GURPS Celtic Myth

By (author): "Jo Walton, Ken Walton"
Publish Date: 1995
GURPS Celtic Myth
ISBN1556341954
ISBN139781556341953
AsinGURPS Celtic Myth
Original titleGURPS: Celtic Myth
SeriesGURPS Third Edition
Standing stones. Headhunting and human sacrifice. Lusty kings and cattle-raiding queens. Naked warriors painted blue. Mysterious druids and crafty Sidhe. The Celtic world was full of strange enchantments and bloody battles.Enter a world of feasting and fighting, where magic is everywhere and glory is everything. In this book you'll find:* Tales of the ancient Irish and Welsh heroes.* A wealth of Celtic character types, with plenty of new advantages and disadvantages – including gesas, the mystic prophecies and taboos that ruled the life and death of every Celt.* The Druids: their arcane teachings and enigmatic magic. A new Druidic tree-magic system including the standard GURPS spells, plus new Celtic ones, grouped according to ancient natural categories.* The uncanny powers of the Sidhe, children and fathers of gods, and rules for creating characters with Faerie blood and powers of their own . . .* Willful weapons, magical and powerful, with their own personalities and motives.Return to a time when a battle or a wonder was around every corner, and the Otherworld was only a step away . . .