Post A4O3royRSTS99notxw by Canageek@tabletop.social
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 (DIR) Post #A4O3royRSTS99notxw by Canageek@tabletop.social
       2021-02-17T18:25:34Z
       
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       You know what I really love about GURPS and The Call of Cthulhu and similar games?Characters can have *texture*. When I've played FATE and FUDGE they were more broad strokes: you got a few points, BIG ONES, to define your character. And that elegance is COOL, don't get me wrong. You want someone able to sit down at a table, see a character sheet and know what someone is about? That was damn cool.
       
 (DIR) Post #A4O3rpSDflGwe9kgNc by Canageek@tabletop.social
       2021-02-17T18:28:28Z
       
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       But in GURPS or Cthulhu one skill point is almost free. You get over a hundred of the things. So you want to detail that your character spent first year as a English Lit major before moving into Theoretical Astrophysics? You can do that. Have a hobby skiiing? You can do that. Also: I love how over the long term the skills you have show the phases of the campaign. Like when we ALL took navigation due to our ranger taking a year off.
       
 (DIR) Post #A4O3rprOABPBuDWmbw by craigmaloney@octodon.social
       2021-02-18T04:05:34Z
       
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       @Canageek I'll admit that some of the fun and frustration of GURPS was in building characters. Unfortunately there was way more frustration for me. Having to figure out how many points would be the equivalent of 2nd year Latin (note: not a real example) or how to model one of the two Wonder Twins in GURPS really started moving into "how many angels can fit on this pin and are we talking Seraphim or Cherubim?(cont)
       
 (DIR) Post #A4O3rqFUiYgh6yo2BU by craigmaloney@octodon.social
       2021-02-18T04:08:23Z
       
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       @Canageek I tried modeling the ghosts from Pac Man for a joke session with my wife. I tried to model one of the ghost monsters in one of the books (don't recall, doesn't matter). In the end it didn't matter because everything took entirely too long for me to figure it out.I still think GURPS is great for folks who love tinkering but for me it's the equivalent of using a battleship with full ships complement to commute to work. Too much, and not nearly as flexible as I would like. 😁
       
 (DIR) Post #A4O3rqb7Q9z8C2vItE by mdhughes@appdot.net
       2021-02-18T04:14:24Z
       
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       @craigmaloney @Canageek Long ago I ran a videogame-world game with Champions 3E, worked perfectly fine. Pac-Man had a high-value normal attack with a special effect of teleporting defeated enemies to their home.These days I'd probably use Cartoon Action Hour instead.