List Of your favorite Custom Perks

[Figleaf23]

Originally Posted by Harald387

Sex Appeal can normally produce better reactions than 'Good', which is diplomacy's cap. This makes it, effectively, 'Skill Adaptation: Sex Appeal can be used as Diplomacy', which is balanced.

Hm. Okay -- what makes that 'balanced'?

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Molokh

Hey, you should watch for the smileys. ;) Otherwise people might think you're new around here. ;)

Isn't fnording the smileys counterproductive? ;p

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Isn't fnording the smileys counterproductive? ;p

That way you have to be more alert for them. ;)

But anyway I thought it's funnier when people only realise I'm not serious when they hit the reply w/quote button.

[tanniynim]

Knee Driver: Your ability to use your knees to turn a steering wheel gives you +1 to your driving skill when using 1 or fewer hands while operating a certain type of vehicle.

Thought this perk was fun and fairly realistic. It mostly offsets a tiny bit of penalties from doing things with your hands while driving, but isn't useful (within the granularity of GURPS, at least) when already paying full attention to the road and driving with two hands.

[Vaevictis Asmadi]

Adaptable Palate (mental or physical)
You never have to "acquire" a taste -- you'll eat any food, no matter what it is -- lutefisk, grubs, whole ducklings, bird’s nests, Rocky Mountain "oysters," green eggs, etc. No matter how exotic, unrecognizable, or badly prepared, as long as it isn’t poisonous, spoiled, or roadkill, you are willing to eat it without complaint. You are never bothered by the taste, texture, odor, or appearance of what is put in front of you, and you will not suffer indigestion from eating something your body isn’t used to. Note that this does not help you identify poisonous foods, and it won’t necessarily make you OK with cannibalism if it isn’t culturally appropriate. Nor will it allow you to digest rocks, metal, or other things your species normally cannot eat, and it won’t prevent food poisoning if you eat spoiled food.
This is not compatible with vegetarianism or any religious dietary restrictions, but it is compatible with allergies. You might like the taste of peanuts just fine, even if you know they can kill you.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Molokh

But anyway I thought it's funnier when people only realise I'm not serious when they hit the reply w/quote button.

Note, that I wasn't replying to your post at all but to a post that was a reply to your post.

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Note, that I wasn't replying to your post at all but to a post that was a reply to your post.

Uh, you're right.

[Pericles]

Originally Posted by Vaevictis Asmadi

Adaptable Palate (mental or physical)
You never have to "acquire" a taste -- you'll eat any food, no matter what it is -- lutefisk, grubs, whole ducklings, bird’s nests, Rocky Mountain "oysters," green eggs, etc. No matter how exotic, unrecognizable, or badly prepared, as long as it isn’t poisonous, spoiled, or roadkill, you are willing to eat it without complaint. You are never bothered by the taste, texture, odor, or appearance of what is put in front of you, and you will not suffer indigestion from eating something your body isn’t used to. Note that this does not help you identify poisonous foods, and it won’t necessarily make you OK with cannibalism if it isn’t culturally appropriate. Nor will it allow you to digest rocks, metal, or other things your species normally cannot eat, and it won’t prevent food poisoning if you eat spoiled food.
This is not compatible with vegetarianism or any religious dietary restrictions, but it is compatible with allergies. You might like the taste of peanuts just fine, even if you know they can kill you.

This sounds like universal digestion.Maybe only for exotic tastes like roasted ants and scorpions, or even spaghetti("Exotic" is quite relative, I mean you'll find spghetti weird if you're from Alpha Centauri)

[Harald387]

Originally Posted by Pericles

This sounds like universal digestion.Maybe only for exotic tastes like roasted ants and scorpions, or even spaghetti("Exotic" is quite relative, I mean you'll find spghetti weird if you're from Alpha Centauri)

Universal Digestion will let you actually get nourishment from spoiled food (or, for that matter, any organic material). This just lets you manage to *eat* it, with none of the ill effects. It's like a perk version of No Sense of Smell/Taste - you *can* smell and taste things, but it never bothers you. I might even give +1 to HT rolls to resist retching or vomiting induced by foul smells or food.

[Pericles]

Originally Posted by Harald387

Universal Digestion will let you actually get nourishment from spoiled food (or, for that matter, any organic material). This just lets you manage to *eat* it, with none of the ill effects. It's like a perk version of No Sense of Smell/Taste - you *can* smell and taste things, but it never bothers you. I might even give +1 to HT rolls to resist retching or vomiting induced by foul smells or food.

Ok that sounds good, but then what? you'll "excrete" the thing as you ate it?