The information and ideas here will work with any fantasy game.īy William H. GURPS Fantasy requires the GURPS Basic Set, Fourth Edition. Take the most flexible, most consistent RPG system there is, and use it to run the campaign you dream of. You’ll find help in running your campaign here, in Roma Arcana or any other setting: advice on creating balanced parties, devising scenarios to challenge them, and using the game rules to achieve dramatic effects. Send a band of adventurers on impossible missions in a magical Roman Empire, as they struggle to win honor and hold back the darkness. It can stand on its own, or fit into the Infinite Worlds background from GURPS Fourth Edition. You’ll find examples of imaginary plants and animals, unique monsters, nonhuman races, occupations, spells, and enchanted objects, ready to use in your own campaign – or to use as models for inventing your own.Ī complete campaign setting, Roma Arcana, is ready to use in your own game. The main emphasis is on historical fantasy, in settings from the Bronze Age to the Renaissance, but the principles apply to any fantasy setting, from the prehistoric past to the remote future.īut there’s more here than theoretical guidelines and toolkits. Building on the flexible, streamlined Fourth Edition rules, it lets you develop a campaign to explore the world of your favorite book or film – or create a new one from your own dreams. Now GURPS Fantasy offers roleplayers a comprehensive guide to the entire fantasy genre. For the Yrth setting, check out GURPS Banestorm.įrom ancient myths to popular films, tales of heroes and magic have captured the imagination. This book greatly expands on the advice for running fantasy games from the previous edition of GURPS Fantasy. Like all Fourth Edition books, it's a full-color hardcover. Whether your model is Tolkien, Jordan, or Leiber, this book will let create a town, a country, or an entire world.
And, perhaps most importantly, it advises GMs and players alike on the kinds of characters appropriate to fantasy - including ordinary folks, people with fantastic powers, and nonhumans.
And, of course, it looks at the many different ways that magic and users of magic can work in a fantasy world. It also examines the nature of supernatural forces, and discusses the impact of wizards, monsters, and gods. GURPS Fantasy gives detailed, concrete advice - from the basics of the landscape itself, through its inhabitants and cultures, to the details of believable histories and politics. It discusses the genre in depth - with all its subgenres and inspirations (myth, novels, movies, etc.) - letting you design just the kind of fantasy setting that you want.
Create a world that could never be! GURPS Fantasy is the complete toolkit to let you build a campaign of heroic deeds and wondrous magic.
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