GURPS Classic: Compendium I

194 Pages·2002·12.095 MB·English

by  Sean Punch

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abbreviations for all the
• ATTRIBUTES GURPS books, as well
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• ADVANTAGES
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• DISADVANTAGES
advantage,
• ENHANCEMENTS disadvantage and
skill ever published
• LIMITATIONS
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• SKILLS GURPS book.
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INTRODUCTION ..................4 Extra Effort Lifting with High ST.......................12
Contests of ST for Very Weak
About the Compiler...............................................4
or Very Strong Creatures.................................13
About GURPS.......................................................4
Optional Rule: Treating Figured
1. ATTRIBUTES......................5 Quantities as Attributes...................................13
Encumbrance Rules for Superhumans
Attribute Levels and Their Meanings........................6
and Nonhumans...............................................14
Low Attributes as Disadvantages..........................6
Strength.....................................................................7 2. ADVANTAGES..................15
“Enhanced” Strength.............................................7
Inventing New Advantages.....................................16
Optional Rule: Redefining Hit Points
Lead Into Gold:
and Fatigue........................................................7
New Advantages for Old.................................16
The Much-Maligned Will:
Secret Advantages................................................16
Optional Will Rules...........................................8
Starting From Scratch..........................................17
Basic Damage for ST Above 20..........................10
Trading Points for Equipment.............................17
Throwing.............................................................10
Temporary Wealth................................................18
NEW ADVANTAGES................................19
Mundane Advantages..............................................19
Occult and Paranormal Advantages........................33
Racial and Super Advantages..................................49
Natural Attacks........................................................72
3. DISADVANTAGES............74
Inventing New Disadvantages.................................75
Turning Old Problems Into New.........................75
Secret Disadvantages..........................................75
Brand-New Problems..........................................76
Doing Away With Disadvantages........................76
NEW DISADVANTAGES.........................77
Social Disadvantages...............................................77
Physical Disadvantages...........................................79
Mental Disadvantages.............................................86
Occult and Paranormal Disadvantages....................96
Racial and Super Disadvantages...........................101
4. ENHANCEMENTS AND
LIMITATIONS..................107
Modifying Advantages and
Disadvantages................................................108
Turning Enhancements On and Off...................108
Linked Enhancements
and Limitations..............................................108
Enhancements........................................................109
Limitations.............................................................110
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5. SKILLS.............................113 Magical Skills........................................................148
Medical Skills........................................................150
Learning Skills.......................................................114
Military Skills........................................................150
Quick Learning Under Pressure:
Outdoor Skills........................................................152
Optional Learning Rules................................114
Professional Skills.................................................153
Mastery – High Skill vs. Diversity.....................114
Psionic Skills.........................................................155
Intensive Training..............................................116
Scientific Skills......................................................155
Extraordinary Diligence to
Social Skills...........................................................159
Maintain High Skill.......................................116
Thief/Spy Skills.....................................................160
Recognizability of Skills.....................................117
Vehicle Skills.........................................................161
SkillDegradation...............................................117
Using Skills...........................................................118 6. MANEUVERS .................162
Like the Back of My Hand:
Creating Maneuvers..........................................163
Further Definition of the
Double Defaults and Maneuvers.......................163
Area Knowledge Skill...................................118
Learning Maneuvers..........................................164
The Gift of Tongues:
Maneuvers and Non-Combat Skills...................164
Optional Language Rules..................................119
Sample Combat Maneuvers...................................165
Firearms Specialization
Maneuvers and Optional
and Familiarity..............................................119
Specializations...............................................165
Other Approaches to Language Skills...............120
Maneuvers and Familiarity...............................165
Gadgets and Gadgeteering.....................................121
Just Watch This One!
