- GURPS Runal
Infobox RPG
title= GURPS Runal
caption= "GURPS Runal" cover
designer=Shou Tomono ,Group SNE
publisher=Fujimi Shobo
date=1992 (1st Edition)1999 (Perfect Edition)
genre=Fantasy
system=GURPS 3rd Editionnihongo|GURPS Runal|ガープス・ルナル is arole-playing game supplement that was written inJapanese language for theGURPS game rules. It was written byShou Tomono andGroup SNE , then first published in1992 . Over twenty novels of a series named nihongo|Runal Saga|ルナル・サーガ have been published based upon GURPS Runal. cite web|title=Search result of "ルナル・サーガ" (Runal Saga) in Amazon.co.jp|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=nb_ss_fg_eng/250-2296602-2379429?__mk_ja_JP=%83J%83%5E%83J%83i&initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%83%8B%83i%83%8B%81E%83T%81%5B%83K|accessdate=2007-08-31] .The setting is a fantasy world named Runal that was strongly influenced from
RuneQuest . There are seven mysterious Moons grant magic power to worshipers.The seven colors Moons are worshiped by various people as follows:
*Blue Moon - It is the Moon of lawful deities and one of the twins Moons. It is worshiped by dwarves and humans who prefer order and law.
*Red Moon - It is the Moon of chaotic deities and one of the twins Moons. It is worshiped by humans who prefer liberty and disorder.
*White Ring Moon - It is the Moon of magic. It is worshiped by wizards. It is called ring moon because it always seems likeannular eclipse .
*Green Moon - It is the Moon of plants and forests. It is worshiped by elves called "Elfa". Elfa's culture is similar to the Native Americans'.
*Wandering Moon - It is a capricious Moon whose orbit is random and also called the Moon of all colors. It is worshiped by various non-human races.
*Silver Moon - It is the Moon of strangeness and madness. It is worshiped by residents of elemental planes and fearful monsters like as creatures ofCthulhu Mythos .
*Black Moon - It is the Moon of evil. It is worshiped by demons.The Riyadh continent is the main land and focus of the game. The strongest nation is the Toru-adness Empire which is modeled after
Tang Dynasty of China. It's state religion is the worship of the Blue Moon. The Toru-adness Empire are disputing with neighboring countries which worship the Red Moon.GURPS Yuel, the sequel of GURPS Runal was released in 2005 as a supplement of GURPS 4th ed.
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