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Basic Set: Characters
GURPS Game Design by STEVE JACKSON
GURPS Fourth Edition Revision by DAVID L. PULVER and SEAN M. PUNCH
Cover Design by VICTOR R. FERNANDES
Cover Art by JOHN ZELEZNIK
Edited by ANDREW HACKARD and STEVE JACKSON
Illustrated by ABRAR AJMAL, ALEX FERNANDEZ, TED GALADAY, ERIC LOFGREN,
JOHN MORIARTY, TORSTEIN NORDSTRAND, GLEN OSTERBERGER, V. SHANE,
BOB STEVLIC, ERIC WILKERSON, and JIM ZUBKAVICH
ISBN 978-1-55634-729-0
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Infinite Worlds Concept by John M. Ford and Steve Jackson
Iconic Characters Created by Kenneth Hite
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Proofreading by Steve Jackson and Sean M. Punch
Additional Material: Kenneth Hite, Robert M. Schroeck, William H. Stoddard
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C ONTENTS
Other Physical Features . . . . . . . . 21
Example of Character
Creation (cont’d) . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
S OCIAL B ACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Technology Level (TL). . . . . . . . . . 22
Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Sapience and Language . . . . . . . . . 23
Accents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Broken to Broken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Example of Character
Creation (cont’d) . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
W EALTH AND I NFLUENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Wealth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Starting Wealth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Reputation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Tech Level and Starting Wealth . . . 27
Importance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Classless Meritocracies . . . . . . . . . . 28
Special Rules for Rank . . . . . . . . . . 29
Example of Character
Creation (cont’d) . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Privilege . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Social Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
F RIENDS AND F OES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Associated NPCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
I DENTITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Alternate Identity vs.
Secret Identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Modifying Existing
Advantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Designing Entirely
New Advantages . . . . . . . . . . . 118
3. D ISADVANTAGES . . . . . . 119
Disadvantages for Heroes . . . . . . 119
Restrictions on Disadvantages . . 120
Types of Disadvantages . . . . . . . . 120
Secret Disadvantages . . . . . . . . . . 120
Self-Control for Mental
Disadvantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Self-Imposed Mental
Disadvantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
“Buying Off” Disadvantages . . . . 121
D ISADVANTAGE L IST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Example of Character
Creation (cont’d) . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Q UIRKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Mental Quirks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Example of Character
Creation (cont’d) . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Physical Quirks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
N EW D ISADVANTAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Modifying Existing
Disadvantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Brand-New Problems . . . . . . . . . 166
1. C REATING A
C HARACTER . . . . . . . . . 10
Character Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Character Concept. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
How GURPS Works: Realism
and Game Balance . . . . . . . . . . 11
Character Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Example of Character
Creation: Dai Blackthorn . . . . . 12
Character Creation
Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
S AMPLE C HARACTER S HEET . . . . . . 13
Things Not Shown on the
Character Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
B ASIC A TTRIBUTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How to Select
Basic Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Handedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How GURPS Works: IQ,
Sentience, and Sapience . . . . . . 15
S ECONDARY C HARACTERISTICS . . . . . . . . 15
D AMAGE T ABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Machines and Fatigue . . . . . . . . . . 16
B ASIC L IFT AND
E NCUMBRANCE T ABLE . . . . . . 17
Example of Character
Creation (cont’d) . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
B UILD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Size Modifier (SM) . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
How GURPS Works:
ST, Mass, and Move . . . . . . . . . 19
Shopping for the Big, Tall,
Thin, and Small . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
A GE AND B EAUTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Physical Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2. A DVANTAGES . . . . . . . . . 32
Types of Advantages . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Advantage Origins . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Potential Advantages . . . . . . . . . . . 33
What’s Allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Turning Advantages
Off and On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
A DVANTAGE L IST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Frequency of Appearance . . . . . . . . 36
Limited Defenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Alternative Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Perks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
M ODIFIERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Attack Enhancements
and Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Turning Enhancements
Off and On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Optional Rule:
Limited Enhancements . . . . . . 111
Examples of Modified
Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Gadget Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Example of Character
Creation (cont’d) . . . . . . . . . . . 116
N EW A DVANTAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
4. S KILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Controlling Attribute . . . . . . . . . . 167
Choosing Your
Beginning Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Difficulty Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Technological Skills. . . . . . . . . . . 168
Tech-Level Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Specialties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Grouped Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Familiarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
B UYING S KILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Skill Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Improving Your Skills . . . . . . . . . 170
C ONTENTS
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I NTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . 5
About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
W HAT I S R OLEPLAYING ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Mini-Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Materials Needed for Play . . . . . . . . . 8
Q UICK S TART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Metric Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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S KILL C OST T ABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
M EANING OF S KILL L EVELS . . . . . . . . . 171
Probability of Success. . . . . . . . . 171
Relative Skill Level . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Choosing Your Skill Levels . . . . . 172
S KILL D EFAULTS : U SING
S KILLS Y OU D ON ’ T K NOW . . . . . . . 173
S KILL L IST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Optional Rule: Wildcard Skills . . 175
Geographical and
