06-15-2018, 07:28 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Columbia, Maryland
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Catpeople?
My fingers were crossed that Triplanetary would arrive by Father's Day, but that looks unlikely at this point, so instead of playing that I plan on running my wife and kids through Tollenkar's Lair.
And my wife wants to play a catperson. I suppose someone out there has done some stats, but if not, I think I'll just base them off of the ITL jaguar. Thoughts? |
06-15-2018, 07:43 PM | #2 |
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Join Date: Mar 2018
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Re: Catpeople?
Sure; check out the Caitians from the Star Trek franchise. They are a felinoid race. I would bet your best bet for existing source material to create a TFT analogue from, would be from the old STAR TREK: The Role Playing Game, by FASA c1982-ish. You could also check-out the Star Trek wiki for a detailed description on that race, and make up your own; natch.
Good luck. JK |
06-15-2018, 08:14 PM | #3 |
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Cleveland, OH USA
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Re: Catpeople?
You might find some good guidance by taking a look at these two threads here, as "cat folk" have some history in GURPS:
Converting GURPS characters to TFT Default No Campaign Without Cat Girls - Scroll down the first page for a good example that, when combined with some of the approaches outlined above, might give you a great set of starting character stats and inspiration for talents and other characteristics. For example: GURPS ST 10 + HT 13 / 2 = TFT ST 12 (rounded up) GURPS DX 11 = TFT DX 11 GURPS IQ 9 = TFT IQ 9 32 points! And maybe, like an Elf, MA without armor is 12
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06-15-2018, 08:23 PM | #4 |
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Re: Catpeople?
Depends to some extent if she's imagining a leopard, lion, tiger, or whatever.
But there are some obvious advantages she might expect to get:
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06-16-2018, 12:59 AM | #5 | |
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Arizona
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Re: Catpeople?
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06-16-2018, 03:43 AM | #6 |
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: London Uk, but originally from Scotland
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Re: Catpeople?
As David said, it really depends what sort of "Catperson" she's envisioning. If it's a large strong creature like a Lion, Tiger or Leopard, I'd just use the Stats for the Lizardmen in ITL; larger than a man, stronger, better HTH damage. If however she's envisioning something more like "Catwoman" something lithe and skillfull, I'd go with; Higher DEX, lower STR, Acrobatics, Thrown Weapons, Climbing, Alertness and Silent Movement Talents. Weapons would be light like daggers, maybe whip.
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06-16-2018, 08:18 PM | #7 |
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Re: Catpeople?
And keeping in mind that this is TFT and not GURPS, more thought should be given to the cultural background and relationship with other races, for roleplaying purposes, than +1 to this or -1 to that.
In other words, build a 32-point character that fits your conception of a cat person, and then play them appropriately. I realize that fewer splatbooks are sold that way, but such is life! |
06-17-2018, 06:11 AM | #8 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Columbia, Maryland
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Re: Catpeople?
Good answer. I was thinking along those lines myself, so when we made characters last night I basically said to her, "You have 38 points to spend on stats [I gave everyone bonus points to start]. Cat People's claws do an extra point of damage, and Silent Movement costs you one less."
She is really good at filling in the backstory from there, so no worries from here on out. My youngest son (aged 14, whose first game was GURPS at about age 8) came up with a fighter in record time. The system really seemed to click with him. My eldest son and I played a couple months back, so he is familiar with the game. He wanted to make a character based on a mini he bought yesterday. Since the mini is clear plastic, he wants to be able to turn 'misty', so we created a new spell that's halfway between Blur and Invisibility. In any event, thanks to everyone for the comments. The plan is to play Security Station today, and then follow that up Tollenkar's Lair. I'll let you know how it goes. |
06-17-2018, 10:12 AM | #9 |
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Re: Catpeople?
If you are going to give a small racial bonus, those are both sensible and not-unbalancing ones that will lead people toward skulking and catfights, both of which seem in character. Good.
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06-21-2018, 03:02 AM | #10 | |
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Arizona
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Re: Catpeople?
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Better hearing than humans (-1 die to listening tasks), but loud noises can cause 'fatigue' damage. Slightly better jumping and climbing is balanced by slightly (-10%) carryweight and no bonus at all if STx2 or higher encumbrance. That kind of thing. I've seen plenty of animal races where the GMs favorite animal type had all bonuses to everything and no limitations at all, don't do that.
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