[OOC] Worlds of Fire

[Totem]

Originally Posted by Frosty

Advantages [10]:

Jumper (Time) [0]
Jumper (World) [0]
Language Talent [10]
Resistant to Disease (+8) [5]
Social Regard +1 (Respected) [5]
Talent (Healer 1) [10]

Please recalculate this total and adjust the character sheet accordingly; you're at 270 points at present.

Originally Posted by Frosty

Diagnosis/TL8 (Human) (IQ/Hard) +1* [6]
First Aid/TL8 (Human) (IQ/Easy) +4* [4]
Physiology/TL8 (Human) (IQ/Hard) +1* [7]
Surgery/TL8 (Human) (IQ/Very Hard) +1* [10]

* Default from Physician/TL8 (Human).

I still have to review this way of handling it properly; it's looking awkward to handle at present, but I'll see what I can come up with.

Originally Posted by Frosty

Type: Psi (World and Time).
Prep time: Needs to enter a trance at will. Requires one minute of complete concentration and a successful Will roll, at -1 per additional attempt per hour. A Will roll must be made to break the trance and appear at the target destination. If failed, Lucie continues to jump through worlds and time, but can try to break the trance again after five minutes. On a critical failure, Lucie arrives at the wrong destination.
Steerable: Yes.
Other enhancements/ limitations: The advantage is a psi ability within the Teleportation power. Anything that blocks Teleportation will block it, but it can benefit from Teleportation Talent.

Just "Psi"? I was hoping for some kind of background details about how a person with no background in Weird Things ended up being a world jumper.

[Totem]

Is something going on? The activity on the forum (or the PbP section anyway) seems to have hit a go slow.

[Lamech]

I got a few database errors today, in the morning. Wouldn't be surprised if people gave up on it for the day after that...

[Talosian]

Finals.

That is all.

(Luckily, they only last for a little while.)

[Lamech]

Those are hitting me too.

[ErhnamDJ]

Originally Posted by Totem

Is something going on? The activity on the forum (or the PbP section anyway) seems to have hit a go slow.

I've been trying to give the others a chance to catch up.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Totem

Please recalculate this total and adjust the character sheet accordingly; you're at 270 points at present.

D:

My bad. That will be fixed.

Originally Posted by Totem

I still have to review this way of handling it properly; it's looking awkward to handle at present, but I'll see what I can come up with.

I re-calculated the point costs just now and I'm certain that they're correct. I did bump First Aid 19 up to First Aid 20 (costing an additional 4 points).

Originally Posted by Totem

Just "Psi"? I was hoping for some kind of background details about how a person with no background in Weird Things ended up being a world jumper.

While on a mission in Africa, Lucie learned the "Autotrance" ability from an elderly witchdoctor after she treated his sleeping sickness. He also gave her a gift, a walking staff fashioned from a broken tree branch with various religious scriptures and symbols carved into it. Although Lucie's teleportation powers are psionic, the trance and staff act as a vessel or medium through which she jumps - sort of like a wizard and his wand. She herself is inclined to believe that she is mundane and that the trance and Jesus stick are magical, because they were given to her by an African witchdoctor and she had not experienced world or time jumping prior to this. The trance and staff aren't particularly supernatural, but she doesn't know that.

Does that make sense? I hope it does. And I hope it's not too cliché. :-S

Spoiler:  

Lucie Bertrand [250 Points]

Lucie Bertrand was born to a wealthy, aristocratic Parisian family who afforded her the luxury of an education at the Lycée Janson de Sailly and the benefits of multilingualism. After graduating from Janson with a Baccalauréat, Lucie travelled to Switzerland and enrolled in the University of Zurich. She studied medicine for six years, earning a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree upon graduation. Lucie had originally planned to return to France to practice medicine, but while she was at a convention in Geneva she heard about the Médecins Sans Frontières, a humanitarian-aid organisation that provided medical aid to war-torn regions and developing countries facing diseases.

Lucie joined MSF and ended up travelling the world helping people throughout Africa and Asia, experiencing strange and mysterious cultures. While at a One day, after returning from a mission in Libya, Lucie heard about "The Fight" against "The Blazen". Naturally, she volunteered and was drafted into The Front Line.

