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I didn't know GURPS had a meta currency. Although if I dig deep into the recesses of my cloudy mind, I might recall being able to spend a point in some sort of cinematic setting to have some impact on the game.

And here’s a weird one. Almost looks like a vampire snail screaming in existential dread.

I tend to use it sparingly. Sometimes it's not even a voice it's more about word choice, volume, mannerisms, emotion, or even cadence. i.e. An NPC who got stabbed in the belly might speak to the PCs through gritted teeth. I had a baron in my Greyhawk campaign I modeled off of Brian Blessed...

One of my earlier childhood crushes thanks to Lost in Space and Lassie reruns. A century is a hell of a run.

Remember way back in 1994 when MC Hammer dropped the MC from his name in favor of going by Hammer only? This was Hammer's attempt to maintain relevancy as gangsta rap dominated hip hop. But it's tough to be hard and gangsta when you had a Saturday morning cartoon and the previous year your...

I went on a slap chop spree back when I was painting my Fallout Wasteland Warfare figures. Being immensely dissatisfied with those figures, I pretty much swore off slap chop, but with this Cthulhu bust I decided I'd give it another shot. One of the reasons I swore off slap chop was because I...

I use voices when I run games. My most (in)famous voice was that of Christopher Walken playing the dwarf king in a campaign I ran many years ago. My players still bring it up sometimes. What I try to do with silly voices is make an NPC memorable for the players, so I don't use them for every...

Back in the 3rd edition days, the example SJG used was not allowing Dwarfism and Gigantism to both be taken. GURPS is so adaptable it can even break the rule about negated disadvantages. In the Wild Cards sourcebook, there was a character with levels in both Attractive and Unattractive...

A Cthulhu bust I picked up at Gamehole Con. I’m at that point where I’m trying to decide whether I should keep pushing or decide I’m essentially finished.

I'm a little surprised we've gotten this far without any mention of Game of Thrones. In the first book, the Dothraki, lead by Drogo and Daenerys, conquer some people. Daenerys had been largely portrayed a sympathetic character, she's been abused herself and expresses concern about the...

The thing with GURPS, like most other RPGs, is you need a GM to run the show. If a player tries to take a Disadvantage that's not really a Disadvantage, then the GM should say no, but assuming the player is working in good faith, try to work with them to bring their character concept to the...

Has anyone mentioned Homeboys in Outer Space? It was touted as "Star Trek meets Amos 'n Andy," though now that I think about it, that might not have been a compliment.

I saw "most attractive" in the title and assumed this thread was about me. But I will grudgingly admit Pendragon is a very, very attractive game. It's got to beat the gamers away with a stick.

While I acknowledge the flaw, I don't consider it a serious flaw. Really, it's a flaw with near ubiquity across many, many game systems. Pseudo-objectivity is all we have. Not putting a price on Rank or other Advantages would be even worse I think.

Generally speaking, GURPS puts a positive value on traits that expands your characters ability to affect the world while giving a negative value to traits that limits your character. It makes perfect sense for a captain in the United States Army to have a higher point cost than a sergeant...