Dungeon Fantasy/Monster Hunter Powers in Standard Games
 

Would the powers out of Dungeon Fantasy and Monster Hunters unbalance more traditional games (if such things exist in GURPS)?

Re: Dungeon Fantasy/Monster Hunter Powers in Standard Games
 

I don't think so. I'd certainly allow them, especially that nifty Pickaxe Penchant talent.

Re: Dungeon Fantasy/Monster Hunter Powers in Standard Games
 

I've allowed them. For the most part they're built from abilities in other books and balanced and play tested so I see no reason why not. I'm about to import RPM into an Elder Scrolls game for example.

Re: Dungeon Fantasy/Monster Hunter Powers in Standard Games
 

I don't think so. Perhaps the species Talents, because some or all of them may be too sweet for a realistic campaign, but all the other traits are built according to the RAW, so if you accept that GURPS point costs are inherently balanced, then no, they won't unbalance your game.

Re: Dungeon Fantasy/Monster Hunter Powers in Standard Games
 

Pickaxe Penchant is fine. Forest Guardian is not. Every scout-type character in the world will want Stealth, Camouflage, Bow, Fast-Draw Arrow, and Survival. To be able to raise them all for 5 points is way too cheap.

Re: Dungeon Fantasy/Monster Hunter Powers in Standard Games
 

Similarly, Craftiness (DF11.35) is a little too sweet for my taste, but I'm considering a ban on all 5-pt Talents in future games anyway.

Re: Dungeon Fantasy/Monster Hunter Powers in Standard Games
 

Why not just raise their cost a little?

Raising the cost is always preferable to "banning", to my mind. Otherwise I wouldn't be a fan of Unusual Background.

Re: Dungeon Fantasy/Monster Hunter Powers in Standard Games
 

Yummy. I hadn't really given much thought to GURPS Elder Scrolls since MH was released, but it is a good fit.

Re: Dungeon Fantasy/Monster Hunter Powers in Standard Games
 

Not as much in a modern game.

Re: Dungeon Fantasy/Monster Hunter Powers in Standard Games
 

In DF they're both are limited to racial templates, which is usually seen as an allowable way to break the suggestion to not include combat skills in templates. I'd simply require the same thing in a more general game.