GURPS: Dwarf Fortress

[Nogford]

I can't help but notice that it seems a rather elegant fit.

Both GURPS and Dwarf Fortress have a number of things in common; an emphasis on detail and appeal to simulationists, lethal combat, scenarios where seemingly mundane skills (e.g. Weaving) could conceivably make a big difference.

So basically, I have two questions:

1. What are your thoughts on adapting Dwarf Fortress to GURPS?
2. Would you be interested in seeing a small, unofficial PDF on the subject?

[Starship]

How would you model Dorfs reliance on alcohol? They don't need to it survive but they are unhappy if they don't get it. When drinking they work faster and it doesn't seem to interfere with their jobs.

[Stone Dog]

Bad Temper (Mitigator-Alchohol).

Then take the same principles behind Dionysian magic from GURPS Fantasy and add it as modifiers to advantages that contribute to a productive work environment.

[Kuu]

When I first started playing GURPS, I thought [DF] standed for Dwarf Fortress...

By the way, I'm playing a Dwarf Fortress campaign right now with a few friends, separate with the regular campaign I play with my group. It's easy to adapt because all of the monsters have listed weights. For example, we can find that a dragon has around ST 76, and an Kobold has ST 7-8.

I use the following template for dwarves. I use the Mitigator option:

Dwarf (20 points):
Attributes: HT 11 [10].
Secondary Characteristics: FP 12 [3]; Move 4 [-5].
Advantages: Damage Resistance 1 (tough skin, -40%) [3]; Lifting ST 12 [6]; Night Vision 5 [5]; Pickaxe Penchant 1 [5].
Perks: Alcohol Tolerance [1]; Dwarven Gear [1].
Disadvantages: Bad Temper (12) (mitigator: alcohol, -60%) [-4]; Stubbornness [-5].

Note that this doesn't account for the massive amounts of Dwarven stupidity, and their love of magma/death traps.

I also made a Mining skill. It works just like Lifting, but for mining.

[Enoch]

I've used maps generated in Dwarf Fortress to generate hex maps for campaigns, but so far haven't used them.

-Joshua

[makke]

Originally Posted by Nogford

1. Would you be interested in seeing a small, unofficial PDF on the subject?

It's kind of an interesting idea to mix DF with Gurps... I don't have the first idea where to start or to end... Meaning what would be the goal of that? Some kind of variation of this thing with Alpha Centauri that was published for 3e? (meaning a combination of the game + RPG)

In short: Yes, I would be interested in such a pdf. I would certainly download and read it. :)

[griffin]

Originally Posted by Nogford

I can't help but notice that it seems a rather elegant fit.

Both GURPS and Dwarf Fortress have a number of things in common; an emphasis on detail and appeal to simulationists, lethal combat, scenarios where seemingly mundane skills (e.g. Weaving) could conceivably make a big difference.

Is Dwarf Fortress an actual game product? If so do you have a link?

[vierasmarius]

Originally Posted by griffin

Is Dwarf Fortress an actual game product? If so do you have a link?

It sure is. You can download it for free from the developer's site or go here for an installation and gameplay tutorial.

[lvk]

Random thoughts:
- LTC3 looks like one of the essential GURPS Dwarf Fortress supplements.
- Something like Fantasy Tech #: Dwarven Halls (containing things from dwarffortress'y crunchy mining rules to tolkienesque Moria over-the-topness). That's the thing I'd definitely read.
- GURPS Minecraft. There is something in these two words...

[Purple Haze]

Required reading:

http://lparchive.org/Dwarf-Fortress-Boatmurdered/