Basic Attributes [160]:

ST - 10 [0]
DX - 12 [40]
IQ - 15 [100]
HT - 12 [20]

Secondary Characteristics [0]:

Damage (Thrust/Swing): 1d-2/1d
Basic Lift: 20 lbs.

HP - 10 [0]
Will - 15 [0]
Per - 15 [0]
FP - 12 [0]

Basic Speed: 6.00 [0]
Dodge: 9
Basic Move: 6 [0]

Build [0]:

5′4″, 120 lbs. (SM 0).

Age and Beauty [4]:

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/5...acaminades.jpg

Age: 29 years old
Physical Appearance: Attractive [4]

Social Background [21]:

Technology Level: 8 [0]
Culture: Arabic [1]
South Asian [1]
Sub-Saharan African [1]
Western European [0]
Language: English (Native) [4]
French (Native) [0]
German (Native) [4]
Italian (Native) [4]
Maghrebi Arabic (Accented) [2]
Singhalese (Accented) [2]
Swahili (Accented) [2]

Wealth and Influence [0]:

Wealth: Average [0]
Reputation: 0 [0]
Importance: Status 0 [0]

Advantages [31]:

Jumper (Time) [0]
Jumper (World) [0]
Language Talent [10]
Resistant to Disease (+8) [5]
Signature Gear (Prayer Stick) [1]
Social Regard +1 (Respected) [5]
Talent (Healer 1) [10]

Perks [2]:

Accessory (Personal Poison Snooper) [0]
Autotrance [1]
Honest Face [1]

Disadvantages [-45]:

Bad Sight (Nearsighted; Mitigator, Eyeglasses, -60%) [-10]
Code of Honor (Professional; Hippocratic Oath) [-5]
Pacifism (Cannot Harm Innocents) [-10]
Sense of Duty (Small Group; Counter-Insurgency Team 106) [-5]
Vow (Great Vow; Never refuse any request for aid) [-15]

Quirks [-5]:

Alcohol Intolerance [-1]
Congenial [-1]
Humble [-1]
Incompetence (Guns) [-1]
Responsive [-1]

Skills [82]:

Biology/TL8 (Earthlike/Biochemistry) (IQ/Very Hard) +1 [12]
Boating/TL8 (Motorboat) (DX/Average) -1 [1]
Boating/TL8 (Unpowered) (DX/Average) -1 [1]
Climbing (DX/Average) -1 [1]
Cooking (IQ/Average) -1 [1]
Diagnosis/TL8 (Human) (IQ/Hard) +1* [6]
Diplomacy (IQ/Hard) -2 [1]
Driving/TL8 (IQ/Average) (Automobile) -1 [1]
Electronics Operation/TL8 (Medical) (IQ/Average) +1 [4]
Electronics Repair/TL8 (Medical) (IQ/Average) -1 [1]
First Aid/TL8 (Human) (IQ/Easy) +5* [8]
Hiking (HT/Average) -1 [1]
Knife (DX/Easy) +0 [1]
Mechanic/TL8 (Automobile) (IQ/Average) -1 [1]
Naturalist (Earthlike) (IQ/Hard) -2 [1]
Pharmacy/TL8 (Herbal) (IQ/Hard) -2 [1]
Physician/TL8 (Human) (IQ/Hard) +3 [16]
Physiology/TL8 (Human) (IQ/Hard) +1* [7]
Poisons/TL8 (IQ/Hard) -2 [1]
Savoir-Faire (IQ/Easy) +0 [1]
Scrounging (Per/Easy) +0 [1]
Surgery/TL8 (Human) (IQ/Very Hard) +1* [10]
Survival (Per/Average) (Earthlike/Desert) -1 [1]
Survival (Per/Average) (Earthlike/Jungle) -1 [1]
Survival (Per/Average) (Earthlike/Plains) -1 [1]
Swimming (HT/Easy) +0 [1]

* Default from Physician/TL8 (Human).

