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Probably the single biggest hint for new GURPS games is Don't Use Too Many Sourcebooks! GURPS can do anything, and in any combination. This is awesome once the group is settled in, but it can be over …

Unless there's a pressing reason to know what the result of the battle immediately, I'd push it off till the end of the session (simply because I'd rather bore one player than five). If there's a nee …

I would suggest two different answers depending on the time scale you're talking about. Using your example, 30 seconds in 5-second rounds is just 6 rounds. At that scale I'd say keep them in combat r …

Anyone who's done research (or a book report in school) knows that you don't really learn "everything" about a subject. Even if you have the skill, you don't have the time. So I-as-DM wouldn't let som …

Is the player/character trying to get free actions, or simply describing what he does when he's not doing anything else? Any game has a certain amount of hand-waving to get past the boring parts (in …

Question: Are you really playing the game you think you're playing? If the GM isn't contradicting the table (or at least agreeing with you), then you're not using the rulebook. And at that point I'd …

One option is to give the party the option of deciding whether or not they're comfortable missing a rogue or a cleric (I find in 3E it's almost always the rogue or cleric you're missing; 4E is usually …

The easy way is, as jeffszusz suggests, just ramp up the powerlevel of everyone else to match (it's the Meme action hero squad!). Presuming you're looking to run something of a more... normal level, I …

It sounds like there's a mismatch between the DM and the player's expectations of danger. Death comes in two parts: 1) How easy/likely is it a character will die? This can range from GM "rocks fall e …

I'd let it ride ("Ranger with thrown weapons who fights evil because his parents died" is a perfectly legit background, after all) unless and until the joke stops being funny. This is defined as "peop …

As a player, I would take the 250-point buy in a heartbeat. If all players are going to end at the same point value, that means that I'm going to spend more time at a more powerful level. And the diff …

Find another group, because these people are not your friends. So, let's recap: Old DM puts you in a situation where you are forced to sacrifice Bob's NPC to save your character's life. Bob, rather t …

Speaking as a Rules Lawyer (I try to think of myself as a good guy, i.e. "how can the rules let you do what you want to do"?) and the occasional TD, I've found a couple simple rules work out. No che …

When it comes to character motivations, I always leave it to the players to explain it. Take the conversation OOC, and give it to the players straight - "OK, Monk has betrayed the party. Now we're sta …