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Old 10-01-2009, 12:41 PM   #1
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Are there any plans to update this to 4th ed?
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Old 10-01-2009, 02:44 PM   #2
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I'd get behind that!
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Old 10-01-2009, 05:51 PM   #3
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I'd get behind that!
Generally with the licenses I think you only buy the rights to write each book. So SJ games might have to renegotiate to write another book even if it was just an update of the rules.

Anyway I am sure someone will tell us soon enough.


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Old 10-01-2009, 08:34 PM   #4
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There was an old Pyramid article updating the Discworld racial templates to 4e. Think those updates could be put into a pdf extra for GURPS Discworld?
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Old 10-01-2009, 09:36 PM   #5
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I just ran quickly across the Discworld book, it seems to be rather straight forward conversion. Maybe we should just do them here on the forum?
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Old 10-01-2009, 10:00 PM   #6
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Here is a quick conversion of the Elves. The Psionics were the hardest since iron can be used to block there Telepathy for example.

Name: Discworld Elf Template for Gurps 4e
Race: Elf

Attributes [80]
ST 11 [10]
DX 13 [60]
IQ 10
HT 11 [10]

HP 11
Will 10
Per 10
FP 11

Basic Lift 24
Damage 1d-1/1d+1

Basic Speed 6
Basic Move 6

Ground Move 6
Water Move 1

Social Background
TL: 3 [0]
Cultural Familiarities:
Languages:

Advantages [165]
Absolute Direction [5]
Ambidexterity [5]
Detect (Magic) (Occasional) [10]
High Pain Threshold [10]
Illusion (Blocked by Iron; Mental; Psionic) [30]
Magic Resistance (6) (Illusion spells only) [8]
Mind Reading (Blocked by Iron; Psionic; Telecommunication) [12]
Mind Shield (3) [12]
Night Vision (9) [9]
Perfect Balance [15]
Racial Skill Bonus (Disguise) (3) [6]
Resistant (To disease) (Common) (Immunity) [15]
Telecommunication (Telesend) (Blocked by Iron; Psionic) [18]
Telepathy Talent (2) [10]

Disadvantages [-15]
Sadism (12 or less) [-15]

Stats [80] Ads [165] Disads [-15] Quirks [0] Skills [0] = Total [230]
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Old 10-02-2009, 01:59 AM   #7
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Are there any plans to update this to 4th ed?
This is turning into a FAQ for some reason. I'm assuming that it means "produce a new book using 4e rules and all", because old Pyramid articles and fan projects are perfectly possible but not the sort of thing that anyone would ask about.

And Note: I don't speak for Steve Jackson Games. They may be in negotiations of which I know nothing. I hope that they'd bring me on board in relation to this topic quite quickly, but that'd be up to them.

Anyway: Nothing has been announced on this subject. (And until anything is announced, you'll get the same answer, so please don't bother asking again until then.) Obviously, it's a hypothetical possibility. Speaking strictly personally - yeah, I'd love to see it too. 4e rules, ten years experience of doing Powered By GURPS books, and a bunch of extra novels in the series offer obvious and tasty possibilities. On the other hand, (a) there would be complex commercial calculations involved, and (b) Terry has well-known and serious health issues, and may well have priorities which push this sort of project so far down the list that it falls off the bottom.

So there we are.
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Old 10-02-2009, 07:38 AM   #8
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Fair enough. Thank you for the unofficial answer.
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Old 10-02-2009, 09:26 AM   #9
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From a fan perspective, I'd be happy to work with others. The 3e book is one I need to pick up, but I've read all the books countless times.
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Old 10-02-2009, 09:31 AM   #10
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Generally with the licenses I think you only buy the rights to write each book. So SJ games might have to renegotiate to write another book even if it was just an update of the rules.

Anyway I am sure someone will tell us soon enough.


I for one would buy it!
no what I meant was that I'd support it :)
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