GURPS Classic: Greece

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http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/greece/ Introduction About GURPS Achaeans, Hellenes or Greeks? 1. Life in Ancient Greece The City-State The Hellenic Homeland Attica City Layout The Aegean and Asia Minor Sicily and Italy City Government Climate, Agriculture and Diet Administration and Public Works A Typical Greek Home Crime and Punishment Going on Trial Life in the City Ostracism A Campaign Slogan Backfires Types of Government The Great Festivals Tech Level Greek Society The Family The Olympic Games Social Associations Poverty Hellenic Superiority Greek Ideals Social Classes Homosexuality 2. The Heroic Age Mycenaean Greece Mycenae Minoan Crete The Dark Ages King Minos The Heroic World The Hero-King Atlantis History Behind the Myths The Lower Classes The Heroic Myths Perseus The Amazons Heracles Heroic Women Jason Oedipus Theseus Semi-Historical Creatures The Trojan War Castor and Polydeuces Bellerophon The Siege of Troy Orpheus The Wrath of Achilles Odysseus The Children of Heracles The End of the War Odysseus The Seven Against Thebes The Atreidae The End of the Heroic Age The Family of Pelops Heroic Age Timeline 3. Classical Greece The Early Classical Period The Dark Ages End How Colonies Were Founded The Age of Tyranny Sparta Classical Greece The Democratic Revolution Thebes The Persian Wars Pindar Corinth The Age of Pericles Syracuse The Phoenicians The Persians The Peloponnesian War Alcibiades The Struggles for Supremacy The Rise of Macedon Philip of Macedon Typical Military Units Alexander the Great Xenophon and the Ten Thousand Xenophon Historical Timeline 4. Characters Character Types Female Characters Appearance Physical Appearance Clothing Names Advantages, Disadvantages and Skills Advantages New Advantage Disadvantages Skills Social Status Wealth and Economics Money Starting Wealth Job Table Weapons and Armor Equipment List 5. Religion and Magic The Gods on Olympus Zeus The Titans Hera Poseidon How to Play the Gods Apollo Artemis The Dionysian Cult Athena Lesser Olympians The Mysteries at Eleusis Minor Gods Olympian Cults Asclepius Angering the Gods The Chthonioi Gaea Hades and Persephone Lesser Chthonioi The Underworld Chthonic Cults Philosophy Pre-Socratic Philosophy Heroic Cults Imported Cults Classical Philosophy Socrates Magic Omens and Divination Medea Other Common Magics Mana Levels and Spell Lists Magic Items Clerical Magic Magical Treasure 6. Bestiary Natural Beasts Boar Bull Horse Lion Beastly Monsters Stymphalian Birds Calydonian Boar Cretan Bull Diomedean Horse Nemean Lion Pegasus How to Create Natural Monsters Mythical Beasts and Monsters Cerberus Chimera Empusa Harpy Lernaean Hydra Medusa Minotaur Python Scylla Siren Sphinx Nonhuman Races Centaurs Giants Nymphs Satyrs 7. The Wine-Dark Sea Ship Types The Trireme Sample Ships Trireme (TL2) Other Warships Penteconter (TL2) Merchant Vessels Homeric Galley (TL1) Shipboard Life The Sailing Season Food and Quarters Ports of Call Large Merchant Ship (TL2) Travel Times Ship Combat Small Merchant Ship (TL2) Tactics Two Misconceptions 8. Campaigns Campaign Styles The Realistic Campaign High-Powered Campaigns The Realistic Fantasy Campaign The Fantastic Campaign The Mythic Campaign Campaign Settings Adventure Seeds Time Travel to Hellas Campaign Crossovers Campaign Themes Citizens Statesmen Soldiers Traders Explorers Repeating Themes Tourists The Epic Quest Inspirational Reading Glossary Bibliography Index