GURPS Exalted - Once More, From The Top

[Jürgen Hubert]

New Technique:

Historical Developments - Average

The character has developed and trained with past developments in a particular TL skill. Each level in this technique reduces the penalties for working with earlier TLs than the specific TL of the skill indicates by one (see GURPS Basic Set, p. 168 for the penalties). If the "base TL" of the character allows it, he may "upgrade" his lower-TL skills by one TL by purchasing two levels of this technique for IQ-based TL skills or one level for other TL skills.


Wonder-Forging Genius
Cost: None
Ability: Craft or Lore
Prerequisites: Any five Craft-associated skills or any five Lore-associated skills at a level at least equal to (desired TL+10).

The genius of the Copper Spiders will not be constrained by the primitive knowledge of mortal sages and artisans. This charm allows the character to purchase the High TL advantage to gain a base TL beyond that of the world surrounding them (which is generally TL3 or lower in Creation of the Age of Sorrows). The maximum TL permissible is (lowest of all prerequisite skills)-10. This limit is in place instead of the normal limitations for permanent charms.

Designer's Notes: TL10 seems appropriate for the maximum TL that a Solar below the age of 100 can attain, so I went with that. Note, however, that a Solar still needs to learn the fundamental basics of a particular TL skill, and most common knowledge about a particular skill in the Age of Sorrows will be at TL3 at best (unless he can discover a First Age database), so he will have to repeatedly upgrade the TL of the skill by taking the Historical Developments technique above. Also note that due to the fundamental differences of the laws of nature of Creation (as it is essentially an artifact that imposes the "laws of nature" upon the Wyld), the TL progression of Creation diverges after TL3, and thus TL10 would effectively be TL3+7 in crossover campaigns.