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Old 08-21-2020, 06:52 AM   #30
mr beer
 
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Default Re: GURPS ST vs real wold records

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Originally Posted by kirbwarrior View Post
I've never liked the +5%/MoS system because it doesn't make any sort of sense to me. Instead I make it work like similar skills and give a flat +20% (like Hiking) which makes calculating possible lifts with the skill easier to know. In your situation that means it could be a BL of 40 (ST14 is close enough) to reach that.
This is a reasonable fix to the problem.

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Originally Posted by Fred Brackin View Post
Lifting ST is clearly marked as a Exotic Trait. It cannot be normally purchased by humans. An Unusual background or a Special Exercises Perk is required.

I know many people ignore this but they are in disagreeemnt with the RAW.
Lifting ST appears all over the place in GURPS supplements though, for various degrees of Real World type people. If martial artists can have Lifting ST, then someone who specialises in lifting things, like someone who lifts weights, can surely have Lifting ST. I can get behind charging a Perk I guess.
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