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Old 01-11-2019, 12:18 PM   #2
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Default Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Increased Life Support

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Originally Posted by johndallman View Post
I’ve never used this disadvantage as a player or GM, having mostly done GURPS on a human-beings scale. How has it complicated your games?
This is a very human-centric disadvantage; it's fine for Jovian jellyfish creatures in a Traveller type game where most things are scaled for humans, but not really appropriate if the baseline assumptions are different. (GURPS Fantasy - Portal Realms has some good material on this sort of problem.)

It does occur to me that it's appropriate for use for people who need, e.g., to carry a supplemental oxygen supply about with them – the person I know who does this has a portable oxygen concentrator rather than anything involving pressurised gas, but it's a significant logistical consideration when they want to leave their home.
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