There is only Lite

Anthony · 03-25-2014, 07:47 PM

Off of the Alternate GURPS thread: ponder adjusting skill lists so that Lite is everything (I think I have to add Profession as a catchall), and what to do with the excess. The skill list:

Accounting -> Profession(Business)
Acrobatics
Acting
Administration -> Profession(Business)
Alchemy -> Natural Sciences or Profession(Alchemist)
Anthropology -> Social Sciences
Archeology -> Social Sciences
Architecture -> Profession(Architect) or Social Sciences.
Artillery -> Missile Weapon
Artist -> change to Art, and becomes a category skill for all creative arts.
Astronomy -> Natural Sciences
Autohypnosis -> excuse to buy advantages such as High Pain Threshold
Bartender -> Profession
Beam Weapons -> in Lite, but can still be moved into Missile Weapon
Bicycling -> Vehicle Skills (Human-Powered vehicles should have a special note)
Bioengineering -> Natural Sciences
Blind Fighting -> excuse to buy advantages such as Scanning Sense.
Blowpipe -> Missile Weapon
Boating -> Vehicle Skills
Body Control -> excuse to buy advantages such as Fit.
Body Language -> excuse to buy Empathy, Criminology(Detect Lies), or increased active defenses.
Body Sense -> delete, just take a limitation on Warp if it stuns you for a turn after you arrive.
Bolas -> Missile Weapon
Bow -> Missile Weapon
Boxing -> Brawling + Blunt Claws.
Brainwashing -> Influence Skill
Breaking Blow -> excuse to buy Innate Attack.
Breath Control -> Excuse to buy Fit and Breath-Holding
Camouflage (I'd fold this into Stealth, but it's in Lite)
Carpentry -> Profession
Cartography -> Navigation, or sometimes Profession.
Chemistry -> Natural Science
Cloak -> probably junk the skill, or fold into Melee Weapon.
Computer Hacking -> Computer Programming.
Computer Programming
Connoisseur -> generally fold into Savoir-Fair.
Cooking -> Profession
Counterfeiting -> Forgery (expand the skill)
Crossbow -> Missile Weapons
Cryptography -> hm... not easy.
Current Affairs -> Area Knowledge.
Dancing -> Humanities (or a generic Art skill)
Detect Lies -> Criminology.
Diagnosis -> I would delete and merge with Physician, but it's in Lite.
Diplomacy -> Influence Skill
Dreaming -> Occultism or excuse for advantages such as Deep Sleeper.
Driving -> Vehicle Skill
Dropping -> Missile Weapons
Economics -> Social Sciences or just default off of Profession(Business)
Electrician -> Mechanic or Electronics Repair
Erotic Art -> Carousing or Profession
Esoteric Medicine -> Physician or excuse for advantages such as Healing.
Exorcism -> Occultism or excuse for advantages.
Expert Skill -> probably keep.
Falconry -> Animal Handling
Farming -> Profession
Fast-Draw -> I would delete these and turn them into weapon techniques for 'draw and attack'.
Fast-Talk -> Influence Skill
Filch -> Pickpocket
Finance -> Social Science or Profession
Fire Eating -> Profession
Fishing -> Survival
Flight -> Hiking (make Hiking generic Endurance Movement)
Flying Leap -> Excuse to buy advantages, such as Super Jump.
Forced Entry -> delete, or fold into Weapon Skills or Scrounging.
Forensics -> Criminology
Fortune-Telliing -> Occultism or Influence Skill (Fast-Talk)
Forward Observer -> ? Perhaps Observation.
Free Fall -> I would probably add a generic Environmental Adaptation advantage to allow buying off penalties for exotic environments.
Freight Handling -> Profession
Games -> Gambling, Hobby, or Profession.
Gardening -> Profession
Garrote -> Melee Weapons
Geography -> Area Knowledge
Geology -> Physical Sciences
Gesture -> language
Group Performance -> Performance
Gunner -> Missile Weapons
Guns -> Missile Weapons
Hazardous Materials -> Profession, or default off of any skill (such as chemistry or medicine) that generates hazardous materials.
