Multiple Templates?

sansa90 · 01-22-2011, 10:04 AM

Hello everyone. I have recently begun to develop an interest in GURPS, and played and still do play Dungeons and Dragons. I want to know, how would I go about using a class/race system as that of D&D? So, does anyone have any experience with using multiple templates, one for a "race" and one for a "class?" If there is a page in the core basic books or fantasy hand book would you kindly direct me to it? Thank you!

Stone Dog · 01-22-2011, 10:10 AM

Page 258 of the Basic Set is what you want to read. The Dungeon Fantasy books (especially "The Next Level") are pretty handy in that regard too.

sansa90 · 01-22-2011, 10:15 AM

Thank you so much! That gets me one step closer to GMing an actual game!

RobKamm · 01-22-2011, 10:15 AM

Take a look at the Dungeon Fantasy series for a worked example of a fantasy game with both race (in DF3) and "class" templates (in DF1, DF3, DF4, DF7, DF8, DF9, DF10, and DF12). Action 1 and 3 give examples for a modern day "cinematic action movie" type game.

Of course, the one of the benefits of GURPS is that you don't have to tie your game down to a class system if you don't want to.

Pmandrekar · 01-22-2011, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by sansa90

Thank you so much! That gets me one step closer to GMing an actual game!

Enjoy your GMing, feel free to come back with *any* questions to emulate *any* type of game that you want to model in GURPS, and welcome to the GURPS Community!

-P.

Kage2020 · 01-22-2011, 12:19 PM

Just to show the facility, in dealing with an interpretation of Space Marines in the 40k universe I had a number of templates that you "bolted on" to create the character that you were after. Thus, you started off with the "Basic Template" (essentially racial), then added on the "Tactical Template(s)" (essentially a career template), and then took one of a number of optional specialist templates. Over the top of that you had a "Chapter Template," which was like a "cultural template" on top of that and... Well, you get the picture. :D

Of course, Space Marines in the 40k universe are a bit on the "cookie cutter" side so take with a pinch of salt.

01-22-2011, 10:04 AM	#1
sansa90 Join Date: Nov 2010	Multiple Templates? Hello everyone. I have recently begun to develop an interest in GURPS, and played and still do play Dungeons and Dragons. I want to know, how would I go about using a class/race system as that of D&D? So, does anyone have any experience with using multiple templates, one for a "race" and one for a "class?" If there is a page in the core basic books or fantasy hand book would you kindly direct me to it? Thank you!

01-22-2011, 10:10 AM	#2
Stone Dog Join Date: Feb 2008	Re: Multiple Templates? Page 258 of the Basic Set is what you want to read. The Dungeon Fantasy books (especially "The Next Level") are pretty handy in that regard too.

01-22-2011, 10:15 AM	#3
sansa90 Join Date: Nov 2010	Re: Multiple Templates? Thank you so much! That gets me one step closer to GMing an actual game!

01-22-2011, 10:15 AM	#4
RobKamm Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicago	Re: Multiple Templates? Take a look at the Dungeon Fantasy series for a worked example of a fantasy game with both race (in DF3) and "class" templates (in DF1, DF3, DF4, DF7, DF8, DF9, DF10, and DF12). Action 1 and 3 give examples for a modern day "cinematic action movie" type game. Of course, the one of the benefits of GURPS is that you don't have to tie your game down to a class system if you don't want to.

01-22-2011, 12:19 PM	#6
Kage2020 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Virginia, US	Re: Multiple Templates? Just to show the facility, in dealing with an interpretation of Space Marines in the 40k universe I had a number of templates that you "bolted on" to create the character that you were after. Thus, you started off with the "Basic Template" (essentially racial), then added on the "Tactical Template(s)" (essentially a career template), and then took one of a number of optional specialist templates. Over the top of that you had a "Chapter Template," which was like a "cultural template" on top of that and... Well, you get the picture. :D Of course, Space Marines in the 40k universe are a bit on the "cookie cutter" side so take with a pinch of salt.