Inventing Gadgets..............................................121
Expanding the Acrobatics Skill
Gadgeteering During Adventures......................123
with Maneuvers.............................................166
Quick Gadgeteering...........................................123
Optional Rule:Combinations............................171
Vehicle SkillSpecializations..............................123
“Gizmo” Gadgets..............................................124 7. RACIAL GENERATION.173
Inventing vs. Gadgeteering................................125
The Generation Process.........................................174
Gadgets for Non-Gadgeteers.............................127
The Rule of 12....................................................174
NPC Races vs. PC Races...................................174
Racial Attribute Modifiers.................................175
TheyLook LikeTheyLook.................................175
HowThey Think.................................................175
Sub-Races..........................................................175
Taboo Traits.......................................................176
Racial Advantages
and Disadvantages.........................................177
Racial Quirks.....................................................177
Racial Skills.......................................................177
Character Cost vs. Racial Strength...................177
Player-Created Races........................................178
Racial Magic......................................................179
Filling in the Blanks..........................................179
NEW SKILLS..........................................128
Personality Traits...................................................180
Animal Skills.........................................................128
APPENDIX 1: Abbreviations
Artistic Skills.........................................................129
for GURPS Titles..................................181
Athletic Skills........................................................131
Combat/Weapon Skills..........................................132 APPENDIX 2: Advantage Listings........182
Craft Skills.............................................................136 APPENDIX 3: Disadvantage Listings...185
Esoteric Skills........................................................137 APPENDIX 4: Skill Listings ..................187
Hobby Skills..........................................................145
INDEX.................................191
Knowledge Skills..................................................146
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GURPS Compendium I: Character Creation is the first of two compendia
we’ll be releasing for GURPS. The second volume, GURPS Compendium II:
Combat and Campaigns, will be released in November, 1996. Originally, we
planned to publish just one 192-page Compendium that would include every-
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used in this book. Future GURPS books
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This chapter offers revised defini-
tions of the various attribute levels and
expanded rules for high ST, as well as
optional rules dealing with “figured
attributes” such as Fatigue, Hit Points
and Will.
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A L
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HEIR EANINGS
The table on p. B13 contains gaps, and gives the impression that higher
attributes are much more common than they really are. The following table pre-
sents a more accurate and detailed set of guidelines. The descriptions and com-
parisons in this table apply to an adult human. Where a child or an animal is
used as the basis of comparison, it is assumed to be completely average for its
age or species; where a member of a profession is used, it is assumed to be a
“stereotyped” member of such a profession, as perceived by the rest of the
world.
meanings of attribute levels
Level Point Strength Dexterity Intelligence Health
Cost (ST) (DX) (IQ) (HT)
1 -80 Newborn Newborn Vegetable Barely alive
2 -70 Cannot walk Cannot walk Insect Barely awake
3 -60 3-year-old 2-year-old Reptile Bedridden
4 -50 4-year-old 3-year-old Horse Very sick
5 -40 6-year-old 4-year-old Dog Sick
6 -30 8-year-old 5-year-old Chimpanzee Very sickly
7 -20 10-year-old Very clumsy Young child Sickly
8 -15 12-year-old Clumsy Dull Very unfit
9 -10 14-year-old Somewhat Dull-average Unfit
clumsy
10 0 Average Average Average Average
11 10 Active Somewhat agile Bright-average Active
12 20 Athletic Agile Bright Fit
Low Attributes as 13 30 Very athletic Very agile Very bright Very fit
14 45 Pro athlete Cat Near-genius Athlete
Disadvantages
15 60 Football tackle Monkey Genius Pro athlete
16 80 Small bear Mongoose Top IQ: city Star athlete
The Basic Setsuggests (p. B26) that in
17 100 Weightlifter Near-perfect Top IQ: nation Near-perfect
a campaign with a disadvantage limit, an
18 125 Star weightlifter Perfect Top IQ: Perfect
attribute of 7 or less should count as a dis-
advantage. Taken literally, this leads to continent
illogical conclusions. For example, a char- 19 150 Mid-sized bear Near-legendary Top IQ: planet Unbelievable
acter with an attribute of 10 may take -40 20 175 World record Legendary Smartest ever! Nearly
points in disadvantages, a character with immortal!
an attribute of 9 (-10 points) effectively
gets to take -50 points, and a character
with an 8 (-15 points) gets to take -55
points; however, since an attribute of 7 (-20
points) counts against one’s -40 points of
disadvantages, a character who takes an
attribute of 7 may only take -40 points
again! This breaks an otherwise reasonable
progression, suggesting that there is a
problem.
To remedy this, when lowering an
attribute below 10 for extra points, count
only the points beyond -15 points (as per
an attribute of 8) as a disadvantage. Using
this method, an attribute of 7 will give you
the same -15 as an 8, but also count as a -5
point disadvantage, and an attribute of 5
(-40 points) will count as -15 points of low
attributes plus a -25 point disadvantage.
Thus, the most anyone can ever get from a
single low attribute and disadvantages
combined is -55 points.
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Notes
As a rule of thumb, a character with an attribute of 11 or 12 will
seem noticeably above average to those who know him. An attribute
of 13 or 14 will distinguish him from the crowd, even to the most
casual of acquaintances. An attribute of 15 or more will likely be his
most noteworthy feature, and will probably have a major influence on
his career choices.
