08-28-2017, 10:57 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Oregon
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Flight and it's special limitations
I wanted to build an Avian racial template for my fantasy game, but I didn't want to give PCs the ability to fully fly. Looking at the special limitations, I noticed Gliding and Small Wings. Small Wings notes "You use your wings to steer and to stabilize your flight – not to lift." Gliding states, "You cannot gain altitude." I don't need both, do I? My template originally had Wings + Gliding. I'm thinking Small Wings would accomplish that as well, right? However, Wings+Gliding makes Flight cost [10]. Small Wings makes Flight cost [36]. Flight on its own is [40]. I must be missing something. Help?
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08-28-2017, 11:13 PM | #2 | |
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
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Re: Flight and it's special limitations
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Since Small Wings are stated not to provide lift, they aren't what holds you up in the air. You have antigravity, or a balloon, or jets, or rotors, or something like that to hold you up. The small wings are just control surfaces. If Small Wings are the only limitation you have, you're functionally a lot like a flying super, with just the need for wings to steer. The flight of a bird, with Wings, uses the wings to provide the lifting force that holds the bird up. If it has Gliding, it has the further limitation that it can't maintain a steady altitude, but has to descend to maintain its speed. If its wings vanished or stopped working, it would fly like a rock. If a creature with Small Wings lost the use of its wings, it would still stay in the air till it chose to descend; it just couldn't steer. See the difference?
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08-28-2017, 11:15 PM | #3 | ||
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Hope all this clears things up! |
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08-28-2017, 11:17 PM | #4 |
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Oregon
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Re: Flight and it's special limitations
You guys are wonderful. Thank you so much.
First time I've gotten a faster response than on the GURPS Discord! haha |
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