Equipment Bond modifier missing

otghand · 09-03-2013, 01:36 PM

I have a data set with Basic, Low Tech (Incl. Companions 2 and 3), Power-Ups 2 Perks, and Power-Ups 3 Talents.

The Equipment Bond perk is there, but none of the equipment I have tried to add allows for the Equipment Bond modifier. I have used it with other data sets that included many more books.

Is this expected behavior? Is there code I need to add somewhere to the LT datafile? Equipment Bond was introduced in LT as I recall.

ericbsmith · 09-04-2013, 01:03 AM

There never was an Equipment Bond modifier. Equipment Bond gives a bonus when using a particular piece of equipment (i.e. a Hand Scanner that gives +1 to Electronics Operation (Sensor) when using it). Except for Weapons, no piece of equipment has a skill value to associate with it, so there's no place for GCA to track a skill bonus with it.

There is a Weapon Bond perk and modifier, which should be present in most (if not all) equipment listed as _Perk: Weapon Bond. For the odd weapon that doesn't have that for some reason there is a modifier called Variant: Receives Skill Bonus which can be added to any piece of equipment (not just weapons) and will adjust the skillscore for the weapon or equipment.

09-03-2013, 01:36 PM	#1
otghand Join Date: Mar 2013	Equipment Bond modifier missing I have a data set with Basic, Low Tech (Incl. Companions 2 and 3), Power-Ups 2 Perks, and Power-Ups 3 Talents. The Equipment Bond perk is there, but none of the equipment I have tried to add allows for the Equipment Bond modifier. I have used it with other data sets that included many more books. Is this expected behavior? Is there code I need to add somewhere to the LT datafile? Equipment Bond was introduced in LT as I recall.

09-04-2013, 01:03 AM	#2
ericbsmith Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Binghamton, NY, USA. Near the river Styx in the 5th Circle.	Re: Equipment Bond modifier missing There never was an Equipment Bond modifier. Equipment Bond gives a bonus when using a particular piece of equipment (i.e. a Hand Scanner that gives +1 to Electronics Operation (Sensor) when using it). Except for Weapons, no piece of equipment has a skill value to associate with it, so there's no place for GCA to track a skill bonus with it. There is a Weapon Bond perk and modifier, which should be present in most (if not all) equipment listed as _Perk: Weapon Bond. For the odd weapon that doesn't have that for some reason there is a modifier called Variant: Receives Skill Bonus which can be added to any piece of equipment (not just weapons) and will adjust the skillscore for the weapon or equipment. __________________ Eric B. Smith GURPS Data File Coordinator GURPSLand I shall pull the pin from this healing grenade and... Kaboom-baya.