GURPS Traveller Chargen

[Ullarsskald1957]

Hey all;

Completed acquiring every one of FFE's DVDs of the different iterations of Traveller.

Rummaging through my gaming materials, I found I have a copy of GURPS 3rd Ed. and a copy of GURPS Traveller, neither look very thumbed through. I likely decided to stick with my CT/Mega mashup.

Is there a good tutorial about creating characters, am unfamiliar with a point build system as GURPS appears to be.

 

[aramis]

Yes, GURPS is point buy. GT uses templates. The template is just a mostly prebuilt character, with a listed cost, which you subtract from the base, and tweak with the leftover.
GURPS Core Rules include a decent example of how to build, but only GURPS Lite is on the CD.

 

[Ullarsskald1957]

Yes, GURPS is point buy. GT uses templates. The template is just a mostly prebuilt character, with a listed cost, which you subtract from the base, and tweak with the leftover.
GURPS Core Rules include a decent example of how to build, but only GURPS Lite is on the CD.

Thank you, that gives me a direction to look.

 

[Werner]

Let me see if this works:

GURPS

Name

Scout Derek Renolds

Player

Date Created

Sequence

CHARACTER

Appearance

SHEET

Unspent Points

Point Total

Pt.

Cost

Score

Fatigue

SKILL

Pt. Cost

Level

10

ST

11

11

Astrogation

(M/A) IQ

2

13

Score

Damage

Cartography

(M/A) IQ

2

13

10

DX

11

Thrust:

1d6+1

Electronics Operation (Sensors)

(M/A) IQ

2

13

Score

Swing:

1d6-1

Piloting (Starship)

(P/A) DX+2

8

13

30

IQ

13

Kick:

Area Knowledge (Galaxy)

(M/H) IQ-1

2

12

Score

Computer Operation

(M/E) IQ-1

0.5

12

10

HT

11

Hits Taken

0

Electronics Operation (Comm)

(M/A) IQ-1

1

12

Basic

Engineer (Vehicles)

(M/H) IQ-1

2

12

Mvmt

Speed

Move

Free Fall

(P/A) DX+1

4

12

5.5

6

Mechanic (J-Drive)

(M/A) IQ-1

1

12

Swim

(HT+DX)/4

Round off

Mechanic (M-Drive)

(M/A) IQ-1

1

12

BODY PROTECTION

Photography

(M/A) IQ-1

1

12

ENCUMBRANCE

MOVE

Head

Body

Arms

Legs

Hands

Feet

ALL

Vacc Suit

(M/A) IQ-1

1

12

None (0)

= 2 × ST

22

PD

Astronomy

(M/H) IQ-2

1

11

Light (1)

= 4 × ST

44

DR

First Aid

(M/E) IQ-1

0.5

12

Med (2)

= 6 × ST

66

Other PD

Other DR

Intelligence Analysis

(M/H) IQ-2

1

11

Hvy (3)

= 12 × ST

132

Shield:

Navigation

(M/H) IQ-2

1

11

X-hvy (4)

= 20 × ST

220

Planetology (any)

(M/A) IQ-2

0.5

11

ACTIVE DEFENSES

Survival (Woodlands)

(M/A) IQ-2

0.5

11

Dodge

Parry

Block

Area Knowledge (Sol Subsector)

(M/E) IQ-1

0.5

12

6

Beam Weapons (laser)

(P/E) DX-1

0.5

10

= Move

Weapon/2

Shield/2

Gunner (laser ship-mounted)

(P/A) DX-2

0.5

9

ADVANTAGES, DISADVANTAGES AND QUIRKS

Guns (rifle)

(P/E) DX-1

0.5

10

10

Acceleration Tolerance

Tactics (Space)

(M/H) IQ-2

1

11

10

Common Sense

-5

Duty (Reactivation 9 or less)

-10

Impulsiveness

-5

Stubborness

SUMMARY

Point Total

Attributes

Advantages

Disadvantages

Quirks

Skills

TOTAL

Page one of GURPS character Sheet. It's not complete yet, just took a template and made it into a character sheet.

 

[aramis]

It's... readable, probably relatively functional. But far from the prettiest thing I've seen.

 

[Werner]

It's... readable, probably relatively functional. But far from the prettiest thing I've seen.

I create a spreadsheet with at least two pages, one is the front end where I enter the information, and the second page is the output with the table information. I copy the second page and paste into a text window and then I eliminate the carrage returns and white spaces.