GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Westmarches
A GURPS DUNGEON FANTASY CAMPAIGN
It's something that resonates with nearly every gamer: the thrill of taking a powerful, faux-medieval adventurer down into a cave (or a haunted forest, or a sinister stronghold), killing monsters, and taking their treasure. But making your way as a wandering, homeless slayer of monsters isn’t all the legends suggest. Life on the road is costly, and it turns out that monsters don’t often have a lot of treasure. On top of that, the monster-killing treasure-hunting trade is getting downright competitive, what with every youngster who inherits a cheap blade from an old-soldier grandpa fancying himself an orc-killer or dragon-slayer, and every young cleric who cracked a tome or wonky wizard who cast a spell thinking themselves an eminent sage and brave explorer. But what are you gonna do? Quit? Don’t make me larf! The only answer is to hunt bigger monsters and better treasure, of course.
Information for PCs
NOTE: Use of character templates and/or mixed professions from GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 1: Adventurers or GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 3: The Next Level is REQUIRED.
Starting point value allowed for PCs: 300
Disadvantage limit: -75
PC races allowed: Dwarf, Elves (except Winged Elf), Gnome, Halfling, Half-Orc, Human.
Starting wealth: $1,000 (+$1,000 bonus from GM)
Starting Wealth levels allowed: Average, Struggling, or Poor.
Tech level: 4
Exceptions to General TL: No firearms.
Languages available: Common (multiracial trade language), Dwarfish, Elvish, Gnomish, Mannish (Human tongue).
Cultural Familiarities available: Dwarven, Elven, Gnomish, Halfling, Human.
General mana level: Normal.
Do areas of higher/lower mana exist? Yes.
Are PC mages allowed? Yes.
Are any of the spells or colleges/paths off limits? Gate Spells are off-limits to all players. Use/knowledge of Necromantic spells by non-clerics requires a Social Stigma (Necromancer) [-5] as well as Unusual Background (Necromancer) [-5].
Are PC psis allowed? Only those powers found in chapter four of DF1: Adventurers and DF3: The Next Level.
Are PC gadgeteers allowed? No.
Unusual Background cost(s) for these abilities: Use/knowledge of Necromantic spells by non-clerics requires Unusual Background (Necromancer) [-5].
Legal or social restrictions on these abilities: Use/knowledge of Necromantic by non-clerics results in Social Stigma (Necromancer) [-5].
Rules & Resources
GURPS 4th edition Basic Set. General rules and system parameters.
GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 1: Adventurers. Character templates and commonly available equipment.
GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 3: The Next Level. Racial templates and mixed professions.
GURPS 4th edition Power-Ups 2: Perks and GURPS 4th edition Power-Ups 3: Talents may be used in character creation and development.