08-13-2015, 04:46 PM | #1 |
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Gurps Thaumatology S̶o̶r̶c̶e̶r̶y̶ Star Wars
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I have been reading over Sorcery and I started to think... would this not be great conversion for Star Wars Force powers? The Advantage could be called Force Sensitivity from level 1 to 10. Force Talent and so on. In my Gurps Star Wars games I have Light Side Points and Dark Side Points they grant extra bonuses to Force skills and "spells" (I use spell based system for my games). They are granted at character generation according to disadvantages. For every 5 points of X disads you can either get Dark Side points or Light Side points. For example Bad Temper (12) -10 would give 2 dark side points while Canīt harm innocent would give Light side points. But that is not why I mentioned those points but rather I was thinking... could I use these points in Sorcery/Star Wars to grant bonuses like if you spend 1 Light Side point you get +2 FP to use in Hardcore improvised Dark Side power like Choke? So Jedi Knight Mullan has 5 Light Side points and he looses his cool/temper and decides to Choke Sith Master Brutus but he has to use Hardcore Improvise to do it and itīs a Dark Side power so he should sacrifice his LS points for it? Also I was thinking for someone durning to the Dark Side he could sacrifice his LS points for Character points to use to build Dark Side power. But no further down than -3 Dark Side points. Is this game breaking or? OR does this not make sense.
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08-13-2015, 06:49 PM | #2 |
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Re: Gurps Thaumatology S̶o̶r̶c̶e̶r̶y̶ Star Wars
Just for the sake of my curiosity, what would you be using as your source material for Force powers?
I have both versions of d20 (original and Saga), so if you're using those, I'd be able to follow along. :-) But I don't have the (from what I understand, MUCH better) d6 version.
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08-14-2015, 06:31 AM | #3 | |
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Re: Gurps Thaumatology S̶o̶r̶c̶e̶r̶y̶ Star Wars
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Wouldn't someone with more Dark Side points be deeper on the dark side and thus stronger there? Talking in terms of mechanics and points here... I mean, if I understand what you're saying a powerful Dark Lord Sith would need to have many LS points so he can use many DS effects? If that's so, doesn't make much sense to me |
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08-14-2015, 06:54 AM | #4 | |
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Re: Gurps Thaumatology S̶o̶r̶c̶e̶r̶y̶ Star Wars
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08-14-2015, 09:12 AM | #5 | |
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08-14-2015, 09:13 AM | #6 |
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Re: Gurps Thaumatology S̶o̶r̶c̶e̶r̶y̶ Star Wars
I think I see what you're getting at here - basically, the character gives up their innate "goodness" in order to fuel evil powers. I think Corruption will serve you better there, however, particularly as I'm at a loss as to what Dark Side Points are meant to do (the relationship doesn't make much sense going the other way). The Many Roads to Hell example Corruption system (Horror p.147-148) allows characters to gain Corruption in lieu of spending FP for spells (and presumably powers) - each FP is worth 1 point of Corruption. This would probably work just fine for Sorcery, wherein a character can accept Corruption to have a better ability to improvise powerful spells (or use their known spells without burning FP).
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08-14-2015, 09:17 AM | #7 | |
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Besides the LS DS I also have FPts or Force Points that is just a fancy name for Energy Reserve to use with Force Powers.
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08-14-2015, 09:18 AM | #8 | |
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08-14-2015, 09:23 AM | #9 |
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Re: Gurps Thaumatology S̶o̶r̶c̶e̶r̶y̶ Star Wars
I'd recommend the following additional sources:
1. This thread about merging Sorcery and RPM 2. GURPS Voodoo: The Shadow War Reason: Sorcery (powers) + RPM (rituals) looks a lot like the system originally presented for GURPS 3rd in Voodoo. That system resembles the combination of known/common Force abilities and weird/strange Force rituals found in various Star Wars sources. Simply substitute your Force abilities for Sorcery powers, as discussed here, and have RPM rituals for the weird stuff. As to Corruption, that matches well with the early* lore about the Force - that the Dark Side is a corruption of the Force, like a cancer on a healthy body. *"Early" in the filmographic and bibliographic history of said lore, rather than "early" in the setting timeline. |
08-14-2015, 01:06 PM | #10 | |
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Re: Gurps Thaumatology S̶o̶r̶c̶e̶r̶y̶ Star Wars
I can't say much about Sorcery as part of the Force, except that my own "Giving Force Powers the GURPS Psionic Powers Treatment" thread might be a good base. Feel free to add your own Sorcery-based Force powers to the thread.
On the deal with Light Side/Dark Side Points, I took a page from Power-Ups 5: Impulse Buys: Quote:
I based the Dark Side Taint off the "Black Magic" rules in Magic and the more generic "spiritual corruption" rules in Thaumatology. YMMV, of course, but I found in play they seemed to capture the feel of the Dark Side from the movies.
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