Heraldry -> Area Knowledge
Herb Lore -> Profession (Herbalist) or Physician
Hidden Lore -> any relevant skill (usually area knowledge or social sciences) plus UB.
History -> Social Science or Area Knowledge.
Hobby Skill -> Keep
Housekeeping -> Profession
Hypnotism -> Occultism or powers
Immovable Stance -> advantage
Innate Attack -> Missile Weapons
Intelligence Analysis -> Use the skill the intelligence is about, or Criminology to evaluate sources.
Interrogation -> Criminology
Intimidation -> Influence Skill
Invisibility Art -> Advantage(Invisibility) with some limits.
Jeweler -> Profession
Judo -> Grappling (added skill)
Knot-Tying -> Any relevant Profession. Tying up people is unclear but also not terribly related to good knots as such.
Lance -> Melee Weapons, or maybe Ride.
Lasso -> Missile Weapons
Leatherworking -> Profession
Lifting -> Delete, just buy Lifting ST (only for specific purposes)
Light Walk -> Delete, just buy Stealth and/or Walk On Air (limited, must touch a surface)
Linguistics -> Humanities
Lip Reading -> perk? Language?
Liquid Projector -> Missile Weapons
Literature -> Humanities
Machinist -> Mechanic or Profession
Makeup -> Disguise
Market Analysis -> Merchant or Profession
Masonry -> Profession
Meditation -> excuse to buy advantages.
Mental Strength -> Will with limitations
Metallurgy -> Physical Science
Meteorology -> Physical Science
Mimicry -> Acting
Mind Block -> Resistant (Telepathy)
Mount -> Riding (Being Ridden)
Musical Composition -> Art
Musical Influence -> excuse to buy powers.
Musical Instrument -> Performance
Naturalist -> Survival
Net -> Missile Weapons
Packing -> Profession
Palentology -> Social Science
Panhandling -> Fast Talk
Parachuting -> Vehicle Skill
Parry Missile Weapons -> Advantage
Performance -> becomes a category skill covering all performance arts.
Pharmacy -> Physician or Profession
Philosophy -> Humanities
Photography -> Art
Physics -> Natural Science
Physiology -> Physician
Piloting -> Vehicle Skills
Poetry -> Art (or Perform to deliver)
Poisons -> Physician or Profession
Politics -> Public Speaking or Diplomacy
Power Blow -> Advantage (ST with limitations)
Pressure Points -> Advantage (Affliction)
Pressure Secrets -> Advantage (Claws)
Professional Skill: add, along with generic rules for use professional skills to make money or items of value.
Propaganda -> Influence Skill
Prospecting -> Profession
Psychology -> Social Science
Push -> Advantage (ST with limitations)
Running -> Advantage (basic move)
Savoir-Faire -> Cultural Familiarity or Influence Skill
Scuba -> Environmental Suit
Sewing -> Profession
Sex Appeal -> Influence Skill or Carousing
Singing -> Performance
Skating -> Vehicle Skills (Human-Powered vehicles should have a special note)
Skiing -> Vehicle Skills (Human-Powered vehicles should have a special note)
Sleight of Hand -> Pickpocket
Sling -> Missile Weapons
Smith -> Profession
Sociology -> Social Sciences
Soldier -> Profession
Spacer -> Profession
Spear Thrower -> Missile Weapons
Speed-Reading -> Advantage
Sports -> Hobby
Stage Combat -> Performance
Strategy -> Tactics
Streetwise -> Area Knowledge or Cultural Familiarity (Criminal)
Sumo Wrestling -> Grappling (added skill)
Surgery -> Physician
Symbol Drawing -> Occultism
Teaching -> Profession
Teamster -> Profession
Thaumatology -> Occultism
Theology -> Occultism
Throwing Art -> Innate Attack (object of opportunity)
Typing -> Writing
Urban Survival -> Survival
Ventriloquism -> Acting
Veterinary -> Physician (Animals)
Weird Science -> Natural Science or advantage that lets you ignore the normal laws of reality.
