Patron as Mentor Spirit

[Christian]

What would you say, how to best design a "mentor spirit", thus a spirit that only comes to teach you something or for a little chit chat, but never willö get you out of trouble or give you advice how to get out?

I thought about a patron, but ain't sure about limitations and enhancements.

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by Christian

What would you say, how to best design a "mentor spirit", thus a spirit that only comes to teach you something or for a little chit chat, but never willö get you out of trouble or give you advice how to get out?

I thought about a patron, but ain't sure about limitations and enhancements.

If you want just minor aid, build it as a Contact. Nothing says a Contact has to be a material being.

Bill Stoddard

[Christian]

Nah, I want it to be something like the spirit teachers in Earthdawn. Giving access to restricted abilities, but not saving your ass, or solving the riddle of an adventure for you. You know, players can be son inventive, when their creativity fails them on easy riddles.

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by Christian

Nah, I want it to be something like the spirit teachers in Earthdawn. Giving access to restricted abilities, but not saving your ass, or solving the riddle of an adventure for you. You know, players can be son inventive, when their creativity fails them on easy riddles.

In that case, buy it as an Ally, with the bonus for "provides special abilities," and buy the ability with the limitation for "provided by ally." That's all in the Basic Set. Or, if the spirit is just a special effect, buy the ability with the Spirit power source modifier from GURPS Powers (defined in Chapter 1 of GURPS Powers).

Bill Stoddard

[Fnordianslip]

Another way to do this would be to just call it an unusual background. Kind of like how Reawakened acts as a rationale for learning skills without teacher. So, call it 10 points for access to learning unusual abilities.