ISBN: 1556348495 9781556348495

Category: Games & Activities / Role Playing & Fantasy

Page count: 132

Isles of the Mighty <p>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.</p> <p>Enter a world of feasting and fighting, where magic is everywhere and glory is everything. In this book you'll find:</p> <ul> <li>Tales of the ancient Irish and Welsh heroes.</li> <li>A wealth of Celtic character types, with plenty of new advantages and disadvantages - including <i>gesas,</i> the mystic prophecies and taboos that ruled the life and death of every Celt.</li> <li>The Druids: their arcane teachings and enigmatic magic. A new Druidic tree-magic system including the standard <b><i>GURPS</i></b> spells, plus new Celtic ones, grouped according to ancient natural categories.</li> <li>The uncanny powers of the Sidhe, children and fathers of gods, and rules for creating characters with Faerie blood and powers of their own . . .</li> <li>Willful weapons, magical and powerful, with their own personalities and motives.</li> </ul> <p>Return to a time when a battle or a wonder was around every corner, and the Otherworld was only a step away . . .</p>