Wrestling -> Grappling (New Skill)
Zen Archery -> high Bow skill

03-25-2014, 07:47 PM	#1
Anthony Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Berkeley, CA	There is only Lite Off of the Alternate GURPS thread: ponder adjusting skill lists so that Lite is everything (I think I have to add Profession as a catchall), and what to do with the excess. The skill list: Accounting -> Profession(Business) Acrobatics Acting Administration -> Profession(Business) Alchemy -> Natural Sciences or Profession(Alchemist) Anthropology -> Social Sciences Archeology -> Social Sciences Architecture -> Profession(Architect) or Social Sciences. Artillery -> Missile Weapon Artist -> change to Art, and becomes a category skill for all creative arts. Astronomy -> Natural Sciences Autohypnosis -> excuse to buy advantages such as High Pain Threshold Bartender -> Profession Beam Weapons -> in Lite, but can still be moved into Missile Weapon Bicycling -> Vehicle Skills (Human-Powered vehicles should have a special note) Bioengineering -> Natural Sciences Blind Fighting -> excuse to buy advantages such as Scanning Sense. Blowpipe -> Missile Weapon Boating -> Vehicle Skills Body Control -> excuse to buy advantages such as Fit. Body Language -> excuse to buy Empathy, Criminology(Detect Lies), or increased active defenses. Body Sense -> delete, just take a limitation on Warp if it stuns you for a turn after you arrive. Bolas -> Missile Weapon Bow -> Missile Weapon Boxing -> Brawling + Blunt Claws. Brainwashing -> Influence Skill Breaking Blow -> excuse to buy Innate Attack. Breath Control -> Excuse to buy Fit and Breath-Holding Camouflage (I'd fold this into Stealth, but it's in Lite) Carpentry -> Profession Cartography -> Navigation, or sometimes Profession. Chemistry -> Natural Science Cloak -> probably junk the skill, or fold into Melee Weapon. Computer Hacking -> Computer Programming. Computer Programming Connoisseur -> generally fold into Savoir-Fair. Cooking -> Profession Counterfeiting -> Forgery (expand the skill) Crossbow -> Missile Weapons Cryptography -> hm... not easy. Current Affairs -> Area Knowledge. Dancing -> Humanities (or a generic Art skill) Detect Lies -> Criminology. Diagnosis -> I would delete and merge with Physician, but it's in Lite. Diplomacy -> Influence Skill Dreaming -> Occultism or excuse for advantages such as Deep Sleeper. Driving -> Vehicle Skill Dropping -> Missile Weapons Economics -> Social Sciences or just default off of Profession(Business) Electrician -> Mechanic or Electronics Repair Erotic Art -> Carousing or Profession Esoteric Medicine -> Physician or excuse for advantages such as Healing. Exorcism -> Occultism or excuse for advantages. Expert Skill -> probably keep. Falconry -> Animal Handling Farming -> Profession Fast-Draw -> I would delete these and turn them into weapon techniques for 'draw and attack'. Fast-Talk -> Influence Skill Filch -> Pickpocket Finance -> Social Science or Profession Fire Eating -> Profession Fishing -> Survival Flight -> Hiking (make Hiking generic Endurance Movement) Flying Leap -> Excuse to buy advantages, such as Super Jump. Forced Entry -> delete, or fold into Weapon Skills or Scrounging. Forensics -> Criminology Fortune-Telliing -> Occultism or Influence Skill (Fast-Talk) Forward Observer -> ? Perhaps Observation. Free Fall -> I would probably add a generic Environmental Adaptation advantage to allow buying off penalties for exotic environments. Freight Handling -> Profession Games -> Gambling, Hobby, or Profession. Gardening -> Profession Garrote -> Melee Weapons Geography -> Area Knowledge Geology -> Physical Sciences Gesture -> language Group Performance -> Performance Gunner -> Missile Weapons Guns -> Missile Weapons Hazardous Materials -> Profession, or default off of any skill (such