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Old 04-15-2014, 03:17 AM   #35
Jürgen Hubert
 
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Default Re: The GURPS Index

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Originally Posted by Figleaf23 View Post
What's inadequate with my proposed nomenclature?
How to describe them in the index or categorize further. How should an index entry for "80% of your starting wealth should be put into lifestyle assets" look like, and what subcategory should it be in? For that matter, what about the bleeding rules from Martial Arts - do they belong in a "Combat rules" subsection or in a "Health and Injury subsection"?

Mind you, I do think these are worth indexing, but they are also hard to index properly. It may be a good idea to find a large number of such rules first and then figure out how they should be presented.

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Some biggies are obvious -- Hearing rolls, Reaction rolls, Vehicle/Mount control rolls, Fright checks. More interesting are little one-off rules for rolling in special cases.
Reaction rolls and Fright Checks I can see, but aren't Hearing rolls Control Rolls essentially basic Attribute and Skill rolls, respectively?
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