IST/Supers http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/forums/19 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:03:37 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/forums/19 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ GURPS Infinite Worlds: IST, by Kenson and Hite, out now. ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/6308/t/GURPS-Infinite-Worlds-IST-by-Kenson-and-Hite-out-now-.html Available here.

I think this is an updated version of some articles Mr. Kenson wrote for Pyramid, but ... Bob, did you know about this?

Edit -- it's basically one page long, if one discounts the box text. And it's free.

Chris Davies.

]]> feeds@yuku.com (NotDavies) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/6308 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:06:26 GMT <![CDATA[ They've been asking about GURPS IST on the SJGames forums again... ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/6040/t/-ve--asking--GURPS-IST---SJGames-forums--.html GURPS Infinite Worlds. So I wrote this in reply. (Hope I didn't step on any toes.) ]]> feeds@yuku.com (robkelk) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/6040 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:29:49 GMT <![CDATA[ Bio-Tech (4e) in IST ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/5903/t/Bio-Tech-4e-in-IST.html
I managed to acquire GURPS Bio-Tech recently, and I've been considering doing a summary of what in it is available in the IST-verse, along the lines of the Ultra-Tech survey I did a while ago. However, in doing so I've realized something that might be an enormous can of worms.

Essentially, according to the IST world timeline, in the 80s, genetic researchers discovered the genes for human intelligence and at the same time discovered the genes... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (NotDavies) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/5903 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:03:20 GMT <![CDATA[ Healers vs. the AMA ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/4723/t/Healers-vs-the-AMA.html According to the IST sourcebook, the AMA went after any healers who weren't licensed doctors and many who were until public outcry caused them to change their policies. I'm thinking of running a campaign centered around a group of super emergency responders who are among those trying to change things and was wondering when the policy change took place. Did you actually have a time frame in mind, or should I just go ahead and create my own time line... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Inquisitive Raven) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/4723 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:07:30 GMT <![CDATA[ So I Got GURPS Supers ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/4107/t/So-I-Got-GURPS-Supers.html
And having seen what they're doing with the 4th edition of D&D, Bob, I now completely understand where you were coming with earlier about this edition of GURPS. Whatever it might be, that is not the game I thought I... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (NotDavies) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/4107 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:59:13 GMT <![CDATA[ IST Freedom City ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3797/t/IST-Freedom-City.html International Super Teams, I also love Green Ronin's Freedom City setting for their Mutants and Masterminds superhero rpg. Whereas IST was built on the idea "What if Supers existed in the real world, and their actions had real consequences?", Freedom City was built on the idea "What if Supers existed, but http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3797 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:04:32 GMT <![CDATA[ "Updating IST" thread on SJGames Forums ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3782/t/-Updating-IST-thread-on-SJGames-Forums.html a thread about updating the IST setting going on over on the Steve Jackson Games forums. I've posted pointers there to a couple of threads here, and suggested anyone with IST questions give us a visit...

]]> feeds@yuku.com (robkelk) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3782 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:57:19 GMT <![CDATA[ QotD, 11/22/07 ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3644/t/QotD-11-22-07.html
Quote:
GURPS IST was basically a moderate liberal's wet dream.


From a thread on RPG.Net titled "Games with Political Agendas?" (filled with the usual buttery goodness you might expect from such a thread)

If/when IST gets updated for the brave new world of 4e,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (M Fnord) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3644 Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:37:42 GMT <![CDATA[ IST in pdf - right now. ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3642/t/IST-in-pdf-right-now-.html e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=SJG30-6506

Released April 6 of this year.

Haven't seen any note of it anywhere else, so I figured hey, someone should mention it. `.`

-Morgan.
"Mikuru-chan molested me! I'm... so happy!"
-Haruhi, "The Ecchi of Haruhi Suzumiya"
---(Not really)
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Morganni) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3642 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:32:06 GMT <![CDATA[ Black Pearl, 4e ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3646/t/Black-Pearl-4e.html [This time, I'm advancing the character a bit from her original appearance in the pages of GURPS Supers. As of 2007, she's the Team Administrator and Field Commander of IST Tokyo, and has served with a lot of other teams. She's also a world-reknowned marine biologist, and is famous for having been played by Halle Berry in a 1999 film loosely based on IST Japan's fight with Gojira.]