Summary:

[160] + [4] + [21] + [31] + [2] + [-45] + [-5] + [82] = 250

Equipment:

Under revision.

[Frosty]

This is the revised character sheet.

Spoiler:  

Lucie Bertrand [250 Points]

Lucie Bertrand was born to a wealthy, aristocratic Parisian family who afforded her the luxury of an education at the Lycée Janson de Sailly and the benefits of multilingualism. After graduating from Janson with a Baccalauréat, Lucie travelled to Switzerland and enrolled in the University of Zurich. She studied medicine for six years, earning a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree upon graduation. Lucie had originally planned to return to France to practice medicine, but while she was at a convention in Geneva she heard about the Médecins Sans Frontières, a humanitarian-aid organisation that provided medical aid to war-torn regions and developing countries facing diseases.

Lucie joined MSF and ended up travelling the world helping people throughout Africa and Asia, experiencing strange and mysterious cultures. While on a mission in Africa, Lucie learned the "Autotrance" ability from an elderly witchdoctor after she treated his sleeping sickness. He also gave her a gift, a walking staff fashioned from a broken tree branch with various religious scriptures and symbols carved into it. Lucie discovered that they could used to travel through time and to parallel worlds, though she never told anyone. One day, after returning from a mission in Libya, Lucie was approached by a man claiming to be from "the Western Harbour". He asked her to join up in "The Fight" against "The Blazen". Naturally, Lucie accepted and was drafted into The Front Line.

Basic Attributes [150]:

ST - 10 [0]
DX - 13 [60]
IQ - 13 [60]
HT - 13 [30]

Secondary Characteristics [6]:

Damage (Thrust/Swing): 1d-2/1d
Basic Lift: 20 lbs.

HP - 13 [6]
Will - 13 [0]
Per - 13 [0]
FP - 13 [0]

Basic Speed: 6.50 [0]
Dodge: 9
Basic Move: 6 [0]

Build [0]:

5′4″, 120 lbs. (SM 0).

Age and Beauty [4]:

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/5...acaminades.jpg

Age: 29 years old
Physical Appearance: Attractive [4]

Social Background [21]:

Technology Level: 8 [0]
Culture: Arabic [1]
South Asian [1]
Sub-Saharan African [1]
Western European [0]
Language: English (Native) [4]
French (Native) [0]
German (Native) [4]
Italian (Native) [4]
Maghrebi Arabic (Accented) [2]
Singhalese (Accented) [2]
Swahili (Accented) [2]

Wealth and Influence [0]:

Wealth: Average [0]
Reputation: 0 [0]
Importance: Status 0 [0]

Advantages [46]:

Empathy [15]
Intuition [15]
Jumper (Time) [0]
Jumper (World) [0]
Language Talent [10]
Resistant to Disease (+8) [5]
Signature Gear (Prayer Stick) [1]
Social Regard +1 (Respected) [5]
Talent (Healer 1) [10]

Perks [4]:

Accessory (Personal Poison Snooper) [0]
Autotrance [1]
Honest Face [1]
No Hangover [1]
Weapon Bond (Prayer Stick) [1]

Disadvantages [-45]:

Bad Sight (Nearsighted; Mitigator, Eyeglasses, -60%) [-10]
Code of Honor (Professional; Hippocratic Oath) [-5]
Pacifism (Cannot Harm Innocents) [-10]
Sense of Duty (Small Group; Counter-Insurgency Team 106) [-5]
Vow (Great Vow; Never refuse any request for aid) [-15]

Quirks [-5]:

Alcohol Intolerance [-1]
Congenial [-1]
Humble [-1]
Incompetence (Guns) [-1]
Responsive [-1]

Skills [53]:

