IOU Freshthings

[Sydney]

To get better used to GURPS Character generation (as well as GCA4), I've decided to have some fun with making characters, and so have decided to work up a cadre of freshthings for GURPS IOU...

Anyone is welcome to post in here as well, and any comments on how to improve what I make is welcome.

So, without furthur adieu, here's...

Seymour Buttz (pronounced Buttes)
Seymour Buttz is a typical member of the Occularian Species from the 6th Planet in the Occulus System. He's nervous, timid, nearsighted, and an aspiring mad scientist. Buttz is in his second semester at IOU...
Race: Occularian
The Occularians average 4 feet in height and are basically giant eyeballs encased in an eye socket. They have two arms, two legs, and no visible mouth, yet they are able to communicate via simple speech.

Attributes [60]
ST 10
DX 10
IQ 13 [60]
HT 10

HP 10
Will 13
Per 13
FP 10

Basic Lift 20
Damage 1d-2/1d

Basic Speed 5
Basic Move 5

Ground Move 5
Water Move 1

Social Background
TL: 9 [0]
Cultural Familiarities: Occularian [0]
Languages: Spoken: Occularian (Native) [0], English (Accented) [1]; Written: Occularian (Native) [0], English (Literate) [1]

Advantages [54]
Appearance (Attractive) [4]
Burning Attack (6) (Accurate (+1); Super; Variable) [30*]
Eidetic Memory [5]
Heat Vision [30]
Intuitive Mathematician [5]
Language Talent [10]
* = item is owned by another, point value is included in the other item.

Perks [1]
Honest Face [1]

Disadvantages [-40]
Bad Sight (Nearsighted; Contact Lens Mitigator) [-10]
One Eye [-15]

Quirks [-5]
Careful [-1]
Duty (Legal Ethics) [-1]
Gets Pink Eye easily [-1]

Skills [30]
Area Knowledge (IOU) IQ/E - IQ+0 13 [1]
Brawling DX/E - DX-1 9 [1]
includes: -1 from 'One Eye'
Computer Operation/TL9 IQ/E - IQ+0 13 [1]
Computer Programming/TL9 IQ/H - IQ-1 12 [2]
Current Affairs/TL9 (Science & Technology) IQ/E - IQ+0 13 [1]
Engineer/TL9 (Electronics) IQ/H - IQ+0 13 [4]
Engineer/TL9 (Microtechnology) IQ/H - IQ+0 13 [4]
Engineer/TL9 (Nuclear) IQ/H - IQ-2 11 [1]
Engineer/TL9 (Parachronic) IQ/H - IQ-2 11 [1]
Housekeeping IQ/E - IQ+0 13 [1]
Mathematics/TL9 (Applied) IQ/H - IQ-2 11 [1]
Mathematics/TL9 (Computer Science) IQ/H - IQ-2 11 [1]
Mathematics/TL9 (Pure) IQ/H - IQ-2 11 [1]
Physics/TL9 IQ/VH - IQ-3 10 [1]
Weird Science IQ/VH - IQ-3 10 [1]
Wet Willy (Brawling) Tech/H - def+3 6 [4]

Stats [60] Ads [54] Disads [-40] Quirks [-5] Skills [30] = Total [100]

Hand Weapons

Ranged Weapons

Armor & Possessions
1 Cell Phone $250 Wgt:.25 Location:
1 Desktop Terminal $500 Wgt:10 Location:
6 Entertainment (TL 9; CL2) $300 Wgt:0 Location:
1 Mini-Camera, Digital $500 Wgt:0 Location:
1 Palmtop $200 Wgt:3 Location:
1 Technical Reference (TL 9; CL3; +2) $200 Wgt:0 Location:
1 TV Set, Mini $150 Wgt:3 Location:
1 Word Processing (TL 9; CL2) $50 Wgt:0 Location:

Notes
Seymour Buttz is in WUSE, specifically in the Department of Weird Science and Culinary Studies. His ultimate goal is to become a Mad Scientist after college and to purchase his own secret lab for experimentation...

[Gef]

ixNae the Distinctive Appearance - unless he looks weird FOR AN OCULARIAN. -GEF

[Sydney]

Originally Posted by Gef

ixNae the Distinctive Appearance - unless he looks weird FOR AN OCULARIAN. -GEF

whoops, forgot to drop it when I edited him.

[Woodman]

Where does the burning attack come from?

[GnomesofZurich]

I'm assuming the Heat Vision and Burning Attack are the same thing (which doesn't explain why it isn't listed as: "Heat Vision (Burning Attack 6, Accurate +1, Super, Variable) [30].

Also, if you want the Heat Vision to be useful, you may want to put at least a point in Innate Attack (Gaze) or whatever the specialty would be, as at current you would have to use it from default.

One other thing to consider about this character is that hit locations and hit location penalties would be much different from a standard character, given the size of the eye.

[Sydney]

Originally Posted by Woodman

Where does the burning attack come from?

GCA threw the Burning Attack on when I selected the Heat Vision, I'm noticing that it doesn't show everything and does some funky things when working stuff up when copied over to a .txt file.

[Sydney]

Originally Posted by GnomesofZurich

I'm assuming the Heat Vision and Burning Attack are the same thing (which doesn't explain why it isn't listed as: "Heat Vision (Burning Attack 6, Accurate +1, Super, Variable) [30].

Also, if you want the Heat Vision to be useful, you may want to put at least a point in Innate Attack (Gaze) or whatever the specialty would be, as at current you would have to use it from default.

One other thing to consider about this character is that hit locations and hit location penalties would be much different from a standard character, given the size of the eye.

The Heat Vision is listed that way because that as how GCA had put it on the character sheet...

As for his lack of skill in using his Heat Vision, he'd basically be the Milhouse the PCs know (more of a hindrance in potential combat situtions, though he does have skills that are useful, and the Prone to Pink Eye is a great way to keep your group from dragging him along on illthought adventures. "Sorry guys, I can't go, my pink eye is contagious..."

[Mark Skarr]

So, something like this?

[Sydney]

Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

So, something like this?

Yep, basically. Though he also wears a contact lens ;-)

[GnomesofZurich]

Originally Posted by Sydney

Yep, basically. Though he also wears a contact lens ;-)

If his Bad Sight is correctable by a Mitigator (such as the afore mentioned contact lens), then it should be -10, not -25 points.