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Old 01-31-2018, 05:44 AM   #11
Anaraxes
 
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Default Re: [Basic] [MA] Slithers, posture, Cannot Kick, and fairness of 0-point features

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Originally Posted by GodBeastX View Post
How does slithering affect jumping?
By RAW, not at all. "Work out Basic Move and use it as your ground Move, just as a legged character would." (Compare with Legless, "You must reduce Basic Move to 0, but you get full points for this." Slithering gives you a choice of Move; both give you points for a reduction.) The jump distance formulas are based on Move.

Note that these Disads (Lame and No Legs) are not the be-all and end-all of a build for a creature lacking legs. Even in the text of those Disads, they point out places where you should reduce Basic Move (even to 0), but still get full points for doing so. Although the reduced ability to move is a logical consequence of many of the sub-forms of these Disads, the reduced Move is accounted for separately.

So, if the concept you're building it bad at jumping because it slithers, you might give it reduced Move in addition to No Legs (Slithers), or perhaps even add an Accessibility, so you have reduced Move (Only for Jumping), but are still normally fast on regular ground.

Also notice that "Slithers" is really "Bounces, Rolls, or Slithers". That covers a lot of territory, some of which might be good at jumping, and some of which might not be. (Then there's the concepts like cartoon cars like Lightning McQueen or Speed Buggy, which always manage to jump just fine despite having Rolls.)

These Disads aren't complete packages, and you'll need to keep the concept in mind to guide you to the right Disads to fill out all the ramifications.

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Old 01-31-2018, 06:26 AM   #12
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Default Re: [Basic] [MA] Slithers, posture, Cannot Kick, and fairness of 0-point features

If you make Mv low enough your not jumping anyway (well in GURPS terms/scale anyway).

This would cover slow RL slitherers like molluscs and other invertebrates etc

Faster ones like snakes can still 'jump' (well they can certainly lunge through the air, the movement is different from an animal with legs).

Specialised jumping slitherers like "flying" snakes would even qualify for increased jumping!
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