A little lost

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by nick99

The characters were level 8, so I think 250pts is a reasonable choice.

Honestly, level 8 might be better fit by a bit more points than that. Perhaps 300 or so?

Originally Posted by nick99

I was advised to limit disadvantages to 35. Is that reasonable? Could I go up to say 50 and let them take a few quirks?

You certainly could go to 50 but I won't say the 35 is a bad idea.

I'd definitely allow the usual 5 quirks in addition to whichever limit, though.

[(E)]

For starting gurps players a lower Disadvantage level is not a bad thing. I'll second the comment about using -5 in quirks and add that leaving a couple of quirks blank at game start is an option too.

If your the GM you can always increase the point total of the characters too.

[Mr_Sandman]

I usually prefer to only have disadvantages that really are core to the character concept and that the player is willing to play, not just add them to get a few more points. As a GM, I'd rather give the character a few extra points than have a disadvantage that I'm going to have to police.

[dcarson]

I'd say they should have at least 1 point in Professional Skill(Innkeeper).

[nick99]

Originally Posted by dcarson

I'd say they should have at least 1 point in Professional Skill(Innkeeper).

Would Bartender be a better fit? I think I'm happy to let everyone take a few quirks, so Stealth and Bartender are definitely skills I can grab.

[sir_pudding]

Isn't there an innkeeper mixed profession lens?

[nick99]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Isn't there an innkeeper mixed profession lens?

I found an innkeeper template that's apparently on Dungeon Fantasy 10 (I don't have the book though.) It's a full 250 point character rather than a lens though.

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by nick99

I found an innkeeper template that's apparently on Dungeon Fantasy 10 (I don't have the book though.) It's a full 250 point character rather than a lens though.

The Innkeeper there is equivalent to a professional adventurer; the party role is a bit of a jack of all trades. It's slightly silly, with a bit of an assumption that you're beaning things with a cast iron frying pan.
There's no 50 point lens for dabbling in that template.

However it's a good template to pillage for things for a character who's got a bit of innkeeper/bartender background. The professional skill is indeed Bartender. It also presents the Improvised Weapons (Kitchenware) perk which lets you treat various kitchen tools as real weapons; since these are cheaper than real weapons, that's pretty handy for a starting character.

[sir_pudding]

I think that I must have made my own 50 point innkeeper lens. Maybe I can find it for you.

[Dalillama]

Here's one from Historical Folks