Alien races 3 hivers, droyne, inheritors, and lithkind. Alien races 2 is the second book in the gurps traveller alien. Gurps mysteries lisa steele, 2006, isbn 1556347618 a pdf file and pod release about detective fiction based adventures and campaigns, crime scenes, and advanced rules for interrogating npcs. Gms unfamiliar with gurps will find it easy to convert the stats for the alien races to other systems. It started with pyramid magazine articles in the 2. Our thanks go to leading edge games, publishers of the licensed aliens games, for taking the position. Also included are rules for designing new alien races, including racial advantages, disadvantages, and skills. Warehouse 23 offers scenarios, background information, deck plans, and zines, in digital form, for gurps traveller as well as many of our other game lines. Gurps space atlas 4 is 1991 by steve jackson games incorporated. Ffe gurps traveller disk 2 ships far future enterprises. Both alien races are described along with their culture, government, technology, and psychology. Invent balanced alien designs that will intrigue and challenge your players. The first two chapters of the book consist of the inclusion of nonhuman aliens in a gurps space campaign, especially where alien encounters are the center piece. The book is titled, introduction to the alien races book.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Gurps supers a comprehensive playbook to the supers genre and to capturing it in your campaign. This is the universe created by david brin for his awardwinning uplift series. Gurps time travel project gutenberg selfpublishing. Through the years, the terms alien contactcontactee and alien abductionabductee have generally been replaced by the terms alien experienceexperiencer. Pulver, david nilsen, andy slack, and david thomas edited by gene seabolt and. Alien races 2 covers their historical involvement with the imperiumfrom first contact to the present, and supplies racial templates, rules for playing alien characters, and examples of unique technologies and. Alien races 2 covers their historical involvement with the imperiumfrom first contact to the present, and supplies racial templates, rules for playing alien characters, and examples of unique technologies and ship designs.
The second book in the gurps traveller alien races series, alien races 2. The player must decide if the character has the worlds common language human, anglish. Space or other gurps based campaigns may find the races in this book to be a good addition to their adventures. P predain races npc races a selection of interesting races for a fantasy campaign being run by peter brodt. Among other things, gurps wiki will be a knowledge base supported by kromms notes on every advantage, disadvantage, and skill. Aliens for gurps 4th edition december 29, 2006 gurps aliens is 1990 by steve jackson games incorporated. Sep 26, 2019 gurps uplift is an rpg worldbook for the gurps system based on david brins uplift universe, written by stefan jones and published by steve jackson. As with most gurps books, gurps aliens is written in a style thats mostly formal, very readable, and manages to provide a fairly good density of information. Gurps riverworld, a setting in the fictional world described in the novels of the riverworld series by philip jose farmer. Note that kaa gurps aliens show up, as do versions of drowlike elves, fairycreatures, trolls, and other fun stuff. The pdfs cover niche subjects that wouldnt warrant a full book release as well as world books from 3e like gurps china, gurps egypt, gurps camelot, and so on. If yoda came from any one of the alien species on this list, it would probably have been this one.
Predain races npc races a selection of interesting races for a fantasy campaign being run by peter brodt. Dante did all of the translations with his friend petro, who later sadly lost his life in a car crash. Contact the seller opens in a new window or tab and request a shipping method to your location. Of all of the species known believed to inhabit to the milky way, the arcturians are the most ancient and the wisest. Alien races 4 ael yael, bwaps, virushi, schalli, and dozens more. No changes or updates from that 1991 edition were made, but we have appended all. Gurps aliens is, as it says on the cover, a collection of nonhuman races for science fiction roleplaying. Gurps traveller alien races 3 covers several alien races from the traveller setting, but are interesting and adapable enough to.
The inaugural volume of the gurps aliens series covers sparrials in all their. Advice is also provided on planning campaigns and other related material, as is common in other books for fourth edition gurps. Gurps planet of adventure, describing a distant world populated by many varied alien and halfalien races, set in the world of the planet of adventure series of novels by jack vance. The official conversion guide from 3rd to 4th edition, released as a free pdf file. Gurps traveller alien races 1 pdf beyond personal training. Gurps uplift includes complete descriptions of the important alien races, maps. Many of these races are suitable for use as player characters or allies. Aug 08, 2019 gurps uplift is an rpg worldbook for the gurps system based on david brins uplift universe, written by stefan jones and published by steve jackson. And the forums are a great resource for how to build powers and things in the system. Or, if youre tired of throwing the same old metavillains at your gurps supers. Theirs was the first system to be given the gift of life in our. If youre a fan of the generic universal roleplaying system, youre probably looking for a few downloadable forms and games to use with this rule set. Kevin walsh racess it liked it sep 21, additional information condition mintvery good.
