PYR MID® Number 29 January/February ’98 $4.95

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0 80742 08829 0 PYR MID® Issue Number 29 January/February 1998 CONTENTS Hour of the Knife In this Whispering Vault adventure, Christopher Jones writes of a town taken over by an Unbidden whose macabre experiments threaten to turn the whole area into its own Shadowland...... 13 Gentleman Johnson’s Fish Mart In Ed Wisniowski’s romp for GURPS Goblins, the characters are caught between the proverbial rock and the hard place as the two most powerful goblins in the sleaziest part of town play a game of one-upmanship with a wagonload of rotten fish...... 18 Fire and Blood In a true medieval roleplaying environment, the real power About the Cover: was with the landowners. S.A. Fisher tells why it’s good – and Originally done sometimes bad – to be a feudal lord...... 28 for a Brazilian comic book, this angel with looks to die for Hell Jobs is the work of In the world of In Nomine, there are some Words that even Rogerio Vilela. the most diabolical demon wouldn’t wish on his worst enemy. Alain Dawson shows us a few...... 32 PYR MID A look at the Best in Gaming;a or, “Gee, Why Didn’t We Do That?” picks Cyan’s Riven ...... 56 Avalon Hill’s Titan – The Arena ...... 57 Games Workshop’s Gorkamorka ...... 58 FASA’s Rigger 2 ...... 60 Atlas Games’ Over The Edge, 2nd Ed...... 61 Highlander Designs’ Chivalry & Sorcery, 3rd Ed...... 62 White Wolf’s Trinity ...... 65 Doris & Frank’s Ursuppe ...... 66 An Assortment from Cheapass Games ...... 67 Dwarven Forge’s Mastermaze and Geo-Hex’s Cavernscape ...... 68

2 Pyramid Magazine Editor Scott Haring

Production Staff Richard Meaden Magic on the Edge Gene Seabolt Stephen Kenson adds magic to the GURPS Cover Art Cyberworld universe, and you can bet the Rogerio Vilela Provisional Government isn’t happy...... 36 Interior Art Heather Bruton Steve Bryant Bio-Tech Designer’s Notes Kent Burles David Pulver, author of GURPS Bio-Tech, delves Matt Cavotta into an even stranger sub-section that didn’t get Dan Smith into the main book – Biological Magic...... 42 Art Director Carol Burrell

Delinquent Schoolgirl Cop Print Buying James Lowder’s new character type for Feng Monica Stephens Shui brings an anime favorite to roleplaying life...... 46 Sales Manager/Advertising Director Woody Eblom

Circulation Manager Eric Kunze

Publisher Steve Jackson

Pyramid (ISSN 1070-0579) is published bimonthly by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated, PO Box 18957, Austin, TX 78760. AADA, Autoduel, Car Wars, Dino Hunt, GURPS, Illuminati, INWO, Ogre, Pyramid, Roleplayer, Steve Jackson Games, Discworld Designer’s Notes Toon, the all-seeing eye are registered Phil Masters, co-author of the upcoming trademarks and Supers, Illuminati: New World Order, In Nomine and Creatures of GURPS Discworld, tells how the unique the Night are trademarks of Steve Jackson perspective of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series Games Incorporated. Other product names translates to GURPS...... 48 mentioned herein are trademarks of Steve Jackson Games Incorporated or their respective publishers. Subscriptions are $29.70 per year ($57 for Regular Features two years) in the United States; add $10/year for Canada/Mexico, $20/year for Upcoming Releases ...... 4 overseas. Send subscription orders to: SJ Games News ...... 5 Pyramid Magazine Subscriptions, PO Box Second Sight ...... 6 18957, Austin, TX 78760 USA. Industry News ...... 7 Adventure Pizza ...... 52 Copyright © 1998 by Steve Jackson AADA News ...... 69 Games Incorporated. All rights reserved. We’re Reading Your Mail ...... 73 Printed in the USA. Q&A ...... 74 Bruno! ...... 78 Visit us on the web: Murphy’s Rules ...... 79 www.sjgames.com/pyramid/ Convention Calendar ...... 80 Index to Advertisers ...... 80

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