Madness Dossier Ziasudra Session Recap (10/23/2016)

Session two of Zisudra picked up where we left off last session with the team at a covert SANDMAN facility where things had gone terribly wrong.

Dungeon Grappling Kickstarter

Douglas Cole has started his Kickstarter for Dungeon Grappling., a supplement that expands grappling rules for D&D 5th Edition, Pathfinder, older versions of D&D and retroclones. These rules essentially apply the same concepts used in GURPS Martial Arts: Technical Grappling. I playtested this, it is good, and only $5.

Blog-or-Treat: SCP-106 "The Old Man"

Here's one of the more iconic monsters from the SCP Foundation for your Halloween.

SCP-1637
SCP-2490
SCP-2523
SCP-2980
SK-BIO Type Δ

Blog-or-Treat: SCP-2140 "Retroconverter" in The Madness Dossier

SCP-2140 was heavily inspired by GURPS Horror: The Madness Dossier, so why not write it as an Anunnaki glyph?

Nonsentient Allies

 The GURPS Ally (p. B36) advantage expressly allows nonsentient (IQ 0) allies (and even specifies that they have no cap on point cost relative to the PC; p. B37), and GURPS allows (more-or-less) for almost anything to be built as a "character". However, many GURPS GMs seem to find this to be pretty abusable and don't allow or use this option.

Imperial Assault Heroes

So I've been playing Imperial Assault (aka. Star 

Wars themed Descent) and painted my heroes: Diala Passil, Gaarkhan, Gideon Argus   and Mak Eshka'rey 

Santa Claus and Signature Gear

Sgt. Clause gave himself a shave waver for Christmas.

Signature Gear is an advantage in GURPS that gives you a piece of equipment that's part of your character's concept and gives it "plot protection"; if you lose it (without deliberately getting rid of it) you will get an opportunity to get it back. Ideally this should work for characters who aren't wealthy but have some iconic bits of gear worth more then they could afford, but sometimes there are problems with the pricing.

Fire and Forget Undead in GURPS

Over on the forum, Sombriero is wondering about how to make a power for his necromancer character. Since I needed a GURPSDay post anyway, I decided to take a look at some some options.

Madness Dossier ZIASUDRA Session 1 Notes

On September 18th we played the first session of my Madness Dossier game; recaps starting here.

CERs for "More Psionic Threats"

"It's a Threat!" in Pyramid #3/77: Combat is a system for calibrating encounters for GURPS Dungeon Fantasy games. Here are the ratings for the monsters from "More Psionic Threats" in Pyramid #3/80: Fantasy Threats.

The Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game Kickstarter

Today is the last day of the Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game Kickstarter.

Madness Dossier ZIASUDRA Session Recap (9/18/2016) Part II

On Sunday October the 18th we played the first actual session of my GURPS Horror: Madness Dossier game. This continues the recap from my last post.

Madness Dossier ZIASUDRA Session Recap (9/18/2016) Part I

On Sunday October the 18th we played the first actual session of my GURPS Horror: Madness Dossier game. Here's what happened:

Pyramid: The Dungeon Fantasy Collection

One of the add-ons for the Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game Kickstarter is Pyramid: The Dungeon Fantasy Collection (for $15) which will be available (presumably as a regular Warehouse 23 PDF) in December.

Madness Dossier - Some Template Observations

There are a few things I noticed with the Madness Dossier templates that seem to be worthy of comment.

Madness Dossier- Ontotectonic Projection (2014.05.03)

Ontotectonic Projection for 2014.05.03*.

In my GURPS Horror: The Madness Dossier Campaign (now code-named "Ziasudra"), I will be using the "Oil-Spot Method" of determining if reality quakes occur (Madness Dossier p. 58). This is a hands-on method using a map of key strategic reality subduction zones and will be updated in response to PC mission success or failure (with the PC's taking the role of the Control staffers who assign their missions).

GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 19: Incantation Magic

Last thursday's GURPS release was GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 19: Incantation Magic by my friends Christopher R. Rice (http://www.ravensnpennies.com/) and Antoni Ten Monrós.

Iron Gods - Catching up

As you may have noticed I fell way behind on the session recaps for Iron Gods. Spoilers after the jump:

GURPS Dungeon Fantasy - Power Level and Templates

Dungeon Fantasy Tone - Correction and Continuation

Last post I wrote a bit about the tone of GURPS Dungeon Fantasy, and I started with a quote from the SJGames forum by kmunoz. Unfortunately I misunderstood something he said, so I'll try to rectify that today.

The Tone of GURPS Dungeon Fantasy

Since the GURPS Dungeon Fantasy line began, there have been complaints about the tone of the writing. Many readers seem to feel that the humorous, often silly, style either misrepresents or discourages what they feel the line is capable of. 

Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game Box Set Kickstarter

Probably most of you that actually read this already know about the Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game boxed set that's being Kickstarted by SJGames right now.

Madness Dossier- Talent Alternative Benefits

As I mentioned in my earlier post I'm using the Alternative Benefits rule from GURPS Power Ups 3: Talents p. 18. GURPS Horror: The Madness Dossier has a few talents that don't appear in that book and here are the benefits they provide in my game.

GURPS Horror: The Madness Dossier -Rules Options

I tried to strike a balance between my urge to use a ton of options and simplicity in my upcoming GURPS Horror: The Madness Dossier game.

Table of Contents

Action

1. The Ultra Simplified GURPS Combat System You Probably Don't Know About - New!

Ally

1. Nonsentient Allies

Android

1. Pathfinder Archetype: Magus (Bladedroid)

Archetype

1. Pathfinder Archetype: Magus (Bladedroid)

Blog-or-treat

1. Blog-or-Treat: SCP-106 "The Old Man"
2. Blog-or-Treat: SCP-2140 "Retroconverter" in The Madness Dossier

Board Games

1. Imperial Assault Heroes

Brotherhood of GURPS Bloggers

1. Blog-or-Treat: SCP-106 "The Old Man"
2. Blog-or-Treat: SCP-2140 "Retroconverter" in The Madness Dossier
3. GURPS Rules I Don't Use, Replace, or Revise (or at Least Consider Doing So)
4. GURPS Rules Kalzazz Doesn't Use, Replaces or Revises (Guest Post)

Bugstiary

1. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Elder Spider to Goblin Spider - New!
2. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Giant Hermit Crab to Maddening Cricket. - New!
3. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Gold-Digging Ant and Ant-Lion
4. Bugstiary Adventurer Seeds: Astral Spider to Dauðaprestr - New!
5. Bugstiary: Maurakappi Player Characters - New!

Campaign Planning

1. GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Megadungeon: Mal Tor'an
2. GURPS Horror: The Madness Dossier -Rules Options
3. Iron Gods (Backwards) The Story So Far (Part I)
4. Madness Dossier- Ontotectonic Projection (2014.05.03)
5. Mal Tor'an Update
6. My "Backwards" Iron Gods Adventure Path campaign.
7. Wealth in Glasstown - New!

Cartography

1. GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Megadungeon: Mal Tor'an
2. Madness Dossier- Ontotectonic Projection (2014.05.03)

D&D 5e

1. Dungeon Grappling Kickstarter

Designer's Notes

1. (Sort of) Designer's Notes for "More Psionic Threats"
2. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Elder Spider to Goblin Spider - New!
3. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Giant Hermit Crab to Maddening Cricket. - New!
4. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Gold-Digging Ant and Ant-Lion
5. Bugstiary Adventurer Seeds: Astral Spider to Dauðaprestr - New!
6. Bugstiary: Maurakappi Player Characters - New!
7. CERs for "More Psionic Threats"
8. Clerics of Order and Chaos: Designer's Notes

