GURPS is the Generic Universal Role Playing System from Steve Jackson Games. Gurps 4E is skill-based RPG focusing on flexibility. You can easily play anything like stone age man, ogre mage, US navy soldier or Zenbuddhist psychokinetic killer robot from future, which likes cats. Crossovers are easily ...
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Why use a pistol instead of a rifle?
I'm currently reading GURPS4 to prepare myself for DMing. When I read about firearms I thought pistols to be vastly inferior to rifles to the point that if one carried enough armor to possibly survive ...
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Does the defense bonus from shields stack with cloaks?
In Gurps (4th Edition), does the DB given from a shield stack with the DB given from a cloak? If so, isn't it possible to raise your dodge skill untouchably high?
Default dodge of 8 plus 2 from a ...
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Near future in GURPS
I am gearing up to run a small GURPS campaign. Technologically, the game is set in the near future. I would like a book detailing weapons, medicine, transportation, etc.
It's certainly possible to ...
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How to make GURPS combat fast?
The GURPS combat system can be really painful, especially if you use some optional rules. Two-players-vs.-two-NPC combat can easily take more than half an hour. Are there some tips, rules to players, ...
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How do you encourage players to leave classes behind?
I have veteran players of class-based RPG systems joining my GURPS 4e campaign. I am having trouble consistently during character creation in getting these folks started. They are all hung up on the ...
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Option: Trading Energy for Speed and Skill (GURPS Thaumatology) with high skill
Trading Energy for Speed and Skill
One way to introduce more flexibility into standard spellcasting is to allow casters to exchange extra energy for special benefits. Below are two examples; ...
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Magic college default skill in GURPS
Is there a way in GURPS to create a mage with a default level of skill in a specific magical college? I'm imagining something like an earth wizard who can attempt any earth college spell at a -3 ...
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Understanding minimal casting cost for area spells with high spell level?
On the specific example of the spell:
Sense Foes - Information; Area; Info
Tells the caster if the subject has hostile intent, and what the degree of hostility is. Can be cast on one person ...
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What are the legal issues for making a fan RPG of a licensed property using GURPS?
So there are a lot of great franchises which don't have tabletop RPG's for them and I've seen that GURPS can handle, or give a valiant attempt at least basically anything, and I've seen for example ...
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World Development - A Fresh Start
If this is not the place for this type of question, redirect me - I am new here, and apologize in advance.
So. My group is looking for something new. Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 in my own setting is our ...
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How are point totals for unknown enemies calculated?
The Enemy disadvantage means there's a person or group of people out to get you. One of the modifiers for this disadvantage is:
Unknown: You know you have an Enemy, but you have no idea who it is. ...
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When should hit locations be determined randomly in GURPS 4e?
I may, once again, be drowning in the details, but would like to know when GURPS 4e calls for random hit determination. Do attacks always default to torso?
I have run a combat with hit locations ...
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Pickpocketing through powers in GURPS
One of my players was thinking of creating "the best pickpocket evar" in GURPS 4e. Naturally, there will be some skills involved, but he's envisioning crazy stuff, like he's standing 5 feet away and ...
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What does “Pinned and Helpless” mean when an opponent has been successfully pinned?
I have a player that has pinned an opponent. What actions may third parties, other characters, take against this pinned individual? Do they still need to roll to hit? Do they get bonuses?
The "Pinned ...
