Monsters: Assorted Faerun Monsters V

Monsters: Assorted Faerun Monsters V

Another batch of monsters from Monsters of Faerun.

Martial Arts: Racial Martial Arts Styles

Martial Arts: Racial Martial Arts Styles

Dragon Magazine #303 has a very interesting article that describes many racial martial arts styles (something akin to GURPS Martial Arts: Yrth Fighting Styles). Let's convert them to GURPS.

Martial Art: Sidewinder

Martial Art: Sidewinder

I found another monk variant in Dragon Magazine #331. Works well as a GURPS martial style.

Monsters/Racial Templates: Faerunian Planetouched

Monsters/Racial Templates: Faerunian Planetouched

I have converted these before, but this is an update, plus now you have sample statblocks.

Monsters: Assorted Faerun Monsters IV

Monsters: Assorted Faerun Monsters IV

More random monsters from the Monsters of Faerun.

Martial Arts: Sacred Styles

Martial Arts: Sacred Styles

Dragon Magazine #346 has six martial styles for monks who follow specific lawful deities. So, let's convert them to GURPS.

Powers: Kuji-in

Powers: Kuji-in

I was looking through some Dragon Magazine issues and found a short article called The Art of Kuji-in in issue #342. The article describes a ninja art of channeling their ki into spectacular effects via special gestures. It is said that there's 81 different jutsu, but the article describes only seven. Also, apparently this is based on a real-world practice. This is the first time I hear about this. These jutsu seem perfect as premade chi abilities in GURPS.

Monsters: Beholderkin

Monsters: Beholderkin

In this post, I convert three beholderkin from Monsters of Faerun.

Spelljamming in GURPS

Spelljamming in GURPS

Spelljammer is topical. I've never had any deep knowledge of the AD&D Spelljammer setting, but I was always curious about it, because it's cool. Not that long ago, a Spelljammer supplement for 5e got released, and it was dross of unimaginable proportions. So, instead I got the AD&D Spelljammer book and gave it a read. This post covers spelljamming movement rules and helms, but not the actual vehicles.

Equipment: Fantasy Gyrocs

Equipment: Fantasy Gyrocs

GURPS Low-Tech has stats for TL3 rockets - highly inaccurate explosive weapons. The description says that the stats are for a typical rocket, implying variations in size and power. What if we were to miniaturize the rockets and launch them not from sticks (like on the picture in the book), but from a handheld matchlock launcher? Yeah, I'm going to make TL4 gyrocs.

Martial Arts: Dragon Magazine Weapon Styles

Martial Arts: Dragon Magazine Weapon Styles

"Styles" in D&D are weird. Some of them are tactical feats, some of them are martial style feats, some of them are weapon style feats, and some of them are class features. I've already covered almost all the styles derived from feats, and the only ones that are left are the four weapon styles from Dragon Magazine #332 (I only convert three because Storm of Flying Strikes doesn't really give me much to work with). Aside from that, it's probably possible to come up with styles based on certain base or prestige classes, and Pathfinder also has some feat chains that represent fighting styles.

Monsters: Monstrous Crabs

Monsters: Monstrous Crabs

And this is the last Stormwrack monster post that covers monstrous crabs. Honestly, I wish the undersea bestiary of D&D was bigger. Fortunately for me, there are also older editions that have many more aquatic monsters.

Monsters: Sea Snakes

Monsters: Sea Snakes

Stormwrack also has sea snakes. Basically identical to normal vipers, but with different mobility options and slightly more powerful poison.

Monsters: Monstrous Diving Spiders

Monsters: Monstrous Diving Spiders

This is a variant of the normal monstrous spider that can dive and capture air bubbles with its body to create dome-shaped air-filled habitats underwater.

Monsters: Stormwrack Monsters IV

Monsters: Stormwrack Monsters IV

Even more creatures from Stormwrack. For the seawolf, let's also add its greater variant from the older editions.

Monsters: Stormwrack Monsters III

Monsters: Stormwrack Monsters III

There aren't that many monsters in Stormwrack, so I should be done in a few posts.