Monsters: Fiend Folio Monsters I

Monsters: Fiend Folio Monsters I

I guess I should start another big undertaking and chip away at another D&D monster book. Fiend Folio for D&D 3.5 is one of my favorites, so let's do this one. Abrians are Abyss-dwelling ostrich people. Abyssal ghouls are fiendish undead servants of Kiaransalee or the Ghoul King. I decided to remove most of their resistances. Ahuizotl is an aquatic beast that drowns prey with its tail-hand.

Review: SpaceMaster Armored Assault

Review: SpaceMaster Armored Assault

This is something of a digression from my usual topics, where I talk about GURPS or D&D. I want to talk about a book that fascinates me but the one that I haven’t even tried in a game yet. Aside from tabletop RPGs, I’ve always been interested in tabletop wargaming. Of course, the most popular thing is Warhammer 40k, but I’m not a big fan of it. I played it with friends through VASSAL and Tabletop Simulator, and it just… doesn’t play that well; it feels that the game is decided not on the table, but on army roster creation. I do find the concept of collecting, building, and painting miniatures, but without this aspect, the game feels absolutely hollow to me. A few years ago, I decided to search for a generic and reasonably crunchy sci-fi wargame. I scoured an incredibly long list of games on BoardGamesGeek, but most of the games were either too specialized or too light on the rules. There was a couple of exceptions, however, and one of them was Spacemaster Armored Assault.

Wizardry: Binding

Wizardry: Binding

Finally, there's the Binding spell that is actually a group of similar spells. For the purpose of converting to GURPS, I will makes them separate spells. And now I'm done with Player's Handbook for real.

Wizardry: Power Words

Wizardry: Power Words

Apparently, I missed some spells for the normal wizards. First up, let's convert all the "power word" spells, not only from the Player's Handbook, but also from other sources.

Clerical Spells: Alignment Spells III

Clerical Spells: Alignment Spells III

Consecrate was adapted from GURPS Powers: Divine Favor. Holy Smite/Order's Wrath/Unholy Blight deal irresistible damage in an area around the caster. There's no chaotic version of this spell; I guess the niche is taken by Chaos Hammer. Entropic Shield is a chaotic spell that deflects ranged attacks. Guidance only shares its name with the D&D spell; this version is an adaptation of the Divine Guidance ability from GURPS Powers: Divine Favor. I think it makes perfect sense as a generic divine spell. Undetectable Alignment hides the subject's alignment aura. And I think this is it for the generic divine spells.

Clerical Spells: Alignment Spells II

Clerical Spells: Alignment Spells II

More generic clerical spells. Blasphemy/Dictum/Holy Word/Word of Chaos cause Fright Checks. Dispel (Alignment) banishes outsiders. Magic Circle against (Alignment) creates a mobile barrier. Protection from (Alignment) gives a resistance bonus against moral spells.

Clerical Spells: Alignment Spells I

Clerical Spells: Alignment Spells I

Divine spellcasters in D&D have access to some generic divine spells that do not really belong to any magic school when converted to GURPS. This is why I separate them into an "Alignment College".