Another of my “micro-rules” this time expanding on the idea of Complementary Rolls (GURPS Action 2: Exploits, p. 5; GURPS: Social Engineering, p. 21, 31, 48), but using attributes instead. How It WorksAttribute synergy uses the same rules as complementary skills rolls – make a roll and give a +1 to another roll if you succeed, -1 […]
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The Hurt Locker: Shelter Building After the End
GURPS After the End 2: The New World presents several new rules for surviving in the wastelands. “Survival at the End” from Pyramid #3/90: After the End gives even more guidelines and options for survival. Today’s Hurt Locker installment is all about building shelters when you don’t have adequate gear…. …if you’d like to read more, consider becoming […]
Continue readingGURPS101: Tactfully Tactical – More Uses For Tactics
So +Douglas Cole talks about a few more uses for the Tactics skill in a recent blog post. I’ve already covered Evaluate as a skill. But the idea of Tactics doing is certainly a great springboard. So what would I do? Well, like always, I have a few ideas at hand. More Tactical EffectsBesides its Basic Set uses, […]
Continue readingGURPS101: Call of the Wild
Wildcard skills are awesome. They just are. They’re a great way to represent cinematic skill mastery or even realistic legit “skill broadness” if you restrict the level to attribute or less. So how could they be better? Well, most of that’s been answered by Sean Punch in GURPS Power-Ups 7: Wildcard Skills – if you don’t […]
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