03-23-2019, 01:01 PM | #1 |
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A Bargain Action Template for modern campaigns
GURPS Action 4: Specialists makes it easy to create characters for modern campaigns with point values as low as 125 points. But it doesn't really work at levels below that. So I decided to create a variant of the Basic Action Template, call it the Bargain Action Template, that works for Allies built on 25% of the PC's value in a 250 point campaign. Here it is:
37 points Attributes: ST 10 [0]; DX 11 [20]; IQ 10 [0]; HT 11 [10]. Secondary Characteristics: Damage 1d-2/1d; BL 20 lbs.; HP 10 [0]; Will 10 [0]; Per 10 [0]; FP 11 [0]; Basic Speed 5.50 [0]; Basic Move 5 [0]. Advantages: 25 points in Luck [15] or advantages from the Basic Action Template. Disadvantages: -30 points in Disadvantages. See the Basic Action Template for suggestions. Skills: Same as the Basic Action Template. Slush Fund: 2 Points. Combined with one 25 point skill set, this creates a 62 point character, suitable for a bargain price Ally. Sample usage with the Goon skill set: Attributes: ST 13 [30]; DX 11 [20]; IQ 10 [0]; HT 11 [10]. Secondary Characteristics: Damage 1d/2d-1; BL 34 lbs.; HP 13 [0]; Will 11 [5]; Per 11 [5]; FP 11 [0]; Basic Speed 5.50 [0]; Basic Move 5 [0]. Disadvantages: Bad Temper (12) [-10]; Bully (12) [-10]; Callous [-5]; Social Stigma (Criminal Record) [-5]. Quirks: Preferred Tactics (Punches rather than kicks) [-1]. Skills: Brawling (E) DX+1 [2]-12; Computer Operation (E) IQ [1]-10; Driving (Automobile) (A) DX [2]-11; Guns (Pistol) (E) DX [1]-11; Intimidation (A) Will+2 [8]-13; Knife (E) DX [1]-11; Stealth (A) DX [2]-11; Streetwise (A) IQ [2]-10; Wrestling (A) DX [2]-11. |
03-23-2019, 01:16 PM | #2 |
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Re: A Bargain Action Template for modern campaigns
I think that ends up being 'mediocre' character rather than 'action' character, though that is my own perspective. I have characters accumulating 2.5 CP every year above and beyond the growth according the characters under 15 years old, so the average character in my modern campaigns tends to be a 125 CP 50 year old professional, so a 67 CP character would be the average 27 year old retail clerk in my modern campaigns. Action characters in my campaigns (NPCs and PCs) tend to have a minimum of twice as many points (sometimes 5x as many points for especially talented people).
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03-23-2019, 03:22 PM | #3 | |
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Re: A Bargain Action Template for modern campaigns
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03-25-2019, 08:44 PM | #4 | |
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03-25-2019, 08:49 PM | #5 |
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Re: A Bargain Action Template for modern campaigns
Interesting concept. I've been playing around with trying to create Pointless Action/Space Opera and came up with some grunt level archetypes. These are worth 55 points each:
Agile Grunt Attributes: ST 10; DX 13; IQ 10; HT 11. Secondary Characteristics: Damage 1d-2/1d; BL 20 lbs.; HP 10; Will 10; Per 10; FP 10; Basic Speed 5.00; Basic Move 6 Brainy Grunt. Attributes: ST 10; DX 10; IQ 13; HT 10. Secondary Characteristics: Damage 1d-2/1d; BL 20 lbs.; HP 10; Will 12; Per 13; FP 10; Basic Speed 5.00; Basic Move 5. Brawny Grunt Attributes: ST 13; DX 11; IQ 10; HT 12. Secondary Characteristics: Damage 1d-1/1d+2; BL 32 lbs.; HP 13; Will 10; Per 10; FP 12; Basic Speed 5.00; Basic Move 5 Versatile Grunt Attributes: ST 10; DX 11; IQ 11; HT 11. Secondary Characteristics: Damage 1d-2/1d; BL 20 lbs.; HP 10; Will 12; Per 12; FP 11; Basic Speed 5.00; Basic Move 6. Add in 20 points of Advantages and a 25 point skill lens, and you're up to 100 points before Disadvantages. Add -40 Disadvantages and you're back to 60 points or so. |
03-25-2019, 09:02 PM | #6 | |
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Attributes: 30 points Advantages: 25 points Disadvantages: -30 points Skills: 27 points (25 point lens plus 2 point slush fund) That adds up to 52, not 62. |
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03-25-2019, 09:27 PM | #7 |
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Re: A Bargain Action Template for modern campaigns
One question, why do you want a bargain price ally that mediocre? Characters 1/4 your CP value should probably be Ally Groups if they are not your Dependents. Anyway, 1/2 your CP allies are only 1-6 CP (6- to 15-), so they are already bargain price allies.
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03-25-2019, 09:46 PM | #8 |
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Re: A Bargain Action Template for modern campaigns
The Basic Action Template has 10 points in skills like Computer Operation, Driving, and Guns, which almost any action hero will want.
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03-25-2019, 10:35 PM | #9 |
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