[Yes, really.]

Black Pearl -- 809... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (NotDavies) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3646 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:57:35 GMT <![CDATA[ Ultra-Tech (4e) in IST ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3645/t/Ultra-Tech-4e-in-IST.html GURPS Ultra-Tech this week, and, inspired by a series of posts that Phil Masters made about using it in Transhuman Space, I thought I'd do something similar for the IST world. Why not?

Unlike my previous bits of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (NotDavies) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3645 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:34:37 GMT <![CDATA[ The Holy Circle - Ogden Matthias, 4E ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3647/t/The-Holy-Circle-Ogden-Matthias-4E.html GURPS Powers" plus "looking at Bob's website" equals "updated character sheets"... although this is the first conversion from GURPS Third Edition feeds@yuku.com (robkelk) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3647 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:14:59 GMT <![CDATA[ Update ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3648/t/Update.html
Hey Bob, I just noticed you updated IST stories page. Thank you.

Shayne
(Ps. The newest one is in Others Fanfiction) ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rev Dark) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3648 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:01:38 GMT <![CDATA[ Some questions ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3649/t/Some-questions.html
-how old you have to be to join IST?
-how many IST embassies there are in USA?
-wich kind of training IST operatives get?
-how much time does the training take?
-can an IST embassy grant political asylum?
-does IST accept stagists?
-when does earth and myrr... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Luca Nicolai) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3649 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 07:50:48 GMT <![CDATA[ Fantome d'Orleans, 4E ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3650/t/Fantome-d-Orleans-4E.html In memoriam:

Le Fantome d'Orleans -- 757 points.

Attributes: ST 11 [10]; DX 16 [120]; IQ 12 [40]; HT 12 [20].
Secondary Characteristics: Dmg 1d-1/1d+1; BL 24 lbs; HP 11 [0]; Will 12 [0]; Per 16 [20]; FP 12 [0]; Basic Speed 7.00 [0]; Basic Move 7 [0].
Social Background: CF Western... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (NotDavies) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3650 Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:25:52 GMT <![CDATA[ Al-Khadr, 4E ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3651/t/Al-Khadr-4E.html
Attributes: ST 12 [20]; DX 14 [80]; IQ 12 [40]; HT 12 [20].
Secondary Characteristics: Dmg 1d-1/1d-2; BL 29 lbs; HP 27 [45]; Will 12 [0]; Per 12 [0]; FP 12 [0]; Basic Speed 6.50 [0]; Basic Move 6 [0].
Social Background: CF Islamic [0], Western [1]; Languages: Arabic... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (NotDavies) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3651 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:36:46 GMT <![CDATA[ The Void, 4E ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3654/t/The-Void-4E.html
The Void -- 4236 points.

Attributes: ST 83 [730]; DX 15 [100]; IQ 12 [40]; HT 10 [0].
Secondary Characteristics: Dmg 9d+1/11d+1; BL 2021 lbs; HP 83 [0]; Will 12 [0]; Per 12 [0]; FP 10 [0]; Basic Speed 6.25 [0]; Basic Move 6 [0].
Social... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (NotDavies) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3654 Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:16:26 GMT <![CDATA[ Witchwind, 4e ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3653/t/Witchwind-4e.html GURPS Powers. I have probably screwed quite a few things up, so expect revisions.

As with all my write-ups, this is a direct translation, not an update.

Witchwind -- 1147 points.

Attributes: ST 10 [0]; DX 16 [120]; IQ 15 [100]; HT 14 [40].
Secondary... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (NotDavies) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3653 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:22:59 GMT <![CDATA[ Doctor Radiation, 4E ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3655/t/Doctor-Radiation-4E.html 1500 point version of the character, but without Matter Control abilities ... I might add them after I get my grubby mits on Powers.

Doctor Radiation (Heinrich Glasser) -- 1738 points.

feeds@yuku.com (NotDavies) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3655 Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:37:09 GMT <![CDATA[ The Extremist ]]> http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3656/t/The-Extremist.html
The Extremist -- 750 points

Attributes: ST 10 [0]; DX 17 [140]; IQ 15 [100]; HT 15 [50].
feeds@yuku.com (NotDavies) http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/3656 Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:35:01 GMT