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JazzJedi · 08-11-2019, 09:10 AM

I was a huge fan of the TSR Top Secret RPG, and in the Top Secret Companion book they have an "Athletic Feat Limits" section where your character had a "Fitness Rating" - Weak (0.15), Average (0.425), Strong (0.65), Super (0.875). You could calculate your character's real world athletic feats by multiplying the world record by this factor. I thought that was simple and effective.

In GURPS, I use the same basic mechanism, and I set the "world record" level to be skill level 20. So if you have Lifting-20, then you can match the world record for your body weight. If you have Running-20, you can match the world record for sprinting, and so forth. For other skill levels, just multiply the world record by your (Skill/20).

08-11-2019, 09:10 AM	#14
JazzJedi Join Date: Dec 2014	Re: A Question of Strength. I was a huge fan of the TSR Top Secret RPG, and in the Top Secret Companion book they have an "Athletic Feat Limits" section where your character had a "Fitness Rating" - Weak (0.15), Average (0.425), Strong (0.65), Super (0.875). You could calculate your character's real world athletic feats by multiplying the world record by this factor. I thought that was simple and effective. In GURPS, I use the same basic mechanism, and I set the "world record" level to be skill level 20. So if you have Lifting-20, then you can match the world record for your body weight. If you have Running-20, you can match the world record for sprinting, and so forth. For other skill levels, just multiply the world record by your (Skill/20).