as chemistry or medicine) that generates hazardous materials. Heraldry -> Area Knowledge Herb Lore -> Profession (Herbalist) or Physician Hidden Lore -> any relevant skill (usually area knowledge or social sciences) plus UB. History -> Social Science or Area Knowledge. Hobby Skill -> Keep Housekeeping -> Profession Hypnotism -> Occultism or powers Immovable Stance -> advantage Innate Attack -> Missile Weapons Intelligence Analysis -> Use the skill the intelligence is about, or Criminology to evaluate sources. Interrogation -> Criminology Intimidation -> Influence Skill Invisibility Art -> Advantage(Invisibility) with some limits. Jeweler -> Profession Judo -> Grappling (added skill) Knot-Tying -> Any relevant Profession. Tying up people is unclear but also not terribly related to good knots as such. Lance -> Melee Weapons, or maybe Ride. Lasso -> Missile Weapons Leatherworking -> Profession Lifting -> Delete, just buy Lifting ST (only for specific purposes) Light Walk -> Delete, just buy Stealth and/or Walk On Air (limited, must touch a surface) Linguistics -> Humanities Lip Reading -> perk? Language? Liquid Projector -> Missile Weapons Literature -> Humanities Machinist -> Mechanic or Profession Makeup -> Disguise Market Analysis -> Merchant or Profession Masonry -> Profession Meditation -> excuse to buy advantages. Mental Strength -> Will with limitations Metallurgy -> Physical Science Meteorology -> Physical Science Mimicry -> Acting Mind Block -> Resistant (Telepathy) Mount -> Riding (Being Ridden) Musical Composition -> Art Musical Influence -> excuse to buy powers. Musical Instrument -> Performance Naturalist -> Survival Net -> Missile Weapons Packing -> Profession Palentology -> Social Science Panhandling -> Fast Talk Parachuting -> Vehicle Skill Parry Missile Weapons -> Advantage Performance -> becomes a category skill covering all performance arts. Pharmacy -> Physician or Profession Philosophy -> Humanities Photography -> Art Physics -> Natural Science Physiology -> Physician Piloting -> Vehicle Skills Poetry -> Art (or Perform to deliver) Poisons -> Physician or Profession Politics -> Public Speaking or Diplomacy Power Blow -> Advantage (ST with limitations) Pressure Points -> Advantage (Affliction) Pressure Secrets -> Advantage (Claws) Professional Skill: add, along with generic rules for use professional skills to make money or items of value. Propaganda -> Influence Skill Prospecting -> Profession Psychology -> Social Science Push -> Advantage (ST with limitations) Running -> Advantage (basic move) Savoir-Faire -> Cultural Familiarity or Influence Skill Scuba -> Environmental Suit Sewing -> Profession Sex Appeal -> Influence Skill or Carousing Singing -> Performance Skating -> Vehicle Skills (Human-Powered vehicles should have a special note) Skiing -> Vehicle Skills (Human-Powered vehicles should have a special note) Sleight of Hand -> Pickpocket Sling -> Missile Weapons Smith -> Profession Sociology -> Social Sciences Soldier -> Profession Spacer -> Profession Spear Thrower -> Missile Weapons Speed-Reading -> Advantage Sports -> Hobby Stage Combat -> Performance Strategy -> Tactics Streetwise -> Area Knowledge or Cultural Familiarity (Criminal) Sumo Wrestling -> Grappling (added skill) Surgery -> Physician Symbol Drawing -> Occultism Teaching -> Profession Teamster -> Profession Thaumatology -> Occultism Theology -> Occultism Throwing Art -> Innate Attack (object of opportunity) Typing -> Writing Urban Survival -> Survival Ventriloquism -> Acting Veterinary -> Physician (Animals) Weird Science -> Natural Science or advantage that lets you ignore the normal laws of reality. Wrestling -> Grappling (New Skill) Zen Archery -> high Bow skill __________________ My GURPS site and Blog. Last edited by Anthony; 03-27-2014 at 02:04 PM.