New Planes, New Templates

[Coinage]

Just a question.

Suppose a character travelled from one universe to another. Or, to use the language of GURPS Infinite Worlds, changed from one timestream to another. If the timestream so dictated it, would that cause the character to change his/her template, or adopt new meta-traits?

Here is an example. Suppose that a character in Universe A would be a Corporeal character. Then, that character travelled to Universe B, where he would be considered an incorporeal spirit. Would that character than automatically gain the template of an incorporeal spirit, and have to adopt the traits, the advantages, and the disadvantages, of an incorporeal spirit.

I was thinking of something like a Psionic-based life-form. On that lifeform's home plane, like an Astral Plane or something, it would essentially play like a Corporeal character. However, if that lifeform entered the Material World, then that lifeform would become an Astral Spirit or something similar, and would be vulnerable to Anti-Psi, like catapsi, or something like Mana Dampener.

Is there a need to model that? If so, then how would that be done?

[Refplace]

I'd say it depends on the form of travel. But if the universe imposes a template its a 0 point feature.

[Coinage]

Originally Posted by Refplace

I'd say it depends on the form of travel. But if the universe imposes a template its a 0 point feature.

Gotcha, so its just a matter of adding another template.

[Refplace]

Originally Posted by Coinage

Gotcha, so its just a matter of adding another template.

That is certainly how I would handle it, its the fairest and the easiest method.

[ericbsmith]

Originally Posted by Refplace

I'd say it depends on the form of travel. But if the universe imposes a template its a 0 point feature.

Ditto. If everyone who goes to the Incorporeal Plane gains Insubstantial, Flight, and several other abilities then the GM should just define what abilities everybody gains and leave it at that. The only reason to charge point for those kinds of abilities is if natives of that plane carry their abilities onto other planes when they leave or if people who visit that plane can learn those abilities and then take them to other planes.

[Coinage]

Okay. Thanks.