy Template - Bardic Meistersinger

In the days of yore with splatbooks galore there sat merely one for the bards. It had makers of riddles, throwers of daggers, and even those who sung songs with their blades. But then one day the splatbooks went away only to come back as something new to play.

Okay, enough rhyming. So I made this new template variant for 

Dungeon Fantasy

 bards that bring them closer to nature. With new abilities and a new Power Modifier ("Wild Song"),...