Witch world is an early and influential heroic fantasy setting, created by andre norton in the first volume, written in 1963, simon tregarth travels from america to estcarp, on the witch world, using the seige perilous, which sends people to the world that best fits them. Magic and technology coexist and both a re used in an ancient war. Sep 06, 2002 witch world is so ancient, so mature that it is filled with legends, histories, ruins, memories of forgotten times, peoples, and places. Witches are an allfemale race of humanoid beings who possess magical abilities through the art of witchcraft. Gurps witch world, softback sourcebook, by sasha miller and ben w. The magical witch, the sorcerer witch, was not practicing a. These charts are the hard work of the lesser gurps gun god curtis handsaker, a. Covers the history and geography of witch worlds, as well as characters, tools. Other references are an for gurps arabian nights, co for gurps conan, j for gurps japan, mi for gurps magic items, mi2 for gurps magic items 2, tt for gurps time travel and ww for gurps witch world.
Aug 28, 2019 bibliographies of american writers revolvy brain revolvybrain. Covers the history and geography of witch worlds, as well as characters, tools and weapons, and magic. In creating my setting i wanted to use advice from both the core books and gurps lite. Use the search forms to help find items in the index, and if youd like to add items, you can. Contains history, maps, a timeline of the novels, witch world magic, herbal lore, tools and. Traditionally, witchcraftwith a small wis a form of sorcery, concerned with spells and divination. Witchcraft has taken its place in the ecumenical religious theater. New equipment, like the athame, warding pentacle, divination trappings, and poppets. Gurps dragons is a supplement for both the classic and 4th edition versions of gurps it was written by phil masters and is the second to last book of third edition gurps dragons discusses dragons in all forms. Gurps witch world, softback sourcebook the shop on the. Great deals on one book or all books in the series. Witch girls adventures is a perfect game for girls that like to use their imagination and who arent afraid of being a little different. Witch girls adventures is a drama diariesgame that allows its players to participate in a world of magic and mischief.
Z09ss on the steve jackson games forum if you find mistakes or have an issue with a particular weapon stat please make a notation on the discussion page before making any changes. Everything in the entirely nonviolent and pastoral flying witch happens at a scale where you could sit down and figure everyones dx scores and encumbrance levels, but that would feel like its missing the point of what the show is really about. Foretell the future, curse your foes, brew potions, and craft charms. Players take on the roles of witches they design from scratch, choosing their powers, skills and abilities. Gurps dusk world setting notes part 1 another world.
Find the complete gurps third edition book series listed in order. In the world of witch girls, power comes in all shapes and sizes. This means that, sometime after world war ii, real history and fallout history diverged, although where this happened is not exactly clear. This encompasses 1468 game systems and 16359 authors. Roleplaying in andre nortons witch world paperback was first published in 1989. It is also where the queen meets in the witch world with the girls. Profit and pitfalls among the stars, gurps steampunk, gurps robots. Many characters from the books are given gurps writeups as well. If you perceive a bracelet and dangling dice, watch for the next throw in the war between law and chaos and be prepared to follow the compelling geas. I got into gurps when another friend, whos a huge andre norton fan, wanted to run a witch world game, and had found the gurps worldbook. Commando, crusader, experiment, inhuman, psi, sage, sleuth, techie, warrior, and witch champions cheat sheet. Witch world is an early and influential heroic fantasy setting, created by andre norton. Each witch possess special powers that follow a certain theme or element. Apr 26, 2009 forum timeline discussion general discussion maps and places in the witch world started by.
Gurps fallout, like the fallout computer game series, takes place in an alternate universe. One is a digestsized, 24page book laid out like the dungeon world book. This encompasses 1471 game systems and 16401 authors. Miller the witch world is a world of wonder and magic, of the epic struggle between light and shadow, good and evil. Fate is a narrative based system, so it has the feel of an epic movie, things are as difficulty as the plot demands them do be, and characters can achieve near impossible things, just by virtual of being the.
This world book in steve jacksons generic universal role playing system gurps is the most definitive guide to andre nortons witch world series that has. There he discovers magic powers, and plays a leading role in a war against hightech invaders from a third world. Designed with its audience in mind from the bottom up, it just may succeed. From them came new weilders of power, mostly dedicated to good purposes, or at least a grim justice which recognized the responsibility that comes with power and talent.
Witch world is mostly fantasy with a bit of psionicsweird wwii tech. Gurps witch world is a roleplaying game supplement that was published by steve jackson. Roleplaying in andre nortons witch world from the back cover. Written by terry pratchett and phil masters, discworld roleplaying game is a standalone rpg based on the fourth edition of gurps, the generic universal roleplaying system published by steve jackson games. Its fairly easy to adapt the system to other styles of magic. Champions gives mighty modernday heroes what they need to fight the worlds most fearsome preternatural foes monster hunter templates motivational lenses templates. Gurps witch world is a gurps supplement and campaign setting describing play in andre nortons fantastic witch world. Monster hunter templates motivational lenses templates. May 24, 2017 gurps cant easily handle that level of gameplay and setting segregation. Kainas the rational world and naakinis the mythic world exist with overlapping topography and ecosystems.
