Re: GURPS 3e to 4e Conversion
Do note that while some costs didn't change between editions, a 3e point is not a 4e point. It's like comparing Sterling to greenbacks: Both can buy things, and you can even find some things that have the same numerical cost if you look, but they aren't the same currency and the exchange rate can vary by time and place. As a really rough rule, a 3e point converts to about 1.5 4e points; I'd expect 100 100-point 3e characters to average around 150 points in 4e. Whatever you do, don't hold points constant if converting . . . just convert and let points fall where they may. I did that with my last campaign, and had characters who were 50 points apart in one direction in 3e end up 75 points apart in the other direction in 4e, but the characters remained faithful to their concepts.*
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* My response to a player who objected to Joe and Frank being 150 and 200 points, respectively, in 3e but 300 and 225 points in 4e would be unprintably rude. It doesn't matter that Frank was ahead by 50 and is now behind by 75; an RPG isn't a contest. What matters is that both get converted true-to-concept and collectively have about 50% more points as a check on the exchange rate. Fortunately, I don't have players who would object!
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