Temporal Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Planet Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Physiology Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . 181
Skills for Design,
Repair, and Use . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Example of Character
Creation (concluded) . . . . . . . . 227
T ECHNIQUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Creating Techniques . . . . . . . . . . 229
Buying and Improving
Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
T ECHNIQUE C OST T ABLE . . . . . . . . 230
Using Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Sample Combat
Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Double Defaults and
Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Sample Noncombat
Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Healing Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Knowledge Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Light and Darkness Spells . . . . . 249
Meta-Spells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Mind Control Spells . . . . . . . . . . 250
Movement Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Necromantic Spells . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Protection and
Warning Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Water Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
W EAPONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Choosing Your Weapons. . . . . . . 267
Weapon Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Glossary of Arms and Armor . . . . 268
Optional Rule:
Modifying Dice + Adds . . . . . . 269
Melee Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Silver Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Muscle-Powered
Ranged Weapons . . . . . . . . . . 275
Bodkin Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Hand Grenades and
Incendiaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
“Smartgun” Electronics . . . . . . . . 278
Optional Rule: Malfunction . . . . . 279
Heavy Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
A RMOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Armor Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Wearing Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
S HIELDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Carrying Weapons and
Other Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
M ISCELLANEOUS E QUIPMENT . . . . . . . 288
9. C HARACTER
D EVELOPMENT . . . . . . . 290
I MPROVEMENT T HROUGH
A DVENTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Traits Gained in Play . . . . . . . . . . 291
Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Quick Learning
Under Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
I MPROVEMENT T HROUGH S TUDY . . . . . 292
Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Finding a Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Optional Rule:
Maintaining Skills . . . . . . . . . . 294
Learnable Advantages . . . . . . . . . 294
T RANSFORMATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Body Modification. . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Mind Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Supernatural Afflictions . . . . . . . 296
Death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
T RAIT L ISTS . . . . . . . . . . 297
A DVANTAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
D ISADVANTAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
M ODIFIERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
S KILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
T ECHNIQUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
S PELLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
I CONIC C HARACTERS . . . . 307
6. P SIONICS . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Glossary of Psi Terminology . . . . 254
P OWERS , T ALENTS , AND A BILITIES . . . . 254
Pside Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Gaining New Psi Abilities . . . . . . 255
U SING P SI A BILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
P SIONIC P OWERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Antipsi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Psychic Healing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Psychokinesis (PK) . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Psionics and Magic . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Telepathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Teleportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Examples of Psionic Powers . . . . 257
Other Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
7. T EMPLATES . . . . . . . . . 258
C HARACTER T EMPLATES . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
How to Use Character
Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Are Character Templates
“Character Classes”? . . . . . . . . 259
Sample Character Templates . . . 259
Uniqueness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
R ACIAL T EMPLATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
How to Use Racial Templates . . 261
Sample Racial Templates . . . . . . 261
Omitting Racial Traits . . . . . . . . . 262
M ETA -T RAITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
5. M AGIC . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Glossary of Magical Terms . . . . . . 234
L EARNING M AGIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Prerequistes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Mana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
C ASTING S PELLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Distraction and Injury. . . . . . . . . 236
Caster and Subject . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Time Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Energy Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Critical Spell Failure Table . . . . . . 236
Magic Rituals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Limits on Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Duration of Spells and
Maintaining Spells . . . . . . . . . 237
Canceling Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Casting Spells While
Maintaining Other Spells . . . 238
Ceremonial Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
D IFFERENT K INDS OF M AGIC . . . . . . . . 239
Colleges of Magic. . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Spell Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Area Spells on a Battle Map . . . . . 239
Magic Staffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Dissipating Held Melee
and Missile Spells . . . . . . . . . . 241
Long-Distance Modifiers . . . . . . . 241
Alternative Magic Systems . . . . . . 242
S PELL L IST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Air Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Body Control Spells. . . . . . . . . . . 244
Communication and
Empathy Spells. . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Earth Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Enchantment Spells . . . . . . . . . . 246
Fire Spells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Gate Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
8. E QUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . 264
Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
C OST OF L IVING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
C OST OF L IVING T ABLE . . . . . . . . . 265
What Cost of Living
Gets You:
A Modern Example . . . . . . . . . 266
B UYING E QUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Legality Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
C OMBAT L ITE . . . . . . . . . 324
C OMBAT T URN S EQUENCE . . . . . . . . . . 324
M ANEUVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
R ANGED A TTACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
A TTACKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
D EFENDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
D AMAGE AND I NJURY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
R ECOVERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
F ATIGUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
I NDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
C HARACTER S HEET . . . . . 335
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