Desolation Road

1. Nonsentient Allies

Dungeon Fantasy

1. "Pointless Slaying and Looting" Example Character
2. (Sort of) Designer's Notes for "More Psionic Threats"
3. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Elder Spider to Goblin Spider - New!
4. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Giant Hermit Crab to Maddening Cricket. - New!
5. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Gold-Digging Ant and Ant-Lion
6. Bugstiary Adventurer Seeds: Astral Spider to Dauðaprestr - New!
7. CERs for "More Psionic Threats"
8. Clerics of Order and Chaos: Designer's Notes
9. Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game Box Set Kickstarter
10. Dungeon Fantasy Tone - Correction and Continuation
11. GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 19: Incantation Magic
12. GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Megadungeon: Mal Tor'an
13. GURPS Magic: How to Make a Multi-Use Trap Out of Nearly Any Spell.
14. Mal Tor'an Update
15. Planet Mercenary and DFRP
16. Pyramid: Dungeon Fantasy Collected
17. Pyramid: The Dungeon Fantasy Collection
18. The Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game Kickstarter
19. The Tone of GURPS Dungeon Fantasy

Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game

1. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Elder Spider to Goblin Spider - New!
2. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Giant Hermit Crab to Maddening Cricket. - New!
3. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Gold-Digging Ant and Ant-Lion
4. Bugstiary Adventurer Seeds: Astral Spider to Dauðaprestr - New!
5. Bugstiary: Maurakappi Player Characters - New!

EZO

1. EZO: Research Base Chomsky: Sedation Protocols
2. Exclusion Zone Operations: Research Base Chomsky

Escape Room

1. EZO: Research Base Chomsky: Sedation Protocols
2. Exclusion Zone Operations: Research Base Chomsky

Faction

1. Additional Technic League Faction Costs
2. Even More Technic League Prestige Awards
3. Pathfinder Faction: Technic League

GURPS

1. "Pointless Slaying and Looting" Example Character
2. (Sort of) Designer's Notes for "More Psionic Threats"
3. A Possibly Nonsense But Playable Solution to The Crossbow Conundrum - New!
4. Blog-or-Treat: SCP-106 "The Old Man"
5. Blog-or-Treat: SCP-2140 "Retroconverter" in The Madness Dossier
6. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Elder Spider to Goblin Spider - New!
7. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Giant Hermit Crab to Maddening Cricket. - New!
8. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Gold-Digging Ant and Ant-Lion
9. Bugstiary Adventurer Seeds: Astral Spider to Dauðaprestr - New!
10. CERs for "More Psionic Threats"
11. Clerics of Order and Chaos: Designer's Notes
12. Disadvantage "Load" - New!
13. Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game Box Set Kickstarter
14. Dungeon Fantasy Tone - Correction and Continuation
15. Fire and Forget Undead in GURPS
16. GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 19: Incantation Magic
17. GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Megadungeon: Mal Tor'an
18. GURPS Horror: The Madness Dossier - Character Creation
19. GURPS Horror: The Madness Dossier -Rules Options
20. GURPS Magic: How to Make a Multi-Use Trap Out of Nearly Any Spell.
21. GURPS Rules I Don't Use, Replace, or Revise (or at Least Consider Doing So)
22. GURPS Rules Kalzazz Doesn't Use, Replaces or Revises (Guest Post)
23. GURPS Vehicle Stat Line: M2 Bradley
24. Madness Dossier - Some Template Observations
25. Madness Dossier ZIASUDRA Session 1 Notes
26. Madness Dossier ZIASUDRA Session Recap (9/18/2016) Part I
27. Madness Dossier ZIASUDRA Session Recap (9/18/2016) Part II
28. Madness Dossier Ziasudra Session Recap (10/23/2016)
29. Madness Dossier- Ontotectonic Projection (2014.05.03)
30. Madness Dossier- Talent Alternative Benefits
31. Mal Tor'an Update
32. Nonsentient Allies
33. Planet Mercenary and DFRP
34. Pyramid: Dungeon Fantasy Collected
35. Pyramid: The Dungeon Fantasy Collection
36. Santa Claus and Signature Gear
37. The Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game Kickstarter
38. The Tone of GURPS Dungeon Fantasy
39. The Ultra Simplified GURPS Combat System You Probably Don't Know About - New!
40. Wealth and Money in GURPS: Bean-Counting vs Abstraction - New!
41. Wealth in Glasstown - New!

