Wednesday, September 9, 2026

My Thoughts on Template Toolkit 5

     Holy crap. This book is amazing. This is practically an entirely new game, changing how GURPS works fundamentally. I am still breaking it down, but I think that if the GM puts in the leg work they could easily make a DFRPG Lite (or similar) which would play similarly to how Douglas Cole of Gaming Ballistic's Mission X will hopefully play.

    Something that I think people haven't quite thought of yet, is making a version of GURPS made to be fast, simple, and fun. Something like a mid-point between Ultra-Lite and Lite. A potential character sheet could even list all skills on the sheet saving writing time! For my pen(cil)* and paper players, imagine how nice it would be to not have to spend a half-hour writing skill names!

    I will see if the mood strikes me to write things up for this, perhaps even a ruleset, but I do not see an interest among my players and I to go past the base-line complexity of GURPS into something much simpler, as we (I assume by their excitement from spreadsheets and complex rules) enjoy complexity more.

    I think the only thing I would nix is Destiny Points, instead offering Luck as a leveled ability. I personally don't like Destiny Points, and only allow Luck, because my players would hunt me down and skin me alive if I didn't let them take it.

    Overall this is a good splat and Kromm has once again produced a great thought experiment that has made me engage the grey mush between my ears. 

Monday, September 7, 2026

Basedstein: Turn 1

 This turn lasted from the 31st of August to the 6th of September.

    Some interesting things this week, ladies and gentlemen. Some wars are a brewin' in the County. Plus, we had our first battle this week!

The Great Dungeon Crawl, Session 11: On a Mission from God

September 6th, 1084 Korlai Reckoning.
Recap written by Vic

Characters:
Krusher as "Fleck"
Omegaman as "Kojack"
Vic as "Buckles"
A Paid Actor off the Street as "Robert"

    The party members (Fleck, Buckles, and Kojack) attended a memorial service at the temple for the fallen Grimnir, and Buckles was Blessed by the encounter. While the party tried to hire a cleric, they found none. They did hire Robert, however—a “specialist” of sorts—for 1% of the loot. After some time hiking, the party found the Halls of Horror’s secret staircase entrance, hidden under brambles and such.

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