Very Short Note On Accessories

[Tallor]

I think the Accessory perk is massively underrated, especially for weird monsters.

Need a tiny lantern archon? Lantern perk.

A "craftsman's assistant" wood golem? Wood saw perk.

Clockwork creature with lots of doodads? All the tool perks, plus a somewhat reliable Clock perk.

What do you think? :)

[aesir23]

Don't underestimate:

Cosmic Modular Ability (1 Point; Trait Limited: Accessory Perks) [5]

This is what I'd give to the clockwork creature above.

[Dalillama]

Originally Posted by aesir23

Don't underestimate:

Cosmic Modular Ability (1 Point; Trait Limited: Accessory Perks) [5]

This is what I'd give to the clockwork creature above.

I'd probably give it 2 points worth, in case you need more than one tool at a time.

[Varyon]

Originally Posted by aesir23

Don't underestimate:

Cosmic Modular Ability (1 Point; Trait Limited: Accessory Perks) [5]

This is what I'd give to the clockwork creature above.

As an aside, I never considered it before, but that's a pretty decent justification for GURPS' "5 is All" mentality regarding Traits (for a large number of traits, paying 5x as much gets you all versions of it - Off-Hand Training vs Ambidexterity as an example).

[aesir23]

Originally Posted by Dalillama

I'd probably give it 2 points worth, in case you need more than one tool at a time.

You could do that sure.

I'd probably just pick one or two that I might need to use with other tools (flashlight, FREX) and buy those as a separate Accessory Perk.

It only takes a ready maneuver to switch modules, after all.

[Andreas]

Originally Posted by aesir23

Don't underestimate:

Cosmic Modular Ability (1 Point; Trait Limited: Accessory Perks) [5]

This is what I'd give to the clockwork creature above.

Accessory Perks are physical advantages which means that you would need the +50% Physical enhancement, so the cost would be 10 points.

[PK]

In a cinematic game, I'd be okay with the concept of a wildcard perk here: Accessory (Toolkit!) [3]. There's enough potential for abuse that I wouldn't open up the idea without restriction, but it's a fair cost (IMO) for this particular case.

[Anthony]

I think of the Accessory perk as really just a hybrid of Signature Gear and Payload; my base rule of thumb would be '25% of starting wealth and 10% of BL', as that's half a point of signature gear and half a point of Payload with 'One Item Only, -50%'.