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Originally Posted by Molokh
Proposition: create a tag, e.g. 'nowing', which would identify if the person asking the question doesn't want to hear 'just wing it' as the answer to her question. That way we can separate newbies who just don't know how to use GURPS from people who asking because they want detailed stats/writeups.
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Well, thats sort of what Im driving at. You can define resonably well the skills an NPC may or may not have. But getting the Right Skill LEVEL is a much more context (in this case, story and Party abilities) sensitive problem that may completely invalidate a numeric value.
In keeping with the Given example, whats Indy's Pistol skill? 12? 14? 24? 143? Did he just roll a crit? How cinematic or Realistic is YOUR campaign and YOUR concept of Indy?
We can all agree that he has SOME pistol skill, but what it should be as a number is very campaign dependent.
Sadly, this means that full writeups that are easy for GMs to pull down and use whole cloth are nonexistent. The individuality and customization that GURPS allows is a double edged sword here.
Nymdok