Axe/Mace (A) DX-1 [1]-12
Biology/TL8 (Earthlike/Biochemistry) (VH) IQ-3 [1]-10
Boating/TL8 (Motorboat) (A) DX-1 [1]-12
Boating/TL8 (Unpowered) (A) DX-1 [1]-12
Climbing (A) DX-1 [1]-12
Computer Operation/TL8 (E) IQ+0 [1]-13
Cooking (A) IQ-1 [1]-12
Diagnosis/TL8 (Human) (H) IQ+1 [8]-14
Diplomacy (H) IQ-2 [1]-11
Driving/TL8 (A) (Automobile) IQ-1 [1]-12
Electronics Operation/TL8 (Medical) (IQ/Average) IQ-1 [1]-12
Hiking (A) HT-1 [1]-12
Hobby Skill (Bird Watching) (E) IQ+0 [1]-13
Knife (E) DX+0 [1]-13
Mechanic/TL8 (Automobile) (A) IQ-1 [1]-12
Naturalist (Earthlike) (H) IQ-2 [1]-11
Navigation/TL8 (A) IQ-1 [1]-12
Pharmacy/TL8 (Herbal) (H) IQ-2 [1]-11
Pharmacy/TL8 (Synthetic) (H) IQ+0 [1]-13
Physician/TL8 (Human) (H) IQ+2 [12]-15
Physiology/TL8 (Human) (H) IQ-1 [2]-12
Poisons/TL8 (H) IQ-2 [1]-11
Psychology (H) IQ-2 [1]-11
Research/TL8 (A) IQ-1 [1]-12
Savoir-Faire (High Society) (E) IQ+0 [1]-13
Scrounging (E) Per+0 [1]-13
Staff (A) DX-1 [1]-12
Surgery/TL8 (Human) (VH) IQ-1 [4]-12
Survival (A) (Earthlike/Desert) Per-1 [1]-12
Survival (A) (Earthlike/Jungle) Per-1 [1]-12
Survival (A) (Earthlike/Plains) Per-1 [1]-12
Swimming (E) HT+0 [1]-13

Summary:

[150] + [6] + [21] + [46] + [4] + [-45] + [-5] + [53] = 250

Equipment:

a pair of Eyeglasses (TL5). $150, neg. LC4.
a Camouflage Uniform (TL7). $45, 2.3 lbs.
a Pilot's Survival Vest (TL7). $250, 5 lbs. LC4.
a pair of Leather Gloves (TL7). $15, 0.3 lb.
a pair of Jungle Boots (TL7). $75, 3 lbs.
a Prayer Stick (TL0). 5 lbs.
a Backpack, Small (TL5). $120, 3 lbs. LC4.
a Survival Knife (TL7). $30, 0.9 lb.
a Survival Tool (TL7). $100, 2 lbs.
a Water Bottle (TL8). $10, 2.5 lbs. LC4.
a Crash Kit (TL8). $200, 10 lbs. LC3.

Cost: $1,000
Weight: 34.1 lbs.

Assuming that I had $4,000 to spend, I now have $3,000.

[Totem]

Originally Posted by Frosty

While on a mission in Africa, Lucie learned the "Autotrance" ability from an elderly witchdoctor after she treated his sleeping sickness. He also gave her a gift, a walking staff fashioned from a broken tree branch with various religious scriptures and symbols carved into it. Although Lucie's teleportation powers are psionic, the trance and staff act as a vessel or medium through which she jumps - sort of like a wizard and his wand. She herself is inclined to believe that she is mundane and that the trance and Jesus stick are magical, because they were given to her by an African witchdoctor and she had not experienced world or time jumping prior to this. The trance and staff aren't particularly supernatural, but she doesn't know that.

Does that make sense? I hope it does. And I hope it's not too cliché. :-S

Looks good. Maybe throw in a Delusion or Delusion-limitation for "Believes Jumper ability is in the staff", so she can't actually use the ability (except in a limited manner) without the staff. I had something similar with a (psi) teleporter who'll be turning up in Worlds of Fire who believes that his Warp ability is a divine gift and so believes that he can't activate it without invoking his deity's name; he can, but it takes a very tricky situation and a Self Control roll to manage it.

Originally Posted by Frosty

Advantages [46]:

Empathy [15]
Intuition [15]
Language Talent [10]
Resistant to Disease (+8) [5]
Signature Gear (Prayer Stick) [1]
Social Regard +1 (Respected) [5]
Talent (Healer 1) [10]

15+15+10+5+1+5+10 = 61 points.

