Challenge for settings:GURPS TOON

[Refplace]

Ok, from the other thread I figured I would post this so as not to derail it further.
I think Cartoons are a tough one to build but that it could be done with some work.
How though?
I think a Toon metatrait is a good starting point.
Also you have to make some setting assumptions.
So to start with I am thinking this based on classic toon (as I recall it) and that means some really old cartoons, not animae.

Meta Trait: Toon
Unkillable 2, Extreme Regeneration only out of combat (or between scenes).


Common Powers:
Luck, Serendipity, Super Luck, Unluckiness.

[David Johnston2]

They're also all contortionists.

[dataweaver]

I think that for a Toon setting, you'll want to apply and/or invent some setting options. Liberal use of such things as flesh wounds will go a long way to address the resilience that toons demonstrate: it's not that they never get hurt badly; it's more like the injuries (and sometimes the deaths) never stick.

[Refplace]

Yeah I thought about Elastic skin and Flexibility but its not really always voluntary.
I also thought about Supernatural durability but its not really a good fit for most.
Yeah Flesh Wounds is a good option. I am sure there are more and the metatrait was just a start. And probably not a complete one either.

[Psychotime]

I assume we're talking Tex Avery/Warner Bros toons?

[dataweaver]

Unless you're mixing toons and norms in the game, I don't see much reason for a meta-trait at all: just work up a "slapstick combat system" where you have lots of pain and afflictions but little in the way of lasting injuries (with the occasional exception; I recall a Roadrunner cartoon where, unlike most, the Coyote's injuries accumulated throughout the course of the short), and where the success of the attack has more to do with how satisfying it would be to see the target suffer rather than on how skilled the combatants are. This has the additional advantage of letting you add humorous injuries to otherwise-serious games, such as the hyper dimensional mallet that has a disturbing tendency to crop up in anime series.

[JCurwen3]

Originally Posted by dataweaver

Unless you're mixing toons and norms in the game, I don't see much reason for a meta-trait at all: just work up a "slapstick combat system" where you have lots of pain and afflictions but little in the way of lasting injuries (with the occasional exception; I recall a Roadrunner cartoon where, unlike most, the Coyote's injuries accumulated throughout the course of the short), and where the success of the attack has more to do with how satisfying it would be to see the target suffer rather than on how skilled the combatants are. This has the additional advantage of letting you add humorous injuries to otherwise-serious games, such as the hyper dimensional mallet that has a disturbing tendency to crop up in anime series.

I believe you could get some tips for a silly combat system from GURPS Goblins as well (3rd Ed, but very fun).

[JCurwen3]

Originally Posted by dataweaver

I think that for a Toon setting, you'll want to apply and/or invent some setting options. Liberal use of such things as flesh wounds will go a long way to address the resilience that toons demonstrate: it's not that they never get hurt badly; it's more like the injuries (and sometimes the deaths) never stick.

Setting options, yes. But would that solve the problem of a mixed toon / real world setting such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, where toons and "real" people mix it up together in the same world?

I suppose you could define those setting options as options only applicable to those with the Toon Meta-Trait, or possibly as options that get included as Extra Option perks in that meta-trait but that no one gets by default (this could also differentiate some "throw away" toon characters from things like toon PCs or important toon NPCs).