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Originally Posted by philosophyguy
Finally, Writing Clearer Stat Blocks has a couple of suggestions for how to make GURPS stats more accessible and reader-friendly, especially for players with less experience in parsing GURPS traits. |
Adding line breaks really does help make a stat block easier to read. One change I would make to your formatting would be putting each Secondary Characteristic on its own line. That will be much easier to follow than with two secondary characteristics per line. Having each category be its own line and adding indents would also make the template easier to read.
Using your investigator example:
Investigator (100 pts.)
Attributes: ST 10 [0], DX 12 [40], IQ 12 [40], HT 11 [10]
Secondary Characteristics:
Dmg 1d-2/1d
BL 20 lbs.
HP 11 [2]
Will 12 [0]
Per 13 [5]
FP 11 [0]
Basic Speed 5.75 [0]
Basic Move 5 [0]
Advantages:
Charisma 1 [5]
Legal Enforcement Powers [5]
Security Clearance [5]
Disadvantages:
Curious (12) [-5]
Greed (12) [-15]
Sense of Duty (Comrades) [-5]
Stubbornness [-5]
Skills:
Criminology (A) IQ+1 [4]-13
Fast-Talk (A) IQ [2]-12
Guns (Pistol) (E) DX+1 [2]-13
Search (A) Per+1 [4]-14
Stealth (A) DX+1 [4]-13
Streetwise (A) IQ [2]-12
This should make the template a little easier to navigate.