Wanted: GURPS Power-Downs 1

[Rocket Man]

Originally Posted by Mgellis

First, I am really sorry for your wife. I know what it's like to worry about a loved one's health. I hope there is something that can be done.

To model this condition, I might use a Secret Disadvantage...-20 points of this would be enough to cover several dangerous and unknown allergies, the kind of things that, using the rules from Bio-Tech, could be lethal allergies, but there is no way for the player character to know exactly what is wrong with him...day by day, as the GM decides to throw new problems at you, you learn about new problems.

Thanks for the kind words. She's doing a lot better these days.

Thinking about the condition made me wonder about something even more complicated -- a case where the unknown or barely-known limitation changes on a regular basis. For example, consider a wizard who is not only cursed with Single-College Magery but has it based on a different college every day. ("I've never seen anyone study as wide a range of magic as Brother Agnus!" "There's a reason ..." )

The more I think about it, the more it sounds like a Disadvantage version of Modular Abilities. :)

[JCurwen3]

Originally Posted by Rocket Man

The more I think about it, the more it sounds like a Disadvantage version of Modular Abilities. :)

Exactly! Secret Disadvantage rules seems like a good start to house rule something like that as a base, but it would be great to have an expanded rule set for variable disadvantages, what Modular Abilities does for positive things.