End result is the same when they're behind the wheel.

I prefer running for people I already know... so I figured I'd start the pitch here see if I got any bites.  Besides, making the offer where the Narrator can see it in case he's interested in playing (I know I prefer to play, but I tend to end up running).

In reply to Jareth Mooncalled (msg # 43):

I'd  love to but I  barely can keep up with this.

Just  got in from OT I will be back on tomorrow.

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In reply to Narrator (msg # 44):

That's my problem, too -- some days, I barely have the spare time to post on three threads.  Trying to keep track of another game, too, is out of the question for me.

In reply to Ardenas Barehand (msg # 46):

Thankfully, that run of OT is over. For the last four months I have covered the maternity leave of the tech who handles GI fluoroscopy (she is back and I am back  in the pool of techs covering portables, the OR and house {non portable} cases).
My side gig is scanning lead aprons for holes. I have scanned
something like 85 pieces of lead in two days. The actual fluoroscopy was only about a half an hour (still a lot!)
But the data entry and paperwork were about 7 hours...

And there was no time for posting,

Dragging this response over to OOC as it's a good place to discuss it so all the casters can read it (in case there are people not reading the Defiled Sanctuary thread, those philistines)...






It's actually two different effects:

Jednesa is SM +2, which means all Regular Spells (that don't have special costs, for instance Control Elemental*) that are cast on a creature that is SM +0 or greater take an SM multiplier = (SM)+1.

* Note:  Air Jet and Shape Air are not cast on creatures, even though they can effect creatures (first three good example I found in Magic), so they aren't subject to the SM multiplier.


For Jednesa that a 3.  I suspect for Gorgath that will be a 2 (which is why Ulo is holding off casting resist Acid on him, it'll be costly).

However, Healing Spells (all healing actually, even daily rest) gets a boost based on the maximum HP of the target = (HP)/10 [rounddown].

For Jednesa this is (conveniently) x3 (36/10 = 3.6 rounddown = 3).  For Gorgath this is again x2.

So Jednesa costs 3 times the FP to cast Healing Spells on, but also gets 3 times the benefit, Gorgath is x2 on both.  This means Heal Pots, Healing Stones, and the like are more valuauble for these two Characters.

I don't think we have any other characters (except maybe Grend?) that hit 20 HP (or greater) and thus can benefit from it.



Final Note:  This would also apply to FP recovery... but I don't think anyone has FP at 20 or above.

Where does this come from?

Basic 424, Sidebar:  High HP and Healing

Learn something new every day.

I'll second that.  What we get for having 500+ pages of basic rules, plus Magic, plus coming on two dozen DF supplements.  Remember when GURPS was one book under 200 pages, plus whatever source books you needed?

Nope.  But I got into GURPS in 3e...


3e Basic is 275 pages ;) ...  not including the Compendiums, which once those came out the "core" books became Basic + Compendium I and II.

Which is why it looks more and more like D&D... got to have a new book for everything.

I've been a GURPS fan since "Man to Man" came out in 1986 -- that was the TL3-4, no-magic, combat system only.  Didn't even have non-combat skills, and ran about 80 pages, spine-stapled.  Second edition was still under 200 for the basic book.

From what I've been seeing about D&D 5e, they've tried very, very hard to simplify the "game" aspect of that game so it's playable.  Not sure how well they've succeeded; it hasn't been out that long and I haven't even looked at the SRD (downloaded it, haven't had time to open it).  I've played one session of 3.5e, and aside from that, haven't played D&D since about the time 2e came out -- but any resemblance between any edition of D&D and any edition of GURPS is, IMO, mainly due to DF.  For folks nostalgic for "kill things and take their stuff", there's also Fighting Fantasy (with Steve Jackson as co-author).

That's a different Steve Jackson, the FF co-author lives in Britian and had nothing to do with GURPS.

5e DnD is better than 3. Less feature creep. It's disappointing because it could have been much better, but they focused too much on trying to win back Pathfinder players and not enough innovation.

That said, the design team is like two guys working out of a WotC closet... they're relying on third party content and DM guild materials, for the most part.

In reply to Ardenas Barehand (msg # 55):

I still have Man to Man around here somewhere... I think I even have a couple of THE FANTASY TRIP Modules.

In reply to Oly (msg # 58):

I'm a GURPS fanatic.  I have In the Labyrinth, Advanced Melee, and Advanced Wizard.
I have every edition of GURPS, nearly every 2nd ed and 3rd ed book, two copies of Man to Man.  Everything printed in 4th and almost all of the PDFs.

I've often said "If they print GURPS Blank Pages, I'd probably buy it."

It's the only system I'll run and by far my preferred to play.

Ditto.  Except I don't have GURPS 2nd ed.  And I have everything for 4e... and about 75% of 3e.

I'm missing some obscure stuff like Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, Rogues, Villains, Warriors, and Wizards (off the top of my head).

Too many years too broke; I've only got a dozen or so 3e sourcebooks, and only Magic, Low Tech, and 3-4 DF PDFs for 4th.

In reply to Ardenas Barehand (msg # 61):

Like an idiot I sold off a lot of my 3e...

That's.... that's definitely a forehead slapper.  granted I considered it as well... except that a) most of my 3e books are in terrible condition, b) I figured I could just use them if I ever did convert to 4e, and c) I had no plans to convert.  Ever.

I did finally convert in like 2012.

i have china,vikings,low-tech, martial arts, undead, magic, basic set, compendium 1 & 2, grimoire, fantasy folk, gurps sex, cyberpunk, ultratech 1 & 2, and robots all 3e on pdf.

I have about 30 Inches of bookshelf devoted to 3e stuff.

In reply to Oly (msg # 65):

For those fighting the cult, yes, the unraisable bodies are worthless to necromancers, maybe worth a tiny amount to as alchemist, but barely worth the labor.