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This is a monthly r/GURPS thread for anything and everything related to your own campaigns. Tell us how you and your friends are making out. Update us on the progress of your game. Tell us about any issues you've run into and maybe we can help. Make suggestions for other players and GMs.

Is an all-wildcard skill list feasible?

A Bit More Background:

Help! The GURPS bug has infected me! Now I want to convert all my games to run in GURPS! Is this normal?

I've been GMing weekly since my current group formed during the pandemic lockdown of '20. We've played through some longform campaigns with 5e, Pathfinder 2e (finished two 1-11/12 adventure paths), and played shorter campaigns or oneshots all throughout as "palate cleansers".

We started on Dungeon Fantasy RPG a month or so ago and I like it so much, I'm planning on also doing other GURPS games. I'm currently flipping through 4e Revised and I really love what I'm seeing. To learn the system even more, I'm also trying to see if I can prep for a game set in the Star Frontiers setting (TSR's science fiction rpg from way back and also the first RPG I owned back in the late '80s).

Where I Am Now:

So here's where I am right now. I've basically set up 15-16 wildcard skills which I think cover most of what would be expected in a Star Frontiers game. I guess the goal for this is to also ease the players in, as well as ease of prep for me.

Here are the wildcard skills:

• Gun! (DX): covers Beam Weapons, Gyrojets, Needlers, Projectiles, Grenade Rifles, Mortars, Heavy Vehicle Gunnery. Other activities: Fast-Draw, and Clearing Stoppages under fire
• Blade! (DX): covers Vibroknives, Monoswords, Force Axes, Swords, Knives, Spears, Polearms, Stun Sticks, Whips. Other activities: Feints, Disarming, Counter-Strikes
• Fist! (DX): covers Brawling, Judo Throws, Arm Locks, Hold-Breaks, Choke Holds, Nerve Strikes, Breakfalls. Other activities: Tumbling, Vaulting
• Driver! (DX): covers Driving (Groundcars, 4WD Explorers, Crawlers, Walkers, Hovercraft), Boating, Submarines. Other activities: Off-Road Racing, High-Speed Control Rolls
• Pilot! (DX): covers Piloting (Contragrav Skycars, Jetcopters, Aerofliers), Shuttles, Starships, Fighters. Other activities: Dogfighting, High-G Re-Entry Maneuvers
• Ten-Hut! (DX): covers Soldier, Small-Unit Tactics, Strategy, Leadership, Camouflage, Demolitions/EOD, Battlesuits. Other activities: Ambush Setup, Forward Observer Targets
• Tech! (IQ): Mechanic (Starships, Vehicles), Electronics Repair, Machinist, Engineer, Robotics. Other activities: Hardware Field Fixes, Scrap Salvaging under fire
• Computer! (IQ): Computer Operation, Programming, Network Intrusion/Hacking, Cryptography, Hacking. Other activities: "Hot-Plug" Hacking, Code Audits
• Astrogator! (IQ): Navigation (Space, Hyperspace), Astronomy, Cartography, Deep Space Sensor Arrays. Other activities: Constellation Orientation, Long-Range Scans
• Medicine! (IQ): First Aid, Field Trauma Surgery, Diagnosis, Pharmacology, Biocort/Staydose, Stasis Fields. Other activities: Emergency Field Surgery, Shrapnel Removal
• Xeno! (IQ): Xenobiology, Xenology, Alien Anatomy, Exobiochemistry, Alien Psychology, Bio-Hazards. Other activities: Field Bio-Specimen Tracking & Analysis
• Survival! (Per): Wilderness Survival, Tracking, Planetology, Geology, Weather Prediction, Foraging, Shelters. Other activities: Climbing, Swimming
• Talker! (IQ): Diplomacy, Fast-Talk, Interrogation, Acting, Merchant/Trading, Psychology, Lie Detection. Other activities: Carousing, Non-Verbal Alien Talks
• Spacer! (DX): Free Fall, Vacc Suit Operations, Freight Handling, Airlock Cycling, Pressure Doors, EVA Repair. Other activities: Zero-G Athletics/Acrobatics
• Rogue! (DX): Stealth, Lockpicking (Mechanical & Digital), Security Bypass, Shadowing, Smuggling. Other activities: Ledge Balancing, Scaling, Urban Parkour
• Psionics! (IQ): This is an optional wildcard that is only available after purchasing some form of Unusual Background but the main idea is it covers use of psionic powers used by Frontier mentalists.

For people who have more experience, would the above be a feasible list of wildcard skills? Am I missing something? Or is this all futile and I should just stop trying? Thanks in advance for all your help.

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