A little lost

nick99 · 08-21-2017, 05:10 PM

Hi Forums!

A little background about myself, I've been playing DnD for about 10 years now, and I have never tried any other system (shame!).

I have had my interested piqued by GURPS, and I bought a few of the books that I think would be necessary to convert my DnD party to GURPS(Basic Set, Powers, Martial Arts, Dungeon Fantasy: Adventurers).

I am the GM, and I'm looking to move from DnD 5E to GURPS. I'm building my player's characters for them, and once we're all a bit more comfortable with the system I will let them rebuild. I've lurked around here a bit, but I'm still finding it a bit hard to work out what kind of skills and abilities I should be going for.

I've only just finished reading the Basic Set books, and I've skimmed the rest, so this is sort of my first attempt at building a character. I am using the Gurps Character Generator to help me.

I have 5 PCs (so far), and I'll present them to you quickly here. I've tried to remove them as much as possible from the DnD class, and distill them into the character (which is partially why I want to try GURPS). I've also got a TL;DR backstory. They all work for a well funded but kind of shady organisation. It's a low-ish fantasy, low magic, TL3 setting. There is regular combat, but not necessarily every session.

Innkeep turned Ranger

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Urban Bounty Hunter

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Half-Orc Barbarian

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Effeminate Half-Elf warlock beholden to a devil

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Gnomish Skyship Captain/ Swashbuckler

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I'm just going to go over what I have for the Innkeep turned ranger. Please tell me if I'm being dumb, missing something, could improve something. I am basing it off the Scout from DF1. I haven't statted the ally yet.

Points are 250/-35.

ST 11 [10]
DX 14 [80]
IQ 12 [40]
HT 13 [30]
PER 13(+1) [5]
HP 13(+2) [4]

Ally (Always there, 100% pts) [20]
Animal Empathy [5]
Night Vision 3 [3]
Speak With Animals (All Land -40%) [15]
Talent Animal Friend 1 [5]
Talent Outdoorsman 1 [10]
Honest Face [1]
Strongbow [1]
Heroic Archer [20]

Vow (Protect all animals in need) [-10]
Greed (12) [-15]
Wealth, Struggling [-10]

Armory (Bow) IQ-1 [1]
Animal Handling IQ [1]
Body Language Per-1 [1]
Bow DX +4 (18)[16]
Camo IQ+1 [1]
Climbing DX-1 [1]
Fast Draw (Arrow) DX +2 (16) [1]
First Aid IQ [1]
Herb Lore IQ-2 [2]
Shortsword DX (14) [2]
Sleight of Hand DX-2 [1]
Survival (woods) Per +1 [2]
Survival (Plains) Per [1]
Tracking Per +1 [2]
Navigation (Land) IQ[1]
Naturalist IQ-1[1]
Vet IQ-1 [1]

I think it's probably dumb to stat everything at once, so I'll wait for feedback before statting up the next one. Thank you in advance for any comments!

08-21-2017, 05:10 PM	#1
nick99 Join Date: Aug 2017	A little lost Hi Forums! A little background about myself, I've been playing DnD for about 10 years now, and I have never tried any other system (shame!). I have had my interested piqued by GURPS, and I bought a few of the books that I think would be necessary to convert my DnD party to GURPS(Basic Set, Powers, Martial Arts, Dungeon Fantasy: Adventurers). I am the GM, and I'm looking to move from DnD 5E to GURPS. I'm building my player's characters for them, and once we're all a bit more comfortable with the system I will let them rebuild. I've lurked around here a bit, but I'm still finding it a bit hard to work out what kind of skills and abilities I should be going for. I've only just finished reading the Basic Set books, and I've skimmed the rest, so this is sort of my first attempt at building a character. I am using the Gurps Character Generator to help me. I have 5 PCs (so far), and I'll present them to you quickly here. I've tried to remove them as much as possible from the DnD class, and distill them into the character (which is partially why I want to try GURPS). I've also got a TL;DR backstory. They all work for a well funded but kind of shady organisation. It's a low-ish fantasy, low magic, TL3 setting. There is regular combat, but not necessarily every session. Innkeep turned Ranger Spoiler: Owned an inn in the middle of a forest, and one day won a dragon egg from a mysterious stranger as a bet. She kept it on the counter as a curio, but one day a drunk patron threw it into the fire and other people joined in by throwing straw/alcohol on the fire. The inn ended up burning down, but there was a baby dragon in the ashes. Since then, has been living off the land and trying to earn money to buy back a house. Urban Bounty Hunter Spoiler: Abandoned as a child, and raised by mischievous sprites in the woods, she met a circus knife thrower who adopted her and taught her how to do knife tricks. After growing up, decided to leave the woods and head to the town, and discovered a knack and enjoyment for killing. Spends all her money on brothels, and has many criminal contacts. Half-Orc Barbarian Spoiler: Grew up with her human father, and left after he died when she was age 7. She trained with her tribe in the forest, and must do a great deed to earn an Orcish name. However, while away on her travels, her whole tribe was murdered by an army from the capital city in the setting, and the shady organisation is offering her the chance at revenge. Kind of bestial, and wields a big axe. Effeminate Half-Elf warlock beholden to a devil Spoiler: Originally a jewelcrafting apprentice, he accidentally got transported to Hell by an incompetent hedge wizard, and had to plead with the lady of that layer of Hell for his life. Now does her dark bidding against his better judgement, and she has fingers in the organisation they are working for. Gnomish Skyship Captain/ Swashbuckler Spoiler: Lost his ship in a big accident, was originally a very talented pilot, who learned how to fight by repelling sky pirates. Comes from a borderline TL4 Steampunkish town, and loves to tinker. Now piloting a ship provided by the leader of the organisation, and has to pay it back. I'm just going to go over what I have for the Innkeep turned ranger. Please tell me if I'm being dumb, missing something, could improve something. I am basing it off the Scout from DF1. I haven't statted the ally yet. Points are 250/-35. ST 11 [10] DX 14 [80] IQ 12 [40] HT 13 [30] PER 13(+1) [5] HP 13(+2) [4] Ally (Always there, 100% pts) [20] Animal Empathy [5] Night Vision 3 [3] Speak With Animals (All Land -40%) [15] Talent Animal Friend 1 [5] Talent Outdoorsman 1 [10] Honest Face [1] Strongbow [1] Heroic Archer [20] Vow (Protect all animals in need) [-10] Greed (12) [-15] Wealth, Struggling [-10] Armory (Bow) IQ-1 [1] Animal Handling IQ [1] Body Language Per-1 [1] Bow DX +4 (18)[16] Camo IQ+1 [1] Climbing DX-1 [1] Fast Draw (Arrow) DX +2 (16) [1] First Aid IQ [1] Herb Lore IQ-2 [2] Shortsword DX (14) [2] Sleight of Hand DX-2 [1] Survival (woods) Per +1 [2] Survival (Plains) Per [1] Tracking Per +1 [2] Navigation (Land) IQ[1] Naturalist IQ-1[1] Vet IQ-1 [1] I think it's probably dumb to stat everything at once, so I'll wait for feedback before statting up the next one. Thank you in advance for any comments!