House Rule: Fixing 'High' Attributes?

~~evileeyore~~ · 07-12-2015, 10:17 PM

One of the things about GURPS attributes that bugs me is that once it becomes cheaper to just raise a stat than the individual skills... the character begins to become better at everything connected to the attribute, not just those skills.

As a GM (and to some smaller degree) as a player this annoys me. To this end I propose and (and ask for commentary on) two possible house rules:

So I'm proposing "The Skill Rule of 16": When buying and defaulting skills attributes are capped at 16.

This actually gives Talents a place to shine and stops the obnoxious "With IQ 20, I have almost every skill at 14-16 for 'free'."

Your opinions? Will this break things? Will it solve my issue or am I missing something fundamental?

07-12-2015, 10:17 PM	#1
~~evileeyore~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: 100 hurricane swamp	House Rule: Fixing 'High' Attributes? One of the things about GURPS attributes that bugs me is that once it becomes cheaper to just raise a stat than the individual skills... the character begins to become better at everything connected to the attribute, not just those skills. As a GM (and to some smaller degree) as a player this annoys me. To this end I propose and (and ask for commentary on) two possible house rules: So I'm proposing "The Skill Rule of 16": When buying and defaulting skills attributes are capped at 16. This actually gives Talents a place to shine and stops the obnoxious "With IQ 20, I have almost every skill at 14-16 for 'free'." Your opinions? Will this break things? Will it solve my issue or am I missing something fundamental?