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Banestorm, written by Phil Masters and Jonathan Woodward released October 2005, is setting sourcebook for the fourth edition of the GURPS Role-playing game. It details a fantasy setting called Yrth that has been updated from older GURPS Fantasy source books. All the standard fantasy tropes such as Wizards, Orcs, Elves, Dwarves etc are all present, along with connections to the Infinite Words. GURPS (Generic Universal RolePlaying System), created by Steve Jackson Games in 1986, is designed specifically to be a role-playing game that adapts to any imaginary gaming environment. ...
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A basic premise of the setting is that magical banestorms pick up people, whole villages etc from Earth (and other worlds) and deposit them on Yrth. As a result many of the societies and cultures are reminicent of a Middle Ages Earth with magic. One significant difference this brings is that unlike many fantasy settings, Yrth has many of the major Earth faiths as its core religions including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and others. See also: Timeline of Christianity Beliefs Jesus crucifixion as portrayed by Diego Velázquez. ...
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Third Edition
In third edition GURPS, the book GURPS Fantasy covered the Yrth setting rather than being a genre toolkit. GURPS Fantasy: Tredroy and GURPS Fantasy: Harkwood provide additional setting information about Yrth.
Major Locations
Al-Haz
Al-Wazif
Araterre
Cardiel
Caithness
Megalos
The Nomad Lands
The Oceans
The Orclands
Sahud
The Southwestern Wilderness
Tredroy: City of Three Laws
Zarak
See Also List of GURPS books is a listing of the publications from Steve Jackson Games for the GURPS role-playing game. ...
The List of campaign settings is a listing of published role-playing game campaign settings. ...
External Links Banestorm at the SJGames.com catalogue A comprehensive review of Banestorm at RPG.net. |
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