03-28-2011, 10:23 PM | #1 | |
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Albuquerque, NM
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[Psionics] GURPS Delta Green: Now with 100% more exploding heads
Okay, so it won't quite be Scanners, but I've decided to allow the PCs to have psionics in my upcoming Delta Green game.
Inspired by the recent thread on the frequency of different types of abilities, I've decided to adopt RPK's distribution, but scaled so that the frequency of occurrence is Uncommon (1 psi per 100,000): Quote:
However, to get the appropriate distribution of powers amongst PCs I'm only allowing Anti-Psi to buy latent abilities with no UB. PCs may pick up Telepathy, Probability Alteration, Psychokinesis, and ESP abilities for a 5 point UB. I'm just not allowing Astral Projection, Psychic Vampirism, Ergokinesis, Psychic Healing, or Teleportation as PC abilities. They will be reserved for freaky NPCs and ritualistic serial murderers. PCs may only have one Power, with an upper limit of 2 on Talent at character creation and 4 for the game. Barring some weird extraterrestrial psi-enhancing drug that comes with boatloads of horrible side-effects, of course. I'll be using the rules for Strange Uncertain Powers, and given there's no one to teach psis Psi Skills, it should be interesting trying to improve. Finally, being a psi makes you more sensitive to the effect of some supernatural critters. I'm currently thinking it effectively gives Susceptible (-4, HfOoTaS), though eventually psis can buy that off with repeated exposure to the point that they're only as likely as everyone else to go bonkers when they see Cthulhu. Anywho, this is mostly just brainstorming, putting my thought on paper. Basically I'm shooting for a slightly more optimistic DG where psi just might be a tool that humans could use to get on a slightly more even footing with all the other nasties out there without turning us into serial murdering cultists, if the psis can survive long enough to learn a thing or two, avoid getting captured and trucked off to a lab by the enemy, and also avoid getting a 9mm retirement plan from their own bosses who think they've been corrupted. Thoughts, spitballing, other assorted shenanigans? Last edited by Crakkerjakk; 03-28-2011 at 11:53 PM. |
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04-26-2016, 03:14 AM | #2 |
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Italy
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Re: [Psionics] GURPS Delta Green: Now with 100% more exploding heads
I know I'm late...
So how did things work out? I was planning to do the (somewhat) opposite (and ask what are your thoughts): I'm thinking about a very low powered psi in Delta Green. The rare individuals who possess psi have almost exclusively esp related powers (and no "flashy" stuff), and all have "Visions" (very helpful to boost the feel for horror). Moreover I was thinking about giving every non-psi "Skeptic"... Of course, situations might arise where pcs might get other powers (Psychotronics...). |
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delta green, psionic campaigns, psionic powers |
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