Originally Posted by Frosty

Skills [53]:

Pharmacy/TL8 (Synthetic) (H) IQ+0 [1]-13

I can't work out what's happened here, but even dropping this skill down to 1 point (IQ+0 would be 4 points) I still make it to be 54 points.

I make your current total to be 254. Take a look around, there are a couple of automated GURPS character sheets, either HTML or Excel based. I made my own in Excel, and it isn't as flexible as some, but it's fairly robust for most stuff. Give me somewhere to put it and I'll pass a copy to you.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Totem

Looks good. Maybe throw in a Delusion or Delusion-limitation for "Believes Jumper ability is in the staff", so she can't actually use the ability (except in a limited manner) without the staff. I had something similar with a (psi) teleporter who'll be turning up in Worlds of Fire who believes that his Warp ability is a divine gift and so believes that he can't activate it without invoking his deity's name; he can, but it takes a very tricky situation and a Self Control roll to manage it.

Done.

Originally Posted by Totem

15+15+10+5+1+5+10 = 61 points.

My bad, I missed that. Thanks for pointing it out.

Originally Posted by Totem

I can't work out what's happened here, but even dropping this skill down to 1 point (IQ+0 would be 4 points) I still make it to be 54 points.

I make your current total to be 254. Take a look around, there are a couple of automated GURPS character sheets, either HTML or Excel based. I made my own in Excel, and it isn't as flexible as some, but it's fairly robust for most stuff. Give me somewhere to put it and I'll pass a copy to you.

Thanks for your patience. I'm not used to building characters with such high point totals.

Spoiler:  

Lucie Bertrand [250 Points]

Lucie Bertrand was born to a wealthy, aristocratic Parisian family who afforded her the luxury of an education at the Lycée Janson de Sailly and the benefits of multilingualism. After graduating from Janson with a Baccalauréat, Lucie travelled to Switzerland and enrolled in the University of Zurich. She studied medicine for six years, earning a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree upon graduation. Lucie had originally planned to return to France to practice medicine, but while she was at a convention in Geneva she heard about the Médecins Sans Frontières, a humanitarian-aid organisation that provided medical aid to war-torn regions and developing countries facing diseases.

Lucie joined MSF and ended up travelling the world helping people throughout Africa and Asia, experiencing strange and mysterious cultures. While on a mission in Africa, Lucie treated an elderly witchdoctor for sleeping sickness and in return he gave her a gift, a walking staff fashioned from a broken tree branch with various religious scriptures and symbols carved into it. Lucie discovered that the staff to travel through time and to parallel worlds, though she never told anyone. One day, after returning from a mission in Libya, Lucie was approached by a man claiming to be from "the Western Harbour". He asked her to join up in "The Fight" against "The Blazen". Naturally, Lucie accepted and was drafted into The Front Line.

Basic Attributes [150]:

ST - 10 [0]
DX - 13 [60]
IQ - 13 [60]
HT - 13 [30]

Secondary Characteristics [6]:

Damage (Thrust/Swing): 1d-2/1d
Basic Lift: 20 lbs.

HP - 13 [6]
Will - 13 [0]
Per - 13 [0]
FP - 13 [0]

Basic Speed: 6.50 [0]
Dodge: 9
Basic Move: 6 [0]

Build [0]:

5′4″, 120 lbs. (SM 0).

Age and Beauty [4]:

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/5...acaminades.jpg

Age: 29 years old
Physical Appearance: Attractive [4]

Social Background [21]:

Technology Level: 8 [0]
Culture: Arabic [1]
South Asian [1]
Sub-Saharan African [1]
Western European [0]
Language: English (Native) [4]
French (Native) [0]
German (Native) [4]
Italian (Native) [4]
Maghrebi Arabic (Accented) [2]
Singhalese (Accented) [2]
Swahili (Accented) [2]

Wealth and Influence [0]:

Wealth: Average [0]
Reputation: 0 [0]
Importance: Status 0 [0]

Advantages [61]:

