Perks, can we have too many?

[Gudiomen]

Originally Posted by the_matrix_walker

The beauty of GURPS is that there are no barriers and you can play whatever you want! So you have to sit a new player down, and ask what they want and let em watch you cook for em

It's a cookbook! A Cookbook!

Sorry, couldn't resist.

But seriously, that's what the books are about. Templates can help, but they are rather chunky and intimidating to look at, lots of numbers and weird arcane names for the new player.

[Not another shrubbery]

Originally Posted by Gudiomen

It's a cookbook!

That's something I never got... Why did the Kanamits leave the book anyway :?

<on topic> No... although talk of a sequel is too early IMO.

[cmdicely]

Originally Posted by Gudiomen

But seriously, that's what the books are about. Templates can help, but they are rather chunky and intimidating to look at, lots of numbers and weird arcane names for the new player.

The presentation could probably be made less intimidating by presenting them somewhat less compactly and separating out the choices from the fixed portions; the compact presentation makes sense to manage page count, but may not be the most accessible for use, especially by new players.

[Mailanka]

Originally Posted by cmdicely

The presentation could probably be made less intimidating by presenting them somewhat less compactly and separating out the choices from the fixed portions; the compact presentation makes sense to manage page count, but may not be the most accessible for use, especially by new players.

If you toss the book at them and say "make a character!" sure. But if you make the character with them, you shouldn't have a problem. At least, I don't.

"ST is this, DX is that, IQ is this, blah blah. You get these advantages, and now you have to choose X points from this small, easy list. Still need some help? Well, for your concept, I rather like this advantage and that one. I see you're eying that one over there, well, we can do this and that, how about that?"

It's MUCH easier than sifting through the entire book, and it's no harder than making a D&D character, IMO.