Pyramid 3/004: Magic on the Battlefield
This month's installment of Pyramid ¸ the PDF magazine for roleplayers¸ is entitled "Magic on the Battlefield." It's 40 pages dedicated to warfare and wizardry¸ and includes: GURPS Line Editor Sean Punch's description of a group of martial mages¸ using both GURPS Thaumatology: Magical Styles and GURPS Mass Combat ! Rules for armor that expand on the ideas in GURPS Power-Ups 1: Imbuements ¸ applying them to defense! How the GURPS Magic system would affect navies and seafaring warfare. An NPC group that takes battlefield scavenging to its logical (and gruesome) extreme. Ready-to-print Battle Strategy cards that make GURPS Mass Combat more fast and furious! Two essays on what the intersection of magic and the battlefield would really mean. In addition¸ Pyramid continues to supply the bits that make a magazine fun¸ including odds and ends¸ Murphy's Rules with Greg Hyland¸ reviews and recommendations that fit the theme¸ and a "Last Word¸" where we ask an industry luminary to pick a word or phrase related to the issue's theme. This month¸ Jeff Vogel¸ creator of the Geneforge computer games¸ gives the last word on battlefield magic.