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ErhnamDJ · 06-27-2017, 10:15 PM

Duplication, or at least the Construct modifier, is the worst priced trait, not just in GURPS, but in any game ever.

I've used it before with Construct. I made a speedster who could split into two. The duplicate would then run into things at a good fraction of the speed of light. And she could just keep doing it over and over. Duplicate torpedoes.

Being able to summon disposable copies of yourself is ridiculously powerful, yet it costs a mere pittance in GURPS. How much it costs should be based on your point total. It shouldn't be a flat price. It should cost more for a thousand-point super than a hundred-point psi.

GURPS is just really bad at pricing things that vary in power with your character point total like this. Allies is another example with the same problem.

06-27-2017, 10:15 PM	#15
ErhnamDJ Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: OK	Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week (#45): Duplication Duplication, or at least the Construct modifier, is the worst priced trait, not just in GURPS, but in any game ever. I've used it before with Construct. I made a speedster who could split into two. The duplicate would then run into things at a good fraction of the speed of light. And she could just keep doing it over and over. Duplicate torpedoes. Being able to summon disposable copies of yourself is ridiculously powerful, yet it costs a mere pittance in GURPS. How much it costs should be based on your point total. It shouldn't be a flat price. It should cost more for a thousand-point super than a hundred-point psi. GURPS is just really bad at pricing things that vary in power with your character point total like this. Allies is another example with the same problem. __________________ "For the rays, to speak properly, are not colored. In them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that color." —Isaac Newton, Optics My blog.