Newbie GURPS GM Seeking Advice

[8th Orbital Army]

Originally Posted by Hannes665

ST: 7 DX: 9 IQ: 17 HT: 15
Ads: Magery 0 Magery +4 Clerical spells, Luck 15 pt
Disads: Bad Temper on 6 or less, Alcoholic, Honesty on 6 or less, Gluttony on 6 or less.
Skills: Brewery 21, Innate Attack Fireball 22, Staff 18, Theology 20.
Spells: Major Healing 25 Fireball 20 Monks Banquet 24 Continual Light 20 Invisibility 25.

I challenge the SJG forums to explain (for the benefit of NMatuzic and any other new players and GM's who might be reading) why this is a bad character build. Not just vague "balanced character" type warnings, but concrete examples of why this character would be an un-fun disaster to play.

Can we do it? Or is this a valid Fire-ballin', Major-healin', Lager-brewin' build?



First thing I noticed was the ST7, DX9 combo. This character is begging to be grappled. He has no close combat skills and will never be able to break free if grabbed.



Second he has the Invisibility spell at 25, but no stealth skill, and no unusual background. In other words he lives in a world where people are known to turn invisible, and where people will be expecting such shennanigans:



Guard 1 (Klorglarg the Hateful): So..., I think YugThog the Despicable has been cheating at dominoes ever since he got here.

Guard 2 (Xindgorguth the Repulsive): You can't cheat at dominoes, you've just had a run of bad luck.

Guard 1 (Klorglarg the Hateful): But he ALWAYS wins, how can that be luck LOUD CLANG IN THE BACKGROUND What was that!?!"

Guard 2 (Xindgorguth the Repulsive): I don't see anything, it must be an invisible dude. Throw that sack of flour out there whle I activate my helm of Invisible Dude Seeing. Anyway, YugThog the Despicable, is a stand-up guy! He wouldn't cheat you..."