The Hurt Locker: Doodads and Gewgaws, Part I (Patreon)

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2017-06-23 02:29:05

Imported:

2023-09

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(Been a while since I did a Hurt Locker post so I thought I'd do one. Normally, I try to get designer's notes out on the day of one of my releases, but that isn't going to happen this week.)

Today's post is about material goods - specifically material good you pull out of nowhere. I'm talking about gizmos, peoples. Glorious, wonderful, Make-A-GM-Curse gizmos.

"What do you mean you made a mini-nuke out of bubblegum and lycra?" "Eh, I had an hour." Stupid players and their mini-nukes.

Ahem. Back to the subject, this first post talks about Gizmos, how they can be used, and a few ways to restrict or relax them for different TLs and genres.

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The Hurt Locker: Doodads and Gewgaws, Part I

No adventurer or hero can carry everything they need. GURPS allows you a extremely broad choice of gear thanks to its many catalogues and tech-books - but what if you really need a bunch of paperclips and you're not near an office? Or you need to make a repair to an engine and you've got no toolkit?