[Mechanics] Questions about GURPS

[Schwarz]

Indeed. Hope is part of the game!

[Karhald]

Well... here's to hoping!

The ST boost is a short duration effect, and considering how drastic the effect is, that is completely understandable.

What about Gabriels dark vision? It was only a Circle 2 effect, and only required 2 FP, but does it also have a very short duration? Or does something like that last minutes, or hours? What if he uses it on the others? (not now, of course, with his 1 remaining FP... he needs a meal and a nap!)

[Schwarz]

Well, regarding complex effects, you can just say what kind of effects do you want and I'll tell you the fatigue cost and if you can cast it.

You can even combine effects if you want. But it will surely cost more.

[Karhald]

I'm sorry, my question was: What is the duration on the darkvision? Is it 2d6 seconds? Or is it much longer? 2d6 minutes? 2d6 hours?

[Schwarz]

The duration will always be xd6 rounds.

What I mean is that you can increase any effect or duration by spending more fatigue on it.

But the limit will be your Form+Path.

[Schwarz]

@Zazaq:

1. You should have Sense of Duty (Large Group: Islam) -10pts, instead of Code of Honor.
2. Area Knowledge: Please give details of his knowledge, for example: A small nation, a city, a large nation?
3. Melee weapon (One handed): You need to specify his proficiency, for example: Short Sword, Broadsword, Knife...
4. Here is the Breakdown of your character points: -13 points (it means that you still need to buy 13 points of disadvantages, or reduce something in your attributes, advantages or skills).

150 Points
Attributes: 60
Advantages: 45
Disadvantages: -34
Quirks: 0
Skills: 92
Spells: 0
Earned: -13

5.Skills, please confirm if this is what you had in mind:

 

Skills	LEVEL	RSL	Pts	Page Ref
Acrobatics	11	DX+0	4	B174
Area Knowledge	9	IQ+0	1	B176
Climbing	10	DX-1	1	B183
First Aid/TL3	11	IQ+2	4	B195
Holdout	8	IQ-1	1	B200
Jumping	12	DX+1	2	B203
Shortsword???	14	DX+3	12	B209
Crossbow	12	DX+1	2	B186
Occultism	9	IQ+0	2	B212
Shield (Shield)	14	DX+3	8	B220
Swimming	12	HT+0	1	B224
Writing	10	IQ+1	4	B228
Animal Handling (Equines)	10	IQ+1	4	B175
Brawling	12	DX+1	2	B182
Escape	11	DX+0	4	B192
Hiking	13	HT+1	4	B200
Intimidation	10	Will+1	4	B202
Mathematics/TL3 (Pure)	11	IQ+2	12	B207
Merchant	11	IQ+2	8	B209
Navigation/TL3 (Land)	10	IQ+1	4	B211
Search	9	Per+0	2	B219
Survival (Desert)	9	Per+0	2	B223
Tactics	9	IQ+0	4	B224

6. Advantages/Disadvantages:

 

Advantages & Disadvantages	Pts	Page Ref
Language: Arabic Spoken (None), +0; Written (None), +0.	0	B24
Language: Hebraic Spoken (Accented), +2; Written (None), +0.	2	B24
Language: Turkish Spoken (Accented), +2; Written (None), +0.	2	B24
Language: French Spoken (Broken), +1; Written (None), +0.	1	B24
Appearance Unattractive	-4	B21
Reputation 1 People Affected (Almost everyone), x1; Recognized all the time, x1.	5	B26
Danger Sense	15	B47
High Pain Threshold	10	B59
Resistant Diseases	10	B81
Sense of Duty Islam.	-10	B153
Delusion (All Christian Rulers are Evil) Major	-10	B130
Pacifism: Cannot Harm Innocents	-10	B148

[Schwarz]

@Adorios:

1. Melee Weapon: Please specify his proficiency: Knife, shortsword, spear....
2. Crewman (IQ/E): Attribute +0: The correct skill should be Seamanship (IQ/E). Also, you need to invest at least 1 point, otherwise, the skill will default.
3. Here is the Breakdown of your character points: You still have 13 points to spend as you wish.

150 Points
Attributes: 80
Advantages: 4
Disadvantages: -40
Quirks: -2
Skills: 25
Spells: 70
Race: 0
Earned: 13

4. Skills: It seems that everything is OK.

5. Advantages and Disadvantages/ Spells: Please check if this is what you had in mind.

 

Advantages & Disadvantages	Pts	Page Ref
Acute Hearing 1	2	B35
Acute Vision 1	2	B35
Status (Suspect) 1	-5	B28
Overconfidence CR: 12 (Resist Quite Often).	-5	B148
Vow (Hunt & Destroy Earth Mages) Major	-10	B161
Wealth Struggling (Starting wealth is 1/2 average)	-10	B25
Sense of Duty: Luft School	-10	B153
Dislikes Armor	-1	B164
Dislikes Being Underground	-1	B164

Spells	Pts	Page Ref
Understand 1	15
Create 1	15
Air 3	30
Light 1	10
Thunder and Lightning 1	0

[MagicallyMusing]

So... Is this a bad time to bring up that I still really don't understand how rolling for magic works in this system? Maybe it's that I'm just still pretty new to GURPS, but every time I just about think I understand how GURPS and your magic system work together, I realize I don't.

Is there a "For Dummies" version? Could there be?
Some sort of cheatsheet maybe with all the answers in one easy-to-reference place?

[Karhald]

Here's what I've figure out.

Take your Form and Path, add them together, then add 10 for your skill 'target'

So, Gabriel casts a spell, all of his forms are at 1, and his only Path is humans 4. So, this is easy for now. Adding 1, 4, and 10 gets 15. I roll 3d6 and try to get 15 or lower, and the spell goes off. I can do anything in the Humans 5th circle and lower, because all of my forms are 1. Should I improve Create to 2, then I can do a Create Humans circle 6, rolling against 16, but if I do anything in Understand and Control, then that's limited to Circle 5 and skill 'target' 15.

If I decide to get Fire 1, then I'll be pretty weak, because I'll be doing Create 1 + Fire 1 and rolling against Skill 'target' 12, and maximum effect achievable is Circle 2.

[MagicallyMusing]

Okay, thanks. I think I almost get it, but that might just be my brain melting. Game mechanics has never been my strong suit.

[Karhald]

I was pretty confuzzled about it too, until I had Gabriel do some some. Learnin' by doin'

So... about that orange.

I'd like a nice, fully laden orange tree to just appear in the dungeon. That would be awesome.

[MagicallyMusing]

That would be awesome.

Rosemonde would be all confuzzled like "I only meant to make one orange, but I panicked."

[Schwarz]

Thanks Karhald for helping MagicallyMusing

If you still with questions, please let me know. But I think that Karhald did a very good job explaining.

[MagicallyMusing]

I'll just wing it and you can yell at me if I'm wrong.

[Schwarz]

Sounds good for me!