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I think one of the more amusing examples I've heard of thieves cant in use was between a DM and Player who both spoke sing language.... talk about passing notes at the table. ;) As a side note - there's a number of cant expressions that have worked their way into normal English...

Hm... looks like cosplay with video game characters not tabletop games... so yeah - I guess you *do* go to the wrong conventions. ;)

It may depend on the type of espionage you're looking at: "Conspiro" - would imply conspiracy, with multiple collaborators. "Exploro" - would be investigation, exploring, scouting. "Specto" - observation, watching, examinations, stake-outs. I suspect you want Conspiro

Henry loves us. Seriously - that's another reason I enjoy the NC Gameday that much, I get to catch up with folks like Henry that I only get to see once in awhile. With smaller conventions/gamedays it can be easier to have a serial game going at, so it's a little less of a one shot. In fact...

Socialization! I get to meet up with friends, sometimes meet new friends. I budget heavily for eating out with folks and a few drinks because well - I like to talk. :) Sometimes my friends even like to listen. Depending on the convention I can learn new things: belly dancing and karate on...

If you're already running with some of Mieville's works as an inspiration then honestly - you're well on your way to a quality Sigilian atmosphere already. :) If your DM hasn't already read Perdido Street Station herself, then it's worth putting some time aside for it. ;) It's not just the odd...

A psuedodragon is NOT the same thing as a faerie dragon. This is the mantra. Players should be able to tell a distinct difference between the two. Psuedodragons are intelligent little guys, so honestly - I'd play one as a person like you would any other person - or dragon - as the case may be. :)

Stealth, maneuverability and the Powell doctrine. That's pretty much how my gaming group operates if we *have* to get into a fight - regardless of level or even of game. (We use the same tactics in Shadowrun and Serenity.)

tomato/ tomahto... so long as they don't fall asleep in my game they could call me "Hey you" for all I care. ;)

If you still want to use the silence spell and your cleric happens to have a bag of holding - he could use a move equivalent when he wants to cast to put whatever object the silence spell is on into the bag to give himself a round to work with.

Question for you - are you looking for your players to buy spells at a set configuration and not be able to modify them on the fly? I assume yes - but it's worthwhile to check. Also - are you covering a times per day here? One of the reasons that building these using GURPS Powers would be so...

Mmmm - I know I wouldn't bother. That sort of defeats the purpose when it comes to role playing for me - the character is *my* job as a player. Even in the hypothetical one-off, then you'd be wasting all of the rest of the resource as there's no guarantee the DM will be even remotely interested...

There is some strong indication that human sleep patterns of the past, before indoor lighting became a safe and common thing followed a split cycle like what you've described. The phrase 'beauty sleep' is a misnomer originating from the idea of segmented sleep. From a human perspective the...

Deadlands? (Take the system and rewrite the setting flavour to match your needs) Or perhpas Feng Shui?

Heck, *my* first GURPS game was the Basic book only. ;) (3rd ed) Thankfully it's a system where you can pick up what you need later on once your groups is committed to it.

As for point values - they take all the bennies and none of th disads - remember... they've only got so many points to work with - they have to *buy* the race with something, it's not a freebie. It'll balance out in the end. If you're having them use only the races you build or ok, and given...

The rules pretty much work for creating a racial template - I've honestly not had much trouble with it. But then I haven't done it often enough to give anything but th emost generic advice either - which is to say: Just because you *can* make a brain in a jar as a race, doesn't mean you should...

Let me repeat that- it bears repeating: *wildmage* ;)

Oooohhhh... I hadn't thought of *that*. I tend to use GURPS Voodoo to drive my magic users, but next time I'll definately have to use Powers for it. Just adding to the cacophony here, but what's been said about GURPS as a set of setting or source books - hands down some of the best I've ever...

How about 8 more? I'd be good with that.