The witch a dungeon world playbook awful good games. The witch world is a world of wonder and magic, of the epic struggle between light and shadow, good and evil. Page references that begins with an m refer to gurps magic, second editing. The palace of the witch queen is where the queen of the witch world and her most loyal subjects live. Contains history, maps, a timeline of the novels, witch world magic, herbal lore, tools and weapons, a glossary, and character and campaign advice including adventure seeds. The book includes a history of the world, a guide and maps to its various lands, character creation rules, witch world magic and psionics, magic items, and creatures. Miller, 1989, isbn 1556341431a setting based on the series of witch world novels by andre norton. The world of darkness vampire, werewolf, and mage the 4th edition of gurps has a number of worldbooks, some of them relatively short pdf publications, including but by no means limited to the following. Champions gives mighty modernday heroes what they need to fight the worlds most fearsome preternatural foes. The gurps third edition book series by multiple authors includes books gurps traveller.
Yes, the much anticipated new supplement has been released upon the world, with little fanfare. Its pretty much across the board backwardscompatible. Magic and technology coexist and both are used in an ancient war. Included are a bestiary of witch world creatures, details on the nonhuman races, a history and geography of the planet, and a colorbased system of magic. Gurps 4e is one of the better edition upgrades in rpgs. And yet it resembles our modern world in a terrifying way, for a handful of truly gifted people have so completely mastered the ways of power and so developed their talent that they achieve almost godlike. Savage worlds inlucdes some optional rules for playing with no map, and ive suscessfully played gurps that way as well. How to make dragon characters, dragon tactics, and their slayers. Bold experiments, faithful servants, soulless killers gurps 3e, and several more.
Witch girls adventure rule book channel m publishing. The last part of the book is devoted to gurps lite, a strippeddown version of the. I decided to start with gurps lite as many new players will have access to just this file. In theory, ritual magic of one type is supposed to be markedly different from another type and the paths and rituals of one type difficult to learn as a result. Gurps is thorough, if nothing else, and discorld have rules modeling just about every aspect of the world hereagain, it takes a little work, but the book is so delightful to read, i found myself getting caught up. The rpgnet game index currently contains 61782 entries including. Gurps time travel project gutenberg selfpublishing. The witch world is a secret world where all the witches live and where witch apprentices take their exams and go through their ceremonies. Bibliographies of american writers revolvy brain revolvybrain. Just click the add an entry button, and youll get more info. In a similar fashion to the world of robert e howard s conan and of jack london novels, civilization is seen as having a softening and corrupting influence in comparison to the hardy ahrmenee and the horseclans, although not to the extent that they outweigh the peace and prosperity that milo and others work. One of the biggest problems with gurps fourth edition is that many of the firearms havent been converted yet. Age of gold pulpera superheroes empowered by returned magic alchemical baroque a fairy tale fantasy world with a dash of clockpunk banestorm.
It helps that gurps 3e was one of the better systems, so they didnt have to fix too much. The alternate reality, henceforth referred to as the fallout. Witch world chronicles of illusion wiki fandom powered by. Go to the sign of harvels axe, a dubious inn on the edge of the thieves quarter, in the city of greyhawk, and look to your own wrist. The witch world survived its earliest wars, and even as new races settled in the once bountiful lands some remnants of the old race struggled to survive. Gurps lands out of time pdf a setting that pits man against dinosaur. Various pulp miniature game rules would work for most encounters. Gurps fourth edition basic set one of the biggest problems with gurps fourth edition is that many of the firearms havent been converted yet. It is unknown who the god or devil of this world is, or if it even has them. The rpgnet game index currently contains 61846 entries including. The witch world is a world of wonder and magic, of the epic struggle bet. Gurps witchworld supplement for original gurps, not 4th. Gurps is thorough, if nothing else, and discorld have rules modeling just about every aspect of the world hereagain, it takes a little work, but the book is so delightful to read, i found myself getting caught up in footnotes.
Witch world is a speculative fiction project of american writer andre norton, inaugurated by her 1963 novel witch world and continuing more than four decades. As i recall, gurps had a set of roleplaying rules specifically for witch world. In the first volume, written in 1963, simon tregarth travels from america to estcarp, on the witch world, using the seige perilous, which sends people to the world that best fits them. As of this writing, the discworld roleplaying game is available as a hardcover book but not as a pdf. Witch world chronicles of illusion wiki fandom powered. Witch world sourcebook morrus unofficial tabletop rpg news. A licensed sourcebook for andre nortons witch world series. Witch girls adventures aims to charm preteen girls into roleplaying games. The trove is the biggest open directory of rpg pdfs on the internet. Gurps cant easily handle that level of gameplay and setting segregation. Miller edited by sharleen lambard cover art by toni taylor illustrated by larry mcdougall, charlie. Gurps lite has the following categories listed at the end of the pdf file under the game worlds header.
Psionics institutes world war ii 308001 2001 1e1p pdf gurps wwii core rulebook. The engine used to run the game version of discworld is gurps, and although this is a third editionera opus it will work just dandy with the latest version of gurps fourth edition at time of writing. Flora and fauna of kainas are scaled normally by realworld standards, while naakinis exists on a much larger scale such as the kioux trees that reach many miles in height. But its a less pretensious world, dealing more in the realm of personal survival than in personal anguish.
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