Glasstown

1. Wealth in Glasstown - New!

Grappling

1. Dungeon Grappling Kickstarter

House Rules

1. A Possibly Nonsense But Playable Solution to The Crossbow Conundrum - New!
2. Nonsentient Allies
3. Patthfinder Wounds and Vigor House Rules
4. Santa Claus and Signature Gear

Imperial Assault

1. Imperial Assault Heroes

Iron Gods

1. Additional Technic League Faction Costs
2. Even More Technic League Prestige Awards
3. Iron Gods (Backwards) Interstitial Session (Everybody Hates Drow)
4. Iron Gods (Backwards) The Choking Tower (Part 3): Session 1
5. Iron Gods (Backwards) The Choking Tower (Part 3): Session 2
6. Iron Gods (Backwards) The Choking Tower: Session 4
7. Iron Gods (Backwards) The Story So Far (Part I)
8. Iron Gods (Backwards) The Story So Far (Part II: Fires of Creation)
9. Iron Gods (Backwards) The Story So Far (Part III: Lords of Rust)
10. Iron Gods (Backwards), The Choking Tower: Session 3
11. Iron Gods - Catching up
12. My "Backwards" Iron Gods Adventure Path campaign.
13. Pathfinder Archetype: Magus (Bladedroid)
14. Pathfinder Faction: Technic League
15. Pathfinder Settlement: Scrapwall
16. Patthfinder Wounds and Vigor House Rules
17. The Deal with Silverdisks

Kickstarter

1. Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game Box Set Kickstarter
2. Dungeon Grappling Kickstarter
3. Planet Mercenary RPG
4. Planet Mercenary and DFRP
5. Pyramid: The Dungeon Fantasy Collection
6. The Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game Kickstarter

LARP

1. EZO: Research Base Chomsky: Sedation Protocols
2. Exclusion Zone Operations: Research Base Chomsky

Licensed Games

1. Planet Mercenary RPG

Low-Tech

1. A Possibly Nonsense But Playable Solution to The Crossbow Conundrum - New!

Madness Dossier

1. Blog-or-Treat: SCP-2140 "Retroconverter" in The Madness Dossier
2. GURPS Horror: The Madness Dossier - Character Creation
3. GURPS Horror: The Madness Dossier -Rules Options
4. Madness Dossier - Some Template Observations
5. Madness Dossier ZIASUDRA Session 1 Notes
6. Madness Dossier ZIASUDRA Session Recap (9/18/2016) Part I
7. Madness Dossier ZIASUDRA Session Recap (9/18/2016) Part II
8. Madness Dossier Ziasudra Session Recap (10/23/2016)
9. Madness Dossier- Ontotectonic Projection (2014.05.03)
10. Madness Dossier- Talent Alternative Benefits

Magic

1. Fire and Forget Undead in GURPS
2. GURPS Magic: How to Make a Multi-Use Trap Out of Nearly Any Spell.

Magus

1. Pathfinder Archetype: Magus (Bladedroid)

Miniatures

1. Assorted Bones Skeletons
2. Bones I Dungeon Dressing
3. Galladon ("Karlin" Human Wizard)
4. Great Cthulhu
5. Imperial Assault Heroes
6. Narthrax Bones 2 Dragon
7. The Mist ("Marut" Vanaran Gunslinger)

Monster Hunters

1. Blog-or-Treat: SCP-106 "The Old Man"

Monsters

1. Blog-or-Treat: SCP-106 "The Old Man"
2. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Elder Spider to Goblin Spider - New!
3. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Giant Hermit Crab to Maddening Cricket. - New!
4. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Gold-Digging Ant and Ant-Lion
5. Bugstiary Adventurer Seeds: Astral Spider to Dauðaprestr - New!
6. CERs for "More Psionic Threats"

Nordlond

1. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Elder Spider to Goblin Spider - New!
2. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Giant Hermit Crab to Maddening Cricket. - New!
3. Bugstiary Adventure Seeds: Gold-Digging Ant and Ant-Lion
4. Bugstiary Adventurer Seeds: Astral Spider to Dauðaprestr - New!

