Showing posts with label Demon's Souls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Demon's Souls. Show all posts

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Encounter: (Inspired by) Leechmonger

Hot leeches!
Monger - a salesperson. So what we are dealing with here is a monster that sells leeches... or no? Maybe it's a metaphor. Oh well, get ye into a horrid diseased swamp and deal with it, friends!

Monday, October 17, 2016

Encounter: (Inspired by) Adjudicator

Long tongue, fat knife, they scream
a runnin for their life-ife-ife.
I haven't written a monster in a while, so I feel like writing a monster. So here's a monster inspired by Demon's Souls.

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Friday, January 22, 2016

Treasure: Phosphorescent Pole

In Game Art
A long rod inlaid with a blue jewel that emits phosphorescent light.Bladeless and lightweight, and due to a magical enhancement, it slowly regenerates the wielder's MP. One of Lord Rydyell's most storied exploits is his theft of this weapon from the witch in the sky.
Another item inspired by Demon's Souls, a weapon that regenerates Energy Reserve, while also serving as an effective weapon. Let's see how this works out.

Monday, January 18, 2016

Treasure: Eternal Warrior's Ring

In Game Art
An old bronze ring held by Old King Doran. Increases Stamina recovery rate.
The hero Doran, protector of the royal family of Boleteria, lives on forever as a demigod.
Writer's block continues, so an easy one again. This ring, in GURPS terms, gives the wearer Very Fit.
Very Fit with a generic -10% power modifier is 13.5 points, or [14] That translates to 9 EP. 9 EP is $2,880 in terms of labor, $50 in raw materials, and marked up to $5,860 at retail in a TL 3 environment.

Anyone have any requests for difficult abilities to stat out in GURPS? Special Encounters? Other content that might be helpful? I could just completely go through game catalogs translating stuff, but if anyone wants to suggest something, let me know in the comments.

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Treasure: Master's Ring

In-Game Art.
A ring made of straw rope. Damage from direct hits increases while damage from all other attacks decreases.A ring from a faraway land known for its swordsmithing. Said to be imbued with a distinct spell
I'm having a bit of writer's block today, but I'd still like to put up an article, so here is something real easy, The Master's Ring from Demon's Souls.


Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Sorcery: Demon's Prank

Look at all that jest.
Support Spell Generates a loud sound in a far-off place. It has little direct effect, so the caster must think creatively to make effective use of it.
 This is an article on a support ability, specifically an illusion to distract enemies. I never used this power, but as it is one of the less straightforward abilities, I decided to give it a go.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Power: Soulsucker

Evocative Imagery, Am I right?
Spell from the Demon Maiden in Black's Soul Sucks the soul out of whoever it touches. The Maiden in Black, who aids the demon slayers with her command of Soul power, was once one of the oldest, most dangerous demons herself.
Warning, before you get all excited about this power, always ask your GM if it is OK. This is more of a mechanical curiosity than anything meant to ever be used by players. That said, maybe there is a game where this would be fine. GURPS, unlike Demon's Souls has a consistent cost for all added value, so 1 character point is objectively as valuable to a 0 point character as it is to a 1000 point character; strategically, and subjectively, they aren't equal, but they are.
Also, I need to really thank this thread and +Christopher R. Rice for their help; this is not all my own tinkering, but I want to catalog it here for future reference. Also, feel free to look at the thread, there are a lot of creative takes more suitable to other specific angles that might be more appropriate for someone given their needs and use cases.

Monday, January 4, 2016

CER: Phalanx

Phalanx and Friends
Friends!
I've made it no secret on my blog that I love From Software's Souls games. Today, taking a break from relatively weak enemies, I want to look at an enemy that, although simple, has a lot of interesting mechanical possibility. So I decide I will model the Phalanx and his friends, the hoplites, from Demon's Souls.

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Enchanted Item: Cat's Ring

cats_ring.jpg
Picture of the ring from the game.

Introduction

So, starting simply on a list of items, I begin with the Cat's Ring from Demon's Souls. This is probably as straightforward as straightforward gets when it comes to converting an idea from a video game into GURPS mechanics. Let's take a look at the flavor text of the ring to understand its intent:

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