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RogerWilco · 01-08-2016, 03:49 AM

I like this series. I'm new to GURPS and have been reading a lot of them. Keep up the good work!

On topic:
If you want to model real life with Law, then it's a pain and very specialized. I find the defaults to be quite generous, from my own experience with law. I would say that often knowing the law on one topic, still gives you very little idea what it might be on another topic or in another country/state.

It also requires a big investment just to keep up, as at least in a modern setting, the laws constantly change and what you know from last year might not be true today. Law(Dutch Criminal 2010) and Law(Dutch Criminal 2015) might default to each other but are not the same in a realistic model. I know fist thick tomes with changes get published every year.

01-08-2016, 03:49 AM	#3
RogerWilco Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Orion Arm of the Milky Way	Re: [Basic] Skill of the week: Law I like this series. I'm new to GURPS and have been reading a lot of them. Keep up the good work! On topic: If you want to model real life with Law, then it's a pain and very specialized. I find the defaults to be quite generous, from my own experience with law. I would say that often knowing the law on one topic, still gives you very little idea what it might be on another topic or in another country/state. It also requires a big investment just to keep up, as at least in a modern setting, the laws constantly change and what you know from last year might not be true today. Law(Dutch Criminal 2010) and Law(Dutch Criminal 2015) might default to each other but are not the same in a realistic model. I know fist thick tomes with changes get published every year.