Max talents

Lameth · 12-26-2016, 08:13 PM

How can you set GCA to not allow anything higher then +4 from talents? As an example if a character has three talents, and combined they are giving a single skill a +6, is this allowed? It seems not right. I would say talents, even combined cant add more then a +4.

any help?

ericbsmith · 12-26-2016, 08:26 PM

While an individual talent is limited to +4, overlapping talents can officially stack. I don't think there's a way to limit multiple talents from giving a bonus to a single skill, and if there were this could also cause problems with talent-like traits - e.g. should Voice and Musical Ability be similarly limited to giving a bonus to Singing?

PK · 12-30-2016, 12:39 PM

If you want to enforce this, you can do so manually. The simplest and fastest (if a bit cheesy) way is to pick some random non-leveled advantage or disadvantage on the character sheet, click Edit, click Advanced, find the "gives" entry, and add something like "-2 to SK:Stealth" if you want to offset +2 to Stealth from a second Talent.

A more professional way would be to add a new statistic that does the same thing, but even then you'd still have to raise and lower it manually.

12-26-2016, 08:13 PM	#1
Lameth Join Date: Aug 2004	Max talents How can you set GCA to not allow anything higher then +4 from talents? As an example if a character has three talents, and combined they are giving a single skill a +6, is this allowed? It seems not right. I would say talents, even combined cant add more then a +4. any help?

12-26-2016, 08:26 PM	#2
ericbsmith Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Binghamton, NY, USA. Near the river Styx in the 5th Circle.	Re: Max talents While an individual talent is limited to +4, overlapping talents can officially stack. I don't think there's a way to limit multiple talents from giving a bonus to a single skill, and if there were this could also cause problems with talent-like traits - e.g. should Voice and Musical Ability be similarly limited to giving a bonus to Singing? __________________ Eric B. Smith GURPS Data File Coordinator GURPSLand I shall pull the pin from this healing grenade and... Kaboom-baya.

12-30-2016, 12:39 PM	#3
PK Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Dobbstown Sane Asylum	Re: Max talents If you want to enforce this, you can do so manually. The simplest and fastest (if a bit cheesy) way is to pick some random non-leveled advantage or disadvantage on the character sheet, click Edit, click Advanced, find the "gives" entry, and add something like "-2 to SK:Stealth" if you want to offset +2 to Stealth from a second Talent. A more professional way would be to add a new statistic that does the same thing, but even then you'd still have to raise and lower it manually. __________________ Reverend Pee Kitty of the Order Malkavian-Dobbsian (Twitter) (LJ) MyGURPS: My house rules and *GURPS* resources. #SJGamesLive: I answered questions about *GURPS After the End* and more! {Watch Video} - {Read Transcript}