07-10-2018, 12:07 AM | #61 |
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Re: Attribute levels and their meanings.
Yes, that has been discussed many times in many threads, including that one.
The “problem” with GURPS ST is that it covers far too many things to correspond to real strength. Like any other attribute. And like any other attribute in any other roleplaying game, actually. Roleplaying games are not reality simulators, there are just very rough simplification designed to have fun. In reality, someone who is very strong for weight lifting, for instance, won’t be that strong for pushing, striking, pulling … Sure, he will remain much stronger than an ordinary man (like me) for anything, but muscle building depends on the activity. A very strong karateka is not at all a very strong climber (able to lift himself dozens of time with only one hand), nor a very strong swimmer, push-up champion or even wrestler … Muscle building exercises are always very specific. Alonsua, did you read How to be a GURPS GM? It discusses what mean the different attribute levels, among many other interesting topics. It really helps to understand how GURPS is built and how to best understand it. For attributes, for instance, it says (page 12): 17-18: Legendary (historical “bests” and remarkable fictional heroes).Sorry if it has already been said – I don’t have time to read that whole thread, even if it is really interesting (I just skimmed through it). |
07-10-2018, 01:01 AM | #62 | |
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Pd. You are free to play cinematic characters, just do not try to make them look realistic taking half of the variables out of the equation. At ST 20 with Lifting 18 and a perk you are at a basic lift of 144 lb, which is 7.2 times stronger than a normal person in good health, or basic lift 160 lb, which is 8 times stronger. That person would also be 1.8-3.6 times stronger than a gorilla and would weigh 1.000 lbs. Last edited by Alonsua; 07-10-2018 at 01:10 AM. |
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07-10-2018, 11:57 AM | #63 | |
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07-10-2018, 12:03 PM | #64 |
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Re: Attribute levels and their meanings.
If you use the Lifting Skill and Extra Effort rules, the world's strongest man has about a 16 ST.
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07-10-2018, 12:33 PM | #65 |
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07-10-2018, 05:31 PM | #66 | |
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Lifting skill is not at all realistic. Therefore concluding that real world humans are limited to ST 15 because Lifting skill works like x in GURPS is back-to-front reasoning. Wow, thank you! I'm not removing variables from the equation, or rather I'm not including GURPS variables which do not equate well to the real world when examined in specific scenarios. |
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07-10-2018, 07:22 PM | #67 | |
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Or better like trying to keep the real world scenario in which the human is twice as strong as a gorilla because... potato? I guess your ST 20 human weighs 200 lbs instead of 860-1.160 lbs (which is the appropriate weight for ST 20 with an average frame, so no body fat over 16% unless you want to add +30/50/100% at minimum to that initial weight). And let the poor gorilla weigh 400 lbs (with a muscular frame) in exchange for a bushleague ST 15 at the same time because all we know is that to be little unique snowflakes men are mean to be much stronger than gorillas. And lets not forget to note that Lifting is unrealistic because... potato again? And of course we must be oblivious to the fact that even as a fictional character Conan the Barbarian had ST 14 because that is unimportant to this discussion. Last edited by Alonsua; 07-10-2018 at 07:32 PM. |
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07-10-2018, 08:07 PM | #68 |
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In Howard's original stories, Conan killed a pirate by punching him in the jaw (and that was not the only time that he did that type of stunt). That suggests a capacity to deal a minimum of 20 points of damage with his bare hands (and a minimum of 3d+2 crushing damage). Even if Conan was using All-out Attack and was receiving the damage bonus from Boxing at DX+2, he would still have to do a minimum base of 2d-1 crushing damage with his punch before bonuses (meaning that his base thrust damage would have been 2d). That would give him a minimum Striking ST 21.
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07-10-2018, 09:51 PM | #69 | |
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07-10-2018, 10:41 PM | #70 |
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Well, Howard did not intend him to be a superhuman, he was more the archetypal barbarian warrior, but I can see your point. In any case, I think that since Conan outwrestled anacondas and gorillas, as well as killed normal humans with a single punch, he was significantly stronger than ST 14.
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