Star wars sourcebook gurps 4th edition star wars sourcebook. All simulationist games since gurps secretly aspire to kill gurps and wear its skin while drinking the blood of its delicious heart. Gurps biotech also includes a complete set of character templates for biotech professions, rules for biotech magic, and two original campaign settings. It performs a similar purpose as gurps fantasy does for fantasy games. It covers the creation of star systems, worlds and alien races, either completely randomly or with any amount of gm intervention during the process. It is the paragon of the simulationist category of games. It also is a place to share npcs, characters, stories or any other gurps related resource. Gurps aliens art excerpts from gurps traveller alien races. There are only 28 different races here, but each has full statistics for gurps roleplaying campaigns. Alien races 1 for gurps traveller has everything you need to set a campaign in the zhodani consulate of vargr extents. Gurps uplift of the thousands of races in a galaxy full of aliens, ours is the only one that claims to have evolved on its own, without genetic engineering by a patron species. This is a listing of the publications from steve jackson games and other licensed publishers for. Similarly, while few full gurps games are available legally.
There is a total of 28 free gurps products given out as nocost pdfs. In truth, there arent many gurps pdf files available online, although there are plenty of charts and character sheets that can be downloaded to act as replacements for your old ones. It includes starship deck plans and vehicle designs, weaponry, rules and templates for creating player characters and npcs, uptodate history and cultural information, and much more. History, geography, politics, theology, and cosmology of the world are included. The third book in the alien races series describes two of the most alien races in the traveller universe the droyne and the hivers. Gurps aliens presents over two dozen new races for your campaign.
Secret alien races book translated into english the book is believed to have been written around 194647, with constant additions and revisions over the years. Jun 23, 2016 gurps aliens art excerpts from gurps traveller alien races 4 stay safe and healthy. It is also included in the purchaseable gms screen. Gurps traveller alien races 4 brings 16 strange species to life. This pdf is a scanned copy of the last printed edition of.
Barsoom roleplaying in edgar rice burroughs john carter of mars setting. The vargr are a race of aliens descended from transplanted terran canines. Conversion to d20, for instance is almost on a onetoone basis. They are said to be one of the alien races in contact with earth. In the early years of the ufo phenomenon, the terms alien contact and alien abduction were used separately and distinctly. Fantasy folk for gurps 4th edition january 17, 2006 gurps fantasy folk, 2nd edition is 1995 by steve jackson games incorporated. Jul 01, 2019 report item opens in a new window or tab. These statistics give enough information for gms to give life to totally alien races, some of which the players are bound to have. My gurps this netbook includes many house rules, and conversions of the gurps traveller races into fourth edition. There is a total of 28 free gurps products given out as nocost pdfs, in addition to the three above and one below, this includes. Alien races 4 ive written a lot for steve jackson games. Be sure to check out for their pdf store and forums, theyre great resources. Gurps traveller alien races 3 covers several alien races from the traveller setting, but are interesting and adapable enough to port to other sf systems or settings.
Character templates, technology and deckplans are given for each race, as well as details of the major races history and geography. The alien race book fascinating reading educating humanity. It also is a place to share npcs, characters, stories or any other gurpsrelated resource. This book has been taken down from the internet, the best way to view this book it to download the alien race book as a pdf file. A chapter on zhodani psionics finishes the book off. The droyne, which imperial archaeologists are beginning to suspect are identical to the ancient race that scattered humaniti and created the vargr, are among the most pacific of all the inhabitants of the imperium. Zhodani, vargr and other races of the spinward marches you can help the traveller wiki by expanding it. This is a digital reprint of a gurps third edition product. Gurps space is a genre toolkit for creating science fiction campaigns using the gurps roleplaying game. Rules and guidelines are provided for running games from science fantasy and space opera to hard science fiction, creating worlds and planets and notes about aliens races.
Most of the races listed here have their own language, or possibly multiple languages. Where to find gurps pdf files online altered gamer. Compiled and edited by loren wiseman and steve jackson, this book features the creations of several favorite traveller authors, including phil masters, david pulver, and david thomas. Gurps aliens art excerpts from gurps traveller alien. Jun 23, 2016 gurps aliens art excerpts from gurps traveller alien races 4. Elfbiter rated trageller liked it dec 25, reinsel reading added it jun 21, gurpss you are covered by the ebay money back guarantee if you receive an item that is not as described in the listing. This pdf is a scanned copy of the last printed edition of gurps aliens. A few questions about creating races and creatures. The alien race book fascinating reading this back story to this book makes for fascinating reading.
Alien races 2 covers their historical involvement with the imperiumfrom first contact to the present, and supplies racial templates, rules for playing alien characters, and examples of. Aslan and kkree addresses the biology, home worlds, culture, and society of the. Gurps uplift is an rpg worldbook for the gurps system based on david brins uplift universe, written by stefan jones and published by steve jackson. Or, if youre tired of throwing the same old metavillains at your gurps supers players, these alien allies, foes, and technology will keep your game flying.
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