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.

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.

Imagine an attack that forces the target to perceive something that doesn't really exist (exemple: a floating eye, a wisp, a tiny black dot), and if they look directly to it even for a moment, they suffer the attack's actual effect (exemple: some sort of binding, blindness or insane damage)

Such effect would probably involve some sort of limitation that makes it useless against targets without some kind of directional way of perceiving the world with eletromagnetic waves, and require a roll against... something... to avoid looking at the point, but it would probably only be allowed once you find out that looking into such point of interest is the hability's trigger

Oh! And there's the issue of getting into the fight already knowing about how it works, but having no idea of how exactally it looks like or some other small features, like direction/angle and stuff like that. You'd probably be at a certain penalty at the... roll against something, since you know what you have to do, and but not what exactally should you be avoiding.

If you score multiple hits with a piercing ranged weapon, at what point do you subtract DR and multiply the damage?

For example, if I score 2 hits with an auto pistol that does 2d pi+ damage, which of the below would I do?

- Roll 2d, subtract DR, then multiply by 1.5, then repeat for the second shot

- Roll 4d, subtract DR, then multiply by 1.5

Hey gang, I was making a character that was going to be a lizard or something of the like, and I was just wondering what the mechanical advantages or disadvantages were for having a negative size modifier, I can't seem to find it in the basic set book. Are there any? Can I just be 2 feet long and parry full grown men and stuff? Is it more suggestions, like they suggest that you should have your hp kinda close to your strength for a realistic campaign? Lmk

I am planning a campaign on a desert world with normal earth gravity that is frequented by electrical and dust storms. The planet is equipped with a powerful defense (lost-tech from a terrifyingly advanced race) that necessitates ground combat and prohibits orbital bombardment.

Our heroes are at late TL9/early TL10. What would they need to survive and fight on a desert world with frequent storms? Any advice is great.

The invading techno barbarian xenos are at early TL 11, and make extensive use to cyborg troopers. They are a low gravity race and are sluggish in normal (1 earth G) gravity.

Any and all advice or discussion about what would be useful in terms of kit or tactics would be very useful. Thank you everyone in advance!

Lets say the party committed a crime, escaped the guard, and are in a make shift disguise. As a new GM Im trying to figure out how I deal with this.
I suppose I need to
1 determine how likely it is that the party was or is recognized despite the disguise and
2 determine when to roll to see if they are recognized
3 if they are recognized determine the different consequences and their probability of happening and roll to see what happens?

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Should I just add a temporary disadvantage like "Basic move -5 {-25%}"?

When i fail Speed-Reading test it says i don't remember things i've read correctly. But if i take Photographic memory it says that i automatically remember everything i've seen lately. Which one is more of a priority?

My friends and I use GURPS for all kinds of shenanigans. One of the things I made is a JJK GURPS system form for anyone who wants to run a Jujutsu Kaisen campaign using GURPS. The link is below to the google doc (view only).

The system is pretty complex and numbers-y but it's a lot of fun once you get used to it. Hopefully y'all get some enjoyment out of it.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12HFrk9Eb6Li9GtJxy4eUtVM-dBHslHhjw67gn1Stsn0/edit?usp=sharing

I mean like... someone with 14+ ST.

Would it make sense to allow someone this strong (and likely tall and heavy) to have one level of increased consumption?