Skip to main content

Pyramid Issues To Consider

With the 2020 GURPS PDF challenge about to get under way, there's been some talk from some people about spending some of those sweet discounted Backerkit bucks on Pyramid issues. At Kromm's urging (to Pyramid authors in general, not just me), I've suggested some issues with articles I've written as things to look into over on the forum. Here is a somewhat expanded version of that list.

First, I'll point out the historical articles:

  • If you want semi-detailed information on agriculture, running or getting income from an agricultural settlement, and building a landscape based on subsistence patterns, get the first two Low Tech issues (33 and 52).
  • Very happy to have been able to use polari in a brief historical, a history of "thieves guilds" (short version: they're fiction, but there are a number of historical models for organizing criminals) in #47.
  • In #56 (Prehistory), I get into gifting economies, where every economic interaction is a social interaction.
  • I spent a summer on the Zuni reservation the summer before grad school, which led to my article on the Ashiwi in #74.
  • I think I picked up most of what I know about the Chinese imperial civil service exams (#87) when researching The Silk Road but didn't really have a way of fitting them in. The system very much deserves attention in its own right.
  • History is full of interesting little spots. The Villa del Trebbio (#117), a country getaway once owned by the Medici, is one of them.

These, then, are a bunch of other good articles:
  • I got to name-check Warren Zevon in a table-driven article about cyberpunk shopping centers in #21, which has a number of other good articles in it as well.
  • One of the best tricks Steven Marsh ever pulled was getting articles by me and Kromm on exactly the same topic (gunpowder in DF) coming from entirely different directions in #36.
  • I love table-driven works, like the history generator in #41.
  • The social engineering issue (#54) has a lot of good work by a lot of people, including my longest-ever-in-the-slush-pile article.
  • At some point, I'd very much like to revisit the "monsters as PCs" concept in #72.
  • My architecture rules in Low Tech Companion III are widely ignored in favor of people wanting to hack the Spaceships system. So naturally I had to expand the system (in #96) to modern and future TLs, so everybody can ignore a comprehensive system based on actual building cost and material estimation techniques rather than just the low-tech component.
  • As a long-time Paranoia GM, I take comedy seriously. I like to think I was able to provide useful advice in #101.


Labels:

Comments

Unknown said…
good day viewers across the globe, i am the happiest man today because my life have been transformed for good by Dr Ogbeifun, i have been searching for a genuine death spell caster for 6 months now and i finally got the right one who helped me cast a death spell on a woman who sent me to 3 years imprisonment for what i did not do after separating me and my wife few months ago , she falsely accused me and made arrangement with false witnesses to bear witnesses against me in the court and i was jailed and i went through hell, after 3 year i was released and i wanted to revenge so i started looking for a death spell to put on her although i got scammed four times but i refused to give up until i meant prophet peter who helped me cast a death spell on her and within 3 days of contacting prophet peter , the lady was confirmed dead and i was so happy, i became more happier when my wife returned to me with the help of prophet peter love spell. i can now sleep with my two eyes closed without any fear of accusation or oppression. thanks Dr Ogbeifun indeed you have proven that there are still some good and genuine death spell caster and love spell casters in Africa.
you can contact ogbeifun now via Email ogbefunhearlingtemple@gmail.com call or add him on whatsapp +2348102574680
August 16, 2020 at 1:50 PM
Isabella Lucas said…
My ex-husband and I had always managed to stay friendly after our divorce in February 2017. But I always wanted to get back together with him, All it took was a visit to this spell casters website last December, because my dream was to start a new year with my husband, and live happily with him.. This spell caster requested a specific love spell for me and my husband, and I accepted it. And this powerful spell caster began to work his magic. And 48 hours after this spell caster worked for me, my husband called me back for us to be together again, and he was remorseful for all his wrong deeds. My spell is working because guess what: My “husband” is back and we are making preparations on how to go to court and withdraw our divorce papers ASAP. This is nothing short of a miracle. Thank you Dr Emu for your powerful spells. Words are not enough. here is his Email: emutemple@gmail.com or call/text him on his WhatsApp +2347012841542

He is also able to cast spell like 1: Lottery 2: Conceive 3: Breakup 4: Divorce 5: Cure for all kinds of diseases and viruses.
November 28, 2020 at 4:31 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Ferrous Metal Food Fighting Guy!

(This is something I wrote up some years back. I'm putting it here so I can find it more easily when I want to. Though it's rather silly, it's also where I came up with the idea of high-quality materials which don't provide a bonus to the craftsman's skill, but do add to the margin of success, a mechanism which later appeared in the crafting rules in GURPS Low-Tech Companion 3 .) One of the things not to be found in GURPS 4e is extensive rules for competitive cooking. If two cooks of steely resolve rise up to face one another across a cooking coliseum, the GM can only fall back on hand-waving and contests of skill. This article fills that much-needed gap. GURPS chefs can now stage furious contests wherein they construct fanciful dishes, the more elaborate the better, and prove whose cooking rules the day. To the kitchen! Procedure These rules provide guidance for attempting to cook complex dishes and comparing their quality when the cooking is done. A che
1 comment
Read more

Car Wars Minis, Third Batch

Still having a go at these, trying out some new ideas. The short version is that having the right tools and materials is still key, but I've got a way to go with some other stuff. I think this one looks better in person than as a picture. A couple of shades of blue here with a blue wash and drybrushed metallic blue on some components. Oh, and purple spikes. I didn't even try to figure out something clever to do with the windshield. I'm finding that it's hard to make yellow work, but this one wasn't too bad. I initially tried masking the area for the blue stripe with tape, but it pulled off the paint instead. Had to do a swipe with a broad brush, which isn't great but worked better than I expected. Another one that looks better in person than on film. Tried to do a few different shades of green, which wasn't entirely successful. Probably my best out of this batch. I credit the red wash, which ended up being kind of glossy and goes well with the copper accents
Post a Comment
Read more

Charcuterie Bard

A few days ago, I dropped this random gag:   I shall make a character for an RPG who has powers related to artistic creativity, but instead of music and song, they come from arranging cheeses and cured meats. A charcuterie bard. — Turhan's Bey Company (@turhansbeycmpny) December 21, 2021   But then I remembered that there's absolutely precedent for food-based magic:  So, then, obviously we can have food-based bards in GURPS, right? The best approach I see is modifying the Enthrallment skills (p. B191). However, rather than requiring Public Speaking at 12+ as a prerequisite, a charcuterie bard requires Cooking and Professional Skill (Food Stylist) at 12+; see Ferrous Metal Food Fighting Guy for a bit on the latter. The skills are used by preparing and feeding an audience with tasty, tasty foods. The elements of food in question cost a minimum of 1% of COL per target, though higher quality ingredients provide a bonus (use costs and reaction bonuses for styling, GURPS Low-Tech
1 comment
Read more