Conan the Wizard...is it a problem?

[zot]

Originally Posted by Anaraxes

He also never got better at spellcasting. Elric's a good example of why game systems shouldn't force a D&D style zero-to-hero development path on the players. Elric starts out being pretty "high level" -- few can match his knowledge of magic and inherited pacts from his background -- with about the only improvement being acquiring Stormbringer, and that was mostly about improving his physical stats, not his mental ones.

One of the things I originally liked about GURPS is that the rules encouraged you to just build a hero and go play, without being required to kill lots of giant rats outside the city gates to level up for a while.

Of course Elric trained as a sorcerer for 1000 years and he is an incarnation of the most powerful being in the Multiverse, the Eternal Champion. It's hard to improve on that... 😀

[Tywyll]

Originally Posted by Anaraxes

He also never got better at spellcasting. Elric's a good example of why game systems shouldn't force a D&D style zero-to-hero development path on the players. Elric starts out being pretty "high level" -- few can match his knowledge of magic and inherited pacts from his background -- with about the only improvement being acquiring Stormbringer, and that was mostly about improving his physical stats, not his mental ones.

One of the things I originally liked about GURPS is that the rules encouraged you to just build a hero and go play, without being required to kill lots of giant rats outside the city gates to level up for a while.

Yeah, pulp characters, like the super-heroes they gave birth do, didn't tend to change a lot. I imagine it made it easier for the writer to sell short stories with the same characters...brand recognition.