06-24-2013, 11:11 PM | #11 |
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Re: Min/Max of Attributes
I wouldn't put a cap on attributes but rather simply ask for a concept. If the concept goes with your setting and the story you and your players want to tell, allow it and let them take whatever stats make sense.
As far as Star Trek goes, command officers can absolutely be given iq 12 or Dix 12 based on references to them being the best and the brightest with tough training. I would encourage bang skills or talents based on their department (ie helmsman! Or helmsman talent) rather than über iq.
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06-24-2013, 11:27 PM | #12 |
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True enough, though I'd state it a wee differently:
Maximum believable ST is amenable to reality checking: it's easy enough to demonstrate that, say, 13 is too low as a human max and ST 30 is too high. The other attributes are entirely abstract and have no basis for reality checking. Whether the maximum believable DX is 15 or 20 or some other number is really up to the GM's sense of feel and game play. (For GMs who don't have a clear sense of that, though, suggestions from the game designers and from threads like this are great stuff!)
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Conclusion: Effective Lifting ST 18~ sounds fine for people with Skill 25. Effective Lifting ST of 15~ sounds fine for people with Skill 25 and Will 20. Less skilled and less willful individuals will see the minimum ST requirements to pull those stunts off go up by a not-insignificant amount. |
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For other species, which rule of thumb do the wise denizens of the GURPS forums prefer?
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ST 10, BL 20 ST 15, BL 45, x2.25 of BL 20 ST 18, BL 65, x3.25 of BL 20 So if your alien race as a racial BL of 29 (about times and a half stronger than we are) (ST 12), then its' maximum should be either BL 62.25 (ST 18~) or BL 94.25 (ST 22~). ... depending on whether you are allowing cinematic to superhuman levels of Will. |
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Is it unrealistic to say human max IQ is 15, human max Will is 20, human max ST is 15, human max Lifting ST is 18?
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