GURPS rules for constructing items?

Mythalinear · 05-08-2011, 06:22 PM

Greetings all,

I recently discovered the GURPS system and have fallen in love with it. I plan to use this system in my next campaign and I was hoping someone might be able to tell me if there was a system for constructing items.

Basically I want to give lots of spare time in between adventures for the players to command their followers to go out into the world and collect resources for them (think Sid Meier's Civilization) and then they use said resources to build their base, everything from beds and shelves to massive telescopes and clockwork golems.

If such a system does not exist then my thought was to create my own system using [Size] as well as [Complexity] in order to figure out the cost of resources, time, and difficulty to create.

Any thoughts or feedback would be very much appreciated.

Mythalinear

sjard · 05-08-2011, 09:34 PM

Moved to GURPS Forum, where you are more likely to get answers.

starslayer · 05-08-2011, 10:53 PM

you could potentially use the 200hours = 1CP = 25 enchantment points conversions.

Basically have every 200 hours of 'work' that the allies do translate to either 1CP in a gadget (magnified vision in a telescope) or 25 energy in an enchanted item (like a golem).

SuedodeuS · 05-08-2011, 10:54 PM

Low Tech Companion 3 has rules for making things, as well as information finding/gathering resources (via hunting, farming, mining, etc). It's intended for use before TL 5 (the Industrial Revolution), but a lot of it can be adapted for use after that.

munin · 05-08-2011, 11:44 PM

GURPS provides cost and weights for all listed items. Low-Tech Companion 3 explains how to use those to determine time and resources required for crafting items, but it's possible to do it without LTC3. I wrote up examples of both methods here, to give you an idea of what's involved.

05-08-2011, 06:22 PM	#1
Mythalinear Join Date: May 2011	GURPS rules for constructing items? Greetings all, I recently discovered the GURPS system and have fallen in love with it. I plan to use this system in my next campaign and I was hoping someone might be able to tell me if there was a system for constructing items. Basically I want to give lots of spare time in between adventures for the players to command their followers to go out into the world and collect resources for them (think Sid Meier's Civilization) and then they use said resources to build their base, everything from beds and shelves to massive telescopes and clockwork golems. If such a system does not exist then my thought was to create my own system using [Size] as well as [Complexity] in order to figure out the cost of resources, time, and difficulty to create. Any thoughts or feedback would be very much appreciated. Mythalinear

05-08-2011, 09:34 PM	#2
sjard Stick in the Mud Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Rural Utah	Re: GURPS rules for constructing items? Moved to GURPS Forum, where you are more likely to get answers. __________________ MIB #1457

05-08-2011, 10:53 PM	#3
starslayer Join Date: Dec 2006	Re: GURPS rules for constructing items? you could potentially use the 200hours = 1CP = 25 enchantment points conversions. Basically have every 200 hours of 'work' that the allies do translate to either 1CP in a gadget (magnified vision in a telescope) or 25 energy in an enchanted item (like a golem).

05-08-2011, 10:54 PM	#4
SuedodeuS Join Date: Sep 2008	Re: GURPS rules for constructing items? Low Tech Companion 3 has rules for making things, as well as information finding/gathering resources (via hunting, farming, mining, etc). It's intended for use before TL 5 (the Industrial Revolution), but a lot of it can be adapted for use after that. __________________ Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat. Latin: Those whom a god wishes to destroy, he first drives mad.

05-08-2011, 11:44 PM	#5
munin Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Vermont, USA	Re: GURPS rules for constructing items? GURPS provides cost and weights for all listed items. Low-Tech Companion 3 explains how to use those to determine time and resources required for crafting items, but it's possible to do it without LTC3. I wrote up examples of both methods here, to give you an idea of what's involved.