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JulianLW · 06-18-2021, 08:44 PM

Sounds like an awesome game you're planning!

I would strongly recommend the article "A Little Bit Psychic," by Sean Punch ("Kromm"), from Pyramid 3/69 (2014). It sounds like exactly what you're wanting to do with very low-key powers to start that can be developed, eventually, into full-scale powers.

That article is a real goldmine for small, uncanny effects and powers. To understand it, you'll probably want to get, as has been recommended, Psionic Powers, which is a worked example of a power set as outlined in Powers. I learned how to build GURPS powers by reading Psionic Powers very carefully. There is a little bit of a learning curve.

Two other very valuable examples of how to build GURPS abilities, in my opinion, are Thaumatology: Sorcery and Powers: The Weird. Those three books (plus Basic and Powers, of course) will give you a strong sense of pretty how almost everything PC-related in GURPS works.

06-18-2021, 08:44 PM	#8
JulianLW Join Date: Apr 2019	Re: First Time Poster - need advice for fantasy setting Sounds like an awesome game you're planning! I would strongly recommend the article "A Little Bit Psychic," by Sean Punch ("Kromm"), from Pyramid 3/69 (2014). It sounds like exactly what you're wanting to do with very low-key powers to start that can be developed, eventually, into full-scale powers. That article is a real goldmine for small, uncanny effects and powers. To understand it, you'll probably want to get, as has been recommended, Psionic Powers, which is a worked example of a power set as outlined in Powers. I learned how to build GURPS powers by reading Psionic Powers very carefully. There is a little bit of a learning curve. Two other very valuable examples of how to build GURPS abilities, in my opinion, are Thaumatology: Sorcery and Powers: The Weird. Those three books (plus Basic and Powers, of course) will give you a strong sense of pretty how almost everything PC-related in GURPS works.