Similarly, an attribute of 8 or 9 will be noticeable to close
acquaintances, a 7 will be immediately apparent to anyone who meets
the character, and an attribute 6 or less will be crippling, and will like-
ly place severeconstraints on the character’s lifestyle.
ST and HT:In the case of ST and HT, the descriptions above refer
to the character’s base ST or HT attribute, and not to the Fatigue or
Hit Points of someone who is fatigued or injured. Someone who is
wounded to HT 1 is battered but in no danger of dying; someone who is always
Optional Rule: Redefining
at HT 1 is probably not long for this world!
IQ: The IQ attribute in GURPS does not directly correspond to the charac- Hit Points and Fatigue
ter’s score on a standardized intelligence test. Notably, it is not just his “IQ
There are those who feel that it would
score” divided by 10. IQ is a composite attribute that represents a whole host of
be more realistic to use ST rather than HT
things: creativity, education, intuition, memory, perception, reason, sanity, as the basis for Hit Points. There are some
willpower . . . even natural magical and psionic ability. strong arguments in favor of this point of
view. For one thing, size is probably the
The above should be kept in mind when designing a character, since advan-
best measure of the body’s capacity to
tages and disadvantages (such as Alertness, Musical Ability, Strong/Weak Will, “soak up” shock and injury in real life. As
etc.) exist to allow one to modify the various aspects of IQ separately. If a well, muscle does protect the veins, arter-
ies and vital organs from damage. Clearly,
descriptive term is needed, refer to modified IQ on the table above. For exam-
these things are better represented by ST
ple, an IQ 12 character with Musical Ability +4 might be described as “bright”
than by HT in GURPS,simply because ST
in general, but might well be the most promising musician in his entire home is used to determine one’s size on the
town! Height/Weight Tables (p. B15), and is also
the most logical measure of “muscle.”
Similarly, there are those who feel that
it would be more realistic to use HT rather
than ST as the basis for Fatigue. Again,
S there are good reasons for this. In real life,
TRENGTH endurance and stamina are directly linked
to one’s cardiovascular fitness, and fitness
Unlike the other three attributes, ST could conceivably go above 20 even in is represented by HT in GURPS, not by
a relatively realistic campaign. The following rules cover the purchase and use ST. (Obviously, fitness and strength are
more closely linked in real life than they
of extremely high levels of ST.
are in GURPS,but someconcessions have
to be made to game balance!)
“Enhanced” Strength For those who feel that it would be
more realistic, the roles of ST and HT can
These rules have appeared in many slightly different forms in various be reversed for the sake of determining Hit
Points and Fatigue (only). On the standard
GURPS supplements, under the names “Enhanced Strength,” “Heroic
GURPS character sheet, simply use a
Strength” and “Super Strength.” These rules replace the Increased Strength
“split ST” (written ST/Fatigue) and “split
advantage found in earlier GURPS supplements, and will replace the rules for HT” (written HT/Hit Points) to represent
buying ST 16+ for all characters in the next edition of the Basic Set. this. Note that Extra Fatigue (p. 24) and
Hit Points (p. 24) still cost 3 and 5 points
More so than any other single trait, physical strength and bulk vary widely
per level respectively, but now they
from individual to individual and from species to species, even in the real increase Fatigue from a base value of HT
world. On the other hand, GURPSattributes (as presented on p. B13) are essen- and Hit Points from a base value of ST
instead of vice-versa.
tially designed around a bell curve. While such a curve is capable of modeling
Example:Dai Blackthorn has ST 8 and
most other traits, it clearly fails to reflect the realities of ST. The rules that fol- HT 12. Using this optional rule, he would
low are a more realistic way of representing the upper end of the ST spectrum. have 8 Hit Points and 12 Fatigue. He
would write his ST as 8/12 and his HT as
Under these rules, ST is priced differently from other attributes. It is expen-
12/8. If the GM were to permit Extra
sive at lower levels to discourage players from buying unusually high ST scores
Fatigue or Hit Points, Dai could raise his
in realistic campaigns, but becomes cheaper at higher levels because one even- Fatigue to 13 (i.e., ST 8/13) for 3 points, or
tually reaches a point of diminishing returns; i.e., each added ST point becomes his Hit Points to 9 (i.e., HT 12/9) for 5
points.
less and less likely to make any real difference in game terms.
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enhanced strength costs
ST Cost
The Much-Maligned Will:
15 or less Usual cost (see p. B13)
Optional Will Rules
16-23 10 points per +1 ST
24-30 5 points per +1 ST
This article (by J. Hunter Johnson) orig-
inally appeared in slightly different form in 31 or more 1/2point per +1 ST
Pyramid magazine, issue #9.
