Building a Better Bourne

[JuggmasterZero]

Originally Posted by NineDaysDead

IQ is 20/level, IQ! is 10/level

My bad. I misread the '!' as punctuation.

Originally Posted by Witchking

Well Lockpicking and Electronic Ops Security to get into CIA New York in the third film.

You are correct, at least about the lockpicking. He had a keycard on his way out but he may have picked it up in the building so you could very well be right about the other.

Originally Posted by Witchking

Area Knowledge basically every time he sets a meet "in a public place with lots of foot traffic; hustle and bustle; multiple entry and exit points" happens in all three films IIRC. Hard to do if you DO NOT KNOW THE CITY.

Pre-internet? Definitely true. Now? Not so much.

Originally Posted by Witchking

Intelligence Analysis is using the pattern of the enemies actions and other obtained information to formulate an idea of what his objective is...the first step in foiling it. Pretty much the raison d'etra of this character.

I hadn't thought about it quite like that. I was basing this on Observation and Tactics. Either works.

Originally Posted by Witchking

Well that Kicking butt and chewing bubblegum...oh crap is he out of gum again??

He had gum?

[Þorkell]

Originally Posted by JuggmasterZero

Pre-internet? Definitely true. Now? Not so much.

Google returns 0 results for " a public place with lots of foot traffic; hustle and bustle; multiple entry and exit points". The skill you want for that is Area Knowledge or Urban Survival.

[Corlock Striker]

But Google will return plenty of results, for Bus Station in City X, or Train Station in City Y. And knowing that those are usually places with lost of people and hustle and bustle and multiple exits is not area knowledge. That's sort of general knowledge. Knowing which one of those is closest to you, or is the busiest at a specific time of day, or what exit from said station you are closest too at any specific time, that is area knowledge. Knowing the bus schedules, that's area knowledge, but also easily found on google.

[kenclary]

FWIW, I don't really see a problem with an IQ 13-14 Bourne. Agencies that recruit and train these sorts of people would select for and encourage versatile, adaptable, perceptive, smart people, with good self control (all things that GURPS IQ represents; I wouldn't bother with IQ! nonsense). Especially cinematic agencies.

[talonthehand]

Originally Posted by Þorkell

Google returns 0 results for " a public place with lots of foot traffic; hustle and bustle; multiple entry and exit points". The skill you want for that is Area Knowledge or Urban Survival.

Well, it did. Now it brings up this thread. And somewhere, a very confused Jason Bourne is wondering why the hell there's a gaming thread about him.

[Not another shrubbery]

Originally Posted by talonthehand

Well, it did. Now it brings up this thread. And somewhere, a very confused Jason Bourne is wondering why the hell there's a gaming thread about him.

Hah! He's so badass, he even breaks the fourth wall :)

... or is it the fifth wall :?

[pawsplay]

Deadpool v. Bourne

[marvin]

Originally Posted by pawsplay

Deadpool v. Bourne

Bourne is like the Punisher...no powers, but he can still beat anyone down.

Actually, Bourne vs. the Punisher would be a killer crossover.

Benjamin

[Lord Carnifex]

Originally Posted by Not another shrubbery

Hah! He's so badass, he even breaks the fourth wall :)

... or is it the fifth wall :?

The Jason Bourne finds out he was a character played by Matt Damon. Bourne drops by to beat the crap out of Damon. Jason Bourne gets played by no man.