Occupational Template: Shadowcaster

Occupational Template: Shadowcaster

An occupational template of a shadow magic user. Basically, a dexterity-based wizard.

Everything about dual-wielding in GURPS

Everything about dual-wielding in GURPS

Dual-wielding is cool, even though often impractical. However, both in D&D and GURPS it can be quite difficult to wrap your head around it rules-wise. I've decided to compile everything about dual-wielding here to understand it better and have it as a reference material.

My thoughts about Drizzt novels

My thoughts about Drizzt novels

This is not GURPS-related at all, but something I'd like to talk about. I like reading, but I read much less fantasy than sci-fi literature. In my teen years, I used to read Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms novels, and I remember enjoying them a lot. Several months ago, I decided to read some fantasy novels again, starting with a book that was recommended to me by my friend - Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames. Typically, I often ignore reading recommendations, thinking that I probably will end up spending a lot of time reading something I will not like. But after reading Kings of the Wyld in a single breath, I concluded that that was the best fantasy novel I've ever read. Simply perfect. After that, I decided to revisit Salvatore's Forgotten Realms novels - the main line about Drizzt. I wanted to see how they hold up now, when I'm much older than when I read them the first time, and also to find inspiration for my games, as my last few games... didn't go well. This isn't really a review, but just my ramblings.

How to convert a D&D monster?

How to convert a D&D monster?

I have received messages telling me to explain how I convert D&D monsters to GURPS multiple times, but I never could explain it properly. So, I decided to write this post as something of a stream of consciousness. Let's see if the result is any good.

Monsters: Faerunian Giants

Monsters: Faerunian Giants

D&D 3.5 Forgotten Realms books, surprisingly, only have four giants, and I have already converted one of them (the cyclops). Let's do the rest.

Monsters/Lenses: Faerunian Undead

Monsters/Lenses: Faerunian Undead

Forgotten Realms splatbooks have many setting-specific undead creatures, be they actual monsters or templates/lenses. I'll tackle some of them.

Monsters: More Faerunian Monsters

Monsters: More Faerunian Monsters

More converted monsters from the Forgotten Realms books. Many mundane animals that I based on GURPS Animalia and Anon's Animal Album.