How to Be a Gurps GM

How to Be a Gurps GM
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Publisher : Steve Jackson Games
Total Pages : 76
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ISBN-10 : 1556348088
ISBN-13 : 9781556348082
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Book Synopsis How to Be a Gurps GM by : Warren "Mook" Wilson

Download or read book How to Be a Gurps GM written by Warren "Mook" Wilson and published by Steve Jackson Games. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Student's Guide to Ultimate Power GURPS! A game with infinite possibilities. Even those familiar with this award-winning system may not feel they've mastered the fundamentals . . . and those just starting with this game may feel lost amid the possibilities. You want help. You could use a guide. You need How to Be a GURPS GM. For the player, this supplement offers insight into how to create the perfect character to fit your vision, plus three examples of character creation and two new fantasy templates. The chapter dedicated to customizing combat and using various options can be particularly helpful for new and veteran players in making aggressive altercations even more exciting. For the Game Master, the supplement discusses everything needed to run a campaign: how to prepare the game setting, assist the players with the creation of their heroes, create challenging and engaging encounters, and design and run the first adventure. The included overview of the Fourth Edition line, plus recommended resource lists for eight popular genres, can help the GM decide which supplements will be most helpful to craft a new campaign. This supplement also provides canonical insight from Sean "Dr. Kromm" Punch, who draws on decades of experience answering questions and providing clarifications as the GURPS Line Editor. Throughout, it follows a group of example players new to GURPS, from when their GM first opens the Basic Set through the starting session of their inaugural adventure. How to Be a GURPS GM is an invaluable aid for getting started with GURPS, bridging the previously perilous step between reading the Basic Set and participating in your first game. Half of power is knowing how to use it. With How to Be a GURPS GM, you'll be on your way to unleashing the full potential of GURPS like never before!

GURPS Lite

GURPS Lite
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Total Pages : 34
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015050162729
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Book Synopsis GURPS Lite by : Sean Punch

Download or read book GURPS Lite written by Sean Punch and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gurps Fantasy

Gurps Fantasy
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Publisher : Steve Jackson Games
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1556345194
ISBN-13 : 9781556345197
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Gurps Fantasy by : Steve Jackson Games

Download or read book Gurps Fantasy written by Steve Jackson Games and published by Steve Jackson Games. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasirollespil.

GURPS For Dummies

GURPS For Dummies
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 434
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ISBN-10 : 9780470043615
ISBN-13 : 047004361X
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Book Synopsis GURPS For Dummies by : Adam Griffith

Download or read book GURPS For Dummies written by Adam Griffith and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-03-06 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let the adventure begin with this straightforward guide to GURPS! This is it—the key that unlocks the riches of GURPS (Generic Universal Role Playing System) and gives you a wealth of information on how to create your character and fine-tune your play. Produced in partnership with Steve Jackson Games, the game's creator, GURPS For Dummies is the ideal companion to GURPS Basic Set, 4th Edition that explains the rules. It gives you insight into the choices you’ll make in everything from creating a fun, dynamic character using the allotted number of points, to playing in an adventure, to becoming a GM. Whether you want to be an Amazon princess or a stalwart warrior, an old-fashioned swashbuckler or a modern investigator, a tough cop or a cat burglar, a sorcerer casting spells or a cosmic ranger, fighting lawlessness in the asteroids, this guide will help you: Determine your character’s basic attributes: IQ, DX (dexterity), ST (strength) and HT (health) Figure out your character’s secondary characteristics Choose advantages (including powers and perks) and disadvantages (including quirks and disadvantages with a self-control roll modifier) Optimize your points by using talents Select your skills based on functional area or the campaign setting Enhance your character with spells, magic items, magic staves, and powerstones Strategically purchase equipment for different characters, tech levels, and campaign types Create and manage a character sheet, write a character background, keep a character log, and more—all with samples Choose good combat techniques and play with your character If you want to become a GM, this guide gets you going with advice on creating the adventure, managing the character creation process, managing combat, and interpreting the rules. There’s even a handy Cheat Sheet tear-out GM screen in the front of the book. There are tips throughout, plus advice on how to: Create your very own GURPS universe for your campaign, whether it’s dungeon-crawl, high-adventure, combat-focused, puzzle-focused, or masquerade-type Provide a basic write-up of the world for your players, including technology level, supernatural and supernormal abilities and powers, races, setting, character templates, cultural and social information, and limitations Create an electronic combat grid, a battle log, a tactical map, and more—with samples Do mapping, planning, and plotting Create memorable NPC (nonplayer characters), both good guys and bad guys GURPS For Dummies helps you create more detailed, exciting, and interesting characters and take your game to the next level. That’s important whether you’re saving a princess or saving the planet...searching for hidden treasure or for secrets to eliminate disease... fighting crime or combating armies of evil robots...casting spells in medieval castles or destroying terrorist cells in modern day milieus. With GURPS, the only limitation is your imagination.

GURPS GM's Screen

GURPS GM's Screen
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Publisher : Steve Jackson Games
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 1556347324
ISBN-13 : 9781556347320
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Book Synopsis GURPS GM's Screen by : Steve Jackson Games

Download or read book GURPS GM's Screen written by Steve Jackson Games and published by Steve Jackson Games. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

GURPS Traveller First In

GURPS Traveller First In
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Publisher : Steve Jackson Games
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 155634368X
ISBN-13 : 9781556343681
Rating : 4/5 (8X Downloads)

Book Synopsis GURPS Traveller First In by : Jon F. Zeigler

Download or read book GURPS Traveller First In written by Jon F. Zeigler and published by Steve Jackson Games. This book was released on 1999-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -- A complete sourcebook for the popular "scout" style of campaign. -- Includes deck plans for four different scout and courier ships. -- World-building sequence based on the most recent scientific discoveries.

Gurps Wizards

Gurps Wizards
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Publisher : Steve Jackson Games
Total Pages : 128
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ISBN-10 : 1556342705
ISBN-13 : 9781556342707
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Gurps Wizards by : Sean Punch

Download or read book Gurps Wizards written by Sean Punch and published by Steve Jackson Games. This book was released on 1998-04 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -- 28 different templates for quick creation of wizard characters. -- Cover by award-winning fantasy artist Rowena! GURPS Wizards is the complete guide to magical character design. It has essays on 28 wizard archetypes, accompanied by templates that let you quickly design complete and efficient characters.