OSR

1. Dungeon Grappling Kickstarter

Pathfinder

1. Additional Technic League Faction Costs
2. Dungeon Grappling Kickstarter
3. Even More Technic League Prestige Awards
4. Iron Gods (Backwards) Interstitial Session (Everybody Hates Drow)
5. Iron Gods (Backwards) The Choking Tower (Part 3): Session 1
6. Iron Gods (Backwards) The Choking Tower (Part 3): Session 2
7. Iron Gods (Backwards) The Choking Tower: Session 4
8. Iron Gods (Backwards) The Story So Far (Part I)
9. Iron Gods (Backwards) The Story So Far (Part II: Fires of Creation)
10. Iron Gods (Backwards) The Story So Far (Part III: Lords of Rust)
11. Iron Gods (Backwards), The Choking Tower: Session 3
12. Iron Gods - Catching up
13. My "Backwards" Iron Gods Adventure Path campaign.
14. Pathfinder Archetype: Magus (Bladedroid)
15. Pathfinder Faction: Technic League
16. Pathfinder Settlement: Scrapwall
17. Patthfinder Wounds and Vigor House Rules
18. The Deal with Silverdisks

Planet Mercenary

1. Planet Mercenary RPG
2. Planet Mercenary and DFRP

Powers

1. Fire and Forget Undead in GURPS

Psionics

1. (Sort of) Designer's Notes for "More Psionic Threats"

Racial Templates

1. Bugstiary: Maurakappi Player Characters - New!

SCP Foundation

1. Blog-or-Treat: SCP-106 "The Old Man"
2. Blog-or-Treat: SCP-2140 "Retroconverter" in The Madness Dossier

Session Summary

1. Iron Gods (Backwards) Interstitial Session (Everybody Hates Drow)
2. Iron Gods (Backwards) The Choking Tower (Part 3): Session 1
3. Iron Gods (Backwards) The Choking Tower (Part 3): Session 2
4. Iron Gods (Backwards) The Choking Tower: Session 4
5. Iron Gods (Backwards) The Story So Far (Part II: Fires of Creation)
6. Iron Gods (Backwards) The Story So Far (Part III: Lords of Rust)
7. Iron Gods (Backwards), The Choking Tower: Session 3
8. Iron Gods - Catching up
9. Madness Dossier ZIASUDRA Session 1 Notes
10. Madness Dossier ZIASUDRA Session Recap (9/18/2016) Part I
11. Madness Dossier ZIASUDRA Session Recap (9/18/2016) Part II
12. Madness Dossier Ziasudra Session Recap (10/23/2016)

Settlement

1. Pathfinder Settlement: Scrapwall

Signature Gear

1. Santa Claus and Signature Gear

Star Wars

1. Imperial Assault Heroes

Table of Contents

1. Table of Contents

Talents

1. Madness Dossier- Talent Alternative Benefits

Template

1. Madness Dossier - Some Template Observations

Vehicle

1. GURPS Vehicle Stat Line: M2 Bradley

original game design

1. EZO: Research Base Chomsky: Sedation Protocols
2. Exclusion Zone Operations: Research Base Chomsky

post-apocalypse

1. EZO: Research Base Chomsky: Sedation Protocols
2. Exclusion Zone Operations: Research Base Chomsky

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GURPS Horror: The Madness Dossier - Character Creation

Last Sunday, I officially started my first new GURPS game in over a year, using GURPS Horror: The Madness Dossier. There are seven players in this game (which is a big group for me) and this was a character making session.