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The Discworld Roleplaying Game (now available in PDF) - Steve …
Jun 24, 2017 · There are on Discworld All things weird and wonderful. Sir Terry made them all.— Dr. Rod Pitcher There are countless stories to be told on the Disc, from urban intrigue in Ankh …
Discworld Zombie - Steve Jackson Games Forums
Nov 21, 2013 · Discworld Zombie GURPS. Steve Jackson Games Forums > Roleplaying > GURPS: Discworld Zombie
Discworld Character Sheets - Steve Jackson Games Forums
Jul 21, 2018 · Discworld Character Sheets GURPS. On page 24 of the rule book there is a character sheet. Is there anywhere I can get a PDF copy?
Discworld Magic - Steve Jackson Games Forums
Mar 21, 2008 · Especially since Discworld Magic isn't usually described as "tiring" the spellcaster, but is rather known for perticularly nasty magical backfires. Taking this idea further, a Mage's …
The problem with using Discworld and Mars Attacks to gauge …
Sep 26, 2016 · Discworld is an odd duck in that the franchise pulls its roots from many of the same places Dungeon Fantasy does; it meshes rather well with RPGs. I'm not familiar with Mars Attacks …
The Discworld RPG - Occupations Gone... - Steve Jackson Games …
Jan 22, 2017 · The Discworld RPG had a bunch of stuff squeezed out to fit in a mere 408 pages, including some templates of maybe marginal usefulness. So I'll post them here, starting with the …
Racial Template List - Steve Jackson Games Forums
Jun 23, 2013 · Racial Template List GURPS Resources. Bioshell (GURPS Transhuman Space: Changing Times, p.59) [31] Bioshell, Algonaut (GURPS Transhuman Space: Bioroid Bazaar, p.
DiscWorld Character Sheet (PDF) - Steve Jackson Games Forums
May 15, 2017 · I know the DiscWorld book itself isn't in PDF or planned for such right now. I'm wondering if there's any plans to put up the DiscWorld character sheet, though (or if folks are …
Banestorm: What's everyone doing with it? - Steve Jackson Games
Nov 28, 2005 · The Discworld Troll though can pass for a normal Golem if he had to. (And no see aura was being used...) Story so far (as planned*) is the two native to banestorm work for the …
GURPS Dune - Steve Jackson Games Forums
Jan 18, 2020 · GURPS Dune GURPS. With Star Wars, marginal individuals can still zip around the universe. The player characters meet at a bar and off they go!
The Discworld Roleplaying Game (now available in PDF) - Steve …
Jun 24, 2017 · There are on Discworld All things weird and wonderful. Sir Terry made them all.— Dr. Rod Pitcher There are countless stories to be told on the Disc, from urban intrigue in Ankh …
Discworld Zombie - Steve Jackson Games Forums
Nov 21, 2013 · Discworld Zombie GURPS. Steve Jackson Games Forums > Roleplaying > GURPS: Discworld Zombie
Discworld Character Sheets - Steve Jackson Games Forums
Jul 21, 2018 · Discworld Character Sheets GURPS. On page 24 of the rule book there is a character sheet. Is there anywhere I can get a PDF copy?
Discworld Magic - Steve Jackson Games Forums
Mar 21, 2008 · Especially since Discworld Magic isn't usually described as "tiring" the spellcaster, but is rather known for perticularly nasty magical backfires. Taking this idea further, a Mage's …
The problem with using Discworld and Mars Attacks to gauge …
Sep 26, 2016 · Discworld is an odd duck in that the franchise pulls its roots from many of the same places Dungeon Fantasy does; it meshes rather well with RPGs. I'm not familiar with …
The Discworld RPG - Occupations Gone... - Steve Jackson Games …
Jan 22, 2017 · The Discworld RPG had a bunch of stuff squeezed out to fit in a mere 408 pages, including some templates of maybe marginal usefulness. So I'll post them here, starting with …
Racial Template List - Steve Jackson Games Forums
Jun 23, 2013 · Racial Template List GURPS Resources. Bioshell (GURPS Transhuman Space: Changing Times, p.59) [31] Bioshell, Algonaut (GURPS Transhuman Space: Bioroid Bazaar, p.
DiscWorld Character Sheet (PDF) - Steve Jackson Games Forums
May 15, 2017 · I know the DiscWorld book itself isn't in PDF or planned for such right now. I'm wondering if there's any plans to put up the DiscWorld character sheet, though (or if folks are …
Banestorm: What's everyone doing with it? - Steve Jackson Games
Nov 28, 2005 · The Discworld Troll though can pass for a normal Golem if he had to. (And no see aura was being used...) Story so far (as planned*) is the two native to banestorm work for the …
GURPS Dune - Steve Jackson Games Forums
Jan 18, 2020 · GURPS Dune GURPS. With Star Wars, marginal individuals can still zip around the universe. The player characters meet at a bar and off they go!
