Steve Jackson Games - Site Navigation
Home General Info Follow Us Search Illuminator Store Forums What's New Other Games Ogre GURPS Munchkin Our Games: Home

Go Back   Steve Jackson Games Forums > Roleplaying > GURPS

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 11-26-2014, 01:45 PM   #1
Toaster
 
Toaster's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Canada
Default "It's ok! I had another guy" [Extra Lives]

For those of you who read Ctrl+Alt+Delete. The recent reboot of the story line has reintroduced the characters as super heroes.
And 'Analog' Ethan has the power of "Infinite Continues" that he demonstrates several times over the course of a few pages, my favorite being his Dramatic Entrance.

Clearly these boys are not unlimitedly high point value characters he isn't just throwing 25 points out the window every time, so my question is how would you build this ability?

My first thought was to take [DR25 +80% Absorption(Extra Life)][270] [Extra Life 1][25]
maybe throw some other modifiers in to bring the cost down, but the idea being, to allow you to "burn off" your Bonus CP to activate an extra life without changing your point total.

Please discuss, and present other ideas if you have them.
Toaster is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-26-2014, 01:54 PM   #2
NineDaysDead
Banned
 
NineDaysDead's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Default Re: "It's ok! I had another guy" [Extra Lives]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Toaster View Post
For those of you who read Ctrl+Alt+Delete. The recent reboot of the story line has reintroduced the characters as super heroes.
And 'Analog' Ethan has the power of "Infinite Continues" that he demonstrates several times over the course of a few pages, my favorite being his Dramatic Entrance.

Clearly these boys are not unlimitedly high point value characters he isn't just throwing 25 points out the window every time, so my question is how would you build this ability?

My first thought was to take [DR25 +80% Absorption(Extra Life)][270] [Extra Life 1][25]
maybe throw some other modifiers in to bring the cost down, but the idea being, to allow you to "burn off" your Bonus CP to activate an extra life without changing your point total.

Please discuss, and present other ideas if you have them.
Why not just use: Regeneration: Extreme (unkillable only -40%) [90]; Unkillable 3 (mortal -?20?%) [120]
NineDaysDead is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-26-2014, 02:04 PM   #3
Toaster
 
Toaster's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Canada
Default Re: "It's ok! I had another guy" [Extra Lives]

Quote:
Originally Posted by NineDaysDead View Post
Why not just use: Regeneration: Extreme (unkillable only -40%) [90]; Unkillable 3 (mortal -?20?%) [120]
Ok, I like and understand the Regen+unkillable, but could you tell me a bit about the (mortal -20%) on Unkillable, My search so far has only shown a (moral -20%) as a _Power Modifier. But this looks to be a cheaper point buy.
Toaster is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-26-2014, 02:21 PM   #4
McAllister
 
McAllister's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Default Re: "It's ok! I had another guy" [Extra Lives]

I forget where Mortal is from, but it essentially removes the ability of Unkillable 1 from Unkillable 2 or 3. Honestly, I don't see why they have Unkillable 1 as a bundle to begin with.
McAllister is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-26-2014, 03:07 PM   #5
Varyon
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Default Re: "It's ok! I had another guy" [Extra Lives]

Quote:
Originally Posted by NineDaysDead View Post
Why not just use: Regeneration: Extreme (unkillable only -40%) [90]; Unkillable 3 (mortal -?20?%) [120]
Yep, this is pretty much it. He's also got a Perk so that his outfit (and gear, but those are probably Powers of some type) is also restored. I think "Mortal" is typically written "No Unkillable 1," although the former is a good deal more wieldy.
Varyon is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 11-26-2014, 03:08 PM   #6
Toaster
 
Toaster's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Canada
Default Re: "It's ok! I had another guy" [Extra Lives]

Quote:
Originally Posted by McAllister View Post
I forget where Mortal is from, but it essentially removes the ability of Unkillable 1 from Unkillable 2 or 3. Honestly, I don't see why they have Unkillable 1 as a bundle to begin with.
Ok, that sounds reasonable enough that I should get an ok from the GM.
It still has a minimum down-time of 6 seconds during a fight but that will do the job.

Last edited by Toaster; 11-26-2014 at 03:10 PM. Reason: grammer
Toaster is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-26-2014, 03:45 PM   #7
NineDaysDead
Banned
 
NineDaysDead's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Default Re: "It's ok! I had another guy" [Extra Lives]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Toaster View Post
Ok, that sounds reasonable enough that I should get an ok from the GM.
It still has a minimum down-time of 6 seconds during a fight but that will do the job.
Maximum down time of 6 seconds. If you die at
-1XHP then it only takes 2 seconds to recover. If you want to recover faster, take HP+10 (Healing only -¿80?%) [4] to heal at 20 HP per second.

Last edited by NineDaysDead; 11-26-2014 at 03:55 PM.
NineDaysDead is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-26-2014, 04:44 PM   #8
Toaster
 
Toaster's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Canada
Default Re: "It's ok! I had another guy" [Extra Lives]

Quote:
Originally Posted by NineDaysDead View Post
Maximum down time of 6 seconds. If you die at
-1XHP then it only takes 2 seconds to recover. If you want to recover faster, take HP+10 (Healing only -¿80?%) [4] to heal at 20 HP per second.
Looks great. Thank you for the min/max correction. And the boost to 20HP/s healing. Could be very entertaining.
Toaster is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
extra life, resurrection


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Fnords are Off
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 08:24 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.