Why is it so hard to find a wizard with
Some numbers to remember: the cumulative cost up to ST 15 is 60
a tragic flaw? You know, the kind of thing
points, up to ST 23 is 140 points and up to ST 30 is 175 points.
that brings even the best of souls tumbling
down from the heights of glory. Warriors, Example: ST 20 would cost 60 + 5 · 10 = 110 points. ST 25 would cost
kings and thieves all fall prey to their 140 + 2 · 5 = 150 points. ST 40 would cost 175 + 10 · 1/ 2= 180 points.
hearts’ desires, but the wizards (and scien-
In a realistic campaign, the GM may wish to limit ST to a certain level –
tists, too!) can turn a blind eye to tempta-
tion without batting a lash. While the 20 is about right for human beings – or impose an Unusual Background cost
GURPSrules for Will are playable as writ- upon any human PC who wants to have an unnatural level of ST (again, any-
ten, they leave out some of the classic
thing above 20 is probably unnatural). This limitation can be regarded as a
character types. What about the world-
famous scientist whose obsession with kind of “Taboo Trait” for humans (see Taboo Traits,p. 176).
knowledge drives him, against his better
judgment, to search out That Which Man
Was Not Meant To Know? Or the simple-
ton who, although he finds the trinkets Humanoid Races
pretty, cannot steal the jeweler’s wares
These rules can also be used to determine the base ST of a race, in which
because he knows it’s wrong?
The problem here lies with the official case individual ST scores fall on a standard GURPS bell curve distributed
GURPSequation that Will = IQ. If a play- around the race’s base ST, not the human norm of ST 10. It costs an individual
er wants a wizard character who will
the same number of points to raise or lower his ST with respect to his racial
sometimes do the wrong thing when pre-
average as it costs a human to raise or lower his ST the same number of levels
sented with some temptation, he can either
sacrifice his spell-casting ability by taking with respect to ST 10. This also applies to improvements made to individual ST
a lower IQ, or he can take several levels of during play.
the Weak Will disadvantage. Of course,
Example:Giants have a racial ST modifier of +15 and thus an average ST of
taking just five levels of Weak Will leaves
no room (with the standard 40-point limit) 25. If an individual Giant wants ST 26, this costs him 10 points (in the same
for the disadvantages like Lecherousness way that ST 11 costs a human 10 points), and not 5 points, even though a ST of
or Greed that the Weak Will would have
26 would normally only cost 5 points more.
affected! How can we get around this
problem? Note that ST bought this way is, by default, “normal” in all respects, and
should be used to determine size and weight in the usual fashion. However,
The Missing Fifth Attribute
endurance, jumping distance and climbing and swimming ability do not scale
One obvious way is to change the equa-
with mass for natural races (if they did, then humans would out-jump and out-
tion so that Will does not equal IQ. By
making Will a separate attribute, players climb monkeys), while lifting and striking strength do.
can create characters who are very bright, For natural creatures, determine how much ST they have for determining
but easily swayed by temptation. If he uses
Fatigue, jumping distance and ST-based skill defaults (e.g., Climbing,
this method, the GM must decide how
Swimming). This ST is bought at full cost. Then, determine how much addition-
much it is going to cost in terms of charac-
ter points. The player can either buy it al ST they have available only for Contests of ST, ST-based resistance rolls,
using the same table used for ST, DX, IQ inflicting damage, shoving things, lifting things, calculating encumbrance lev-
and HT, or buy it using the Strong and
els, figuring Minimum ST and throwing things. The difference in cost between
Weak Will costs (+4 and -8, respectively),
counting from 10. this total ST and the lower amount of “true” ST that the creature possesses is
This system has the advantage of being reduced by the following limitation:
extremely straightforward. You have one
Special Limitation:Natural. -40%. This is a combination of No Fatigue Bonus
number to roll against, and no modifying
advantages or disadvantages. However, it (-30%), No Jumping Bonus (-5%) and Doesn’t Affect Skill Defaults (-5%).
does have the drawback of altering one of Individual ST adjustments still affect these things.
the fundamental ideas of GURPS – the
These smaller limitations may be mixed and matched – or ignored altogeth-
simple four-attribute configuration.
er – for truly supernatural beings or species. Note that if the No Fatigue Bonus
Adding a fifth attribute gives even more
openings for abuse to those players who limitation applies only to spell-casting Fatigue, then that limitation is worth -
are prone to point optimization. 20%.
ST bought with the Natural limitation should be listed as a “split ST,” with
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the first number being the full ST and the second, lower, number representing
the part of the ST bought without the limitation. In the case of racial strength
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