I'm baaa-aackk..

[gridlore]

Computer went thud for a day or two, so no updating for me. Back now. Yay!

kshandra continues to prep for Burning Man. I know she loves it, but it's driving me nuts. My urge to take over and do a load plan for her is nigh-overwhelming.

GURPS is here! WOW Very high-quality book, hardback, full-color art, well-written and edited, and they've made the system truly universal now. As I read through the characters section, I came up with weird ideas and looked to see how I could do them. Each time, I had an good grip on the mechanics within five minutes.

Heading to work in a bit.

Oh, for some reason the "fix" of the computer ate my LJ client. It opens, but vanishes into the ether. Must see if Kiri can figure out that one.

Comments

GURPS IV

[murbin.livejournal.com]

Is it slanted toward the fantasy side or can you create Lucas Trask and the Captain of the Free Trader Beowulf?

Right now, I'm leaning on spending my cash on GT:Nobles first.

Re: GURPS IV

[cleverthylacine]

you too? So shocked, not.

Empress Estigarribia Kiri I

(I found one of H's old emails the other day. It was so funneh. I was in love with this guy? Man, what was I smoking?)

Re: GURPS IV

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Since I don't have to spend money on Nobles, the decision was easy.

Re: GURPS IV

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

It's actually generic. I found no bias to fantasy or SF, in fact, the system makes it easy to do Lucas Trask, Free Trader captain if you want. The big advantage over 3e is that where that game had all sorts of special cases from different worldbooks; 4e has distilled all that down into one game.

Take the "Intrinsic attack" advantage. This is a generic ranged attack. It can be a dragon's firey breath, the surgically implanted SMG in your arm, or your mutant eye beams. It's much like the Hero system in this regard, but better.

Tomorrow I'm going to take a swipe at designing Sir Arameth Gridlore. I'll post the results.