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The Faithful Space Knight
Making a Jedi with Divine Favor couldn't be simpler: Take Divine Favor 8 [45], and you have 5 points for whatever character-candy you want... probably learned prayers, but we'll come back to that.So...
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The Other Side of Space Faith
New PowersWhile we have plenty of “appropriate” powers, we're missing some key components. We can see the future (Divine Guidance), see into the hearts of men (See Evil, Sense True Evil), but we lack...
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The Faith of Psi Wars
The Force as Divine FavorThe Faithful Space KnightThe Other Side of Space FaithWe've taken a thorough look at Divine Favor as the core paradigm for the Force, so now, let's reflect on how well it...
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Nobilis: A Philosophical Action Game featuring Theological Superheroes (in...
More than anything else, Nobilis is driven by the choices the players make: Who they want to be, what they want to represent, and what their own personal worlds and rivalries are like utterly shape the...
View ArticleThe May Retrospective
In May, Douglas Cole issued a GURPS Day challenge, which was to get a new blogger on his roles. I succeeded. He also asked us to talk about how GURPS Day has influenced us, or if GURPS Day has...
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Fixing Scrapperlock
Every once in a while, the GURPS blogger community forms a wave of ideas. Someone will post something, and then other people, inspired by the idea, will pile on and put in their own two cents. This...
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The True Power of Psi-Wars
Center by the BabmanRetrospectiveOver the past four weeks, I've looked at four possible models, and each had something to recommend it, and each had some problems. Naturally, I have to pick and choose,...
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Nobilis: The Mysterious Death of Abigail Ng
Abigail Ng, Saintess of TeaWhile Nobilis started with a desperate battle to save Vancouver from Toyzilla, and Toyland from the machinations of the sinister Damian Bogsworth, this is really just another...
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Telepathy in Action
Recommended PowersSuggested Telepathy PowersAspect: As noted below.Emotion Control: As noted below.Emotion Sense: As noted belowInstill Terror has obvious combat applications. For Intimidation...
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ESP in Action
Recommended PowersAwareness: Eliminates darkness penalties and a Deep-Scan provides a +4 to Search rolls for Checkpoint Security (page 29).Clairaudience: Another form of Audio Surveillance (page 12)....
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Psychokinesis in Action
Recommended PowersBelaying: Pyramid #3-29, page 4. As appropriate as Super-Jump. Plus looks really cool.PK Shield: An unusual ability, but with God-Like Extra Effort, it might even be worth it....
View ArticleOn the Cost of Advantages
Christopher Rice over on Ravens and Pennies is in full rant-mode regarding the cost of advantages, and he's right. Go over there and read it. Done? Great! The only problem I have with his post is...
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Ergokinesis in Action
Recommended PowersData Retrieval: If a character wants access to information buried deep in a system.I/O Tap: An excellent method for psionically tapping systems.Remote Control: See below.Confuse:...
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Nobilis: Session Design Revisited
One of the reasons people worry about blogging is that they're worried about making mistakes, but as Game in the Brain blogger +Justin Aquino likes to say, "Better to open your mouth and be thought a...
View ArticlePsychic Healing in Action
This power is generally associated with Communion. Characters with Dark or Broken Communion and Psychic Healing powers are required to either have the Perk "Dark Healer."Recommended PowersAura...
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This power is generally associated with Dark or Broken Communion. Characters with Communion and Psychic Vampirism must have the perk "Sacred Vampire."Recommended PowersDrain ST, DX or HT: Physically...
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Anti-Psi in Action
Anti-Psi in ActionCharacters with Anti-Psi may not have Psi powers without special traits.Recommended PowersCancellation: Exceedingly effective, though it needs the Psi present. Crippling is not the...
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A Psi-Tech Checklist
The addition of psi to the setting means that Psi-Tech should play some role. While the power damper collars we already have may well be enough, I'd like to take this opportunity to dig through other...
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Vancouver!
In keeping with my previous plans, I've chosen to design each setting as a list of challenges and setting descriptions, so I have a rough idea of what sorts of problems someone might face when...
View ArticleNobilis Analyzed: Passions and Skills
Having explored how to recreate my campaign and fill in the holes, the rest of my posts are simply my going over my notes, re-evaluating my old NPCs and making sure everything is in place. That means...
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