Empathy [15]
Intuition [15]
Jumper (Time) (Cannot Escort, Stunning) [0]
Jumper (World) (Cannot Escort, Stunning) [0]
Language Talent [10]
Resistant to Disease (+8) [5]
Signature Gear (Prayer Stick) [1]
Social Regard +1 (Respected) [5]
Talent (Healer 1) [10]

Perks [1]:

Accessory (Personal Poison Snooper) [0]
Weapon Bond (Prayer Stick) [1]

Disadvantages [-50]:

Bad Sight (Nearsighted; Mitigator, Eyeglasses, -60%) [-10]
Code of Honor (Professional; Hippocratic Oath) [-5]
Pacifism (Cannot Harm Innocents) [-10]
Minor Delusion ("The prayer stick is magical.") [-5]
Sense of Duty (Small Group; Counter-Insurgency Team 106) [-5]
Vow (Great Vow; Never refuse any request for aid) [-15]

Skills [57]:

Biology/TL8 (Earthlike/Biochemistry) (VH) IQ-3 [1]-10
Boating/TL8 (Motorboat) (A) DX-1 [1]-12
Boating/TL8 (Unpowered) (A) DX-1 [1]-12
Climbing (A) DX-1 [1]-12
Computer Operation/TL8 (E) IQ+0 [1]-13
Connoisseur (Wine) (A) IQ-1 [1]-12
Cooking (A) IQ-1 [1]-12
Current Affairs (Science & Technology) (E) IQ+0 [1]-13
Diagnosis/TL8 (Human) (H) IQ+1 [8]-14
Diplomacy (H) IQ-2 [1]-11
Driving/TL8 (A) (Automobile) IQ-1 [1]-12
Electronics Operation/TL8 (Medical) (IQ/Average) IQ-1 [1]-12
Hiking (A) HT-1 [1]-12
Hobby Skill (Bird Watching) (E) IQ+0 [1]-13
Knife (E) DX+0 [1]-13
Naturalist (Earthlike) (H) IQ-2 [1]-11
Navigation/TL8 (A) IQ-1 [1]-12
Pharmacy/TL8 (Herbal) (H) IQ-2 [1]-11
Pharmacy/TL8 (Synthetic) (H) IQ+0 [4]-13
Physician/TL8 (Human) (H) IQ+2 [12]-15
Physiology/TL8 (Human) (H) IQ-1 [2]-12
Poisons/TL8 (H) IQ-2 [1]-11
Psychology (H) IQ-2 [1]-11
Research/TL8 (A) IQ-1 [1]-12
Savoir-Faire (High Society) (E) IQ+0 [1]-13
Scrounging (E) Per+0 [1]-13
Staff (A) DX-1 [1]-12
Surgery/TL8 (Human) (VH) IQ-1 [4]-12
Survival (A) (Earthlike/Desert) Per-1 [1]-12
Survival (A) (Earthlike/Jungle) Per-1 [1]-12
Survival (A) (Earthlike/Plains) Per-1 [1]-12
Swimming (E) HT+0 [1]-13

Summary:

[150] + [6] + [4] + [21] + [61] + [1] + [-50] + [57] = 250

Equipment:

a pair of Eyeglasses (TL5). $150, neg. LC4.
a Camouflage Uniform (TL7). $45, 2.3 lbs.
a Pilot's Survival Vest (TL7). $250, 5 lbs. LC4.
a pair of Leather Gloves (TL7). $15, 0.3 lb.
a pair of Jungle Boots (TL7). $75, 3 lbs.
a Prayer Stick (TL0). 5 lbs.
a Backpack, Small (TL5). $120, 3 lbs. LC4.
a Survival Knife (TL7). $30, 0.9 lb.
a Pocket Knife (TL7). $5, 0.1 lb.
a Survival Tool (TL7). $100, 2 lbs.
a Water Bottle (TL8). $10, 2.5 lbs. LC4.
a Crash Kit (TL8). $200, 10 lbs. LC3.

Cost: $1,000
Weight: 34.1 lbs.

Assuming that I had $4,000 to spend, I now have $3,000.