Talents vs Psionics - Page 2

Hanzorigami · 04-29-2010, 11:35 PM

Hi, I am new at GURPS, so I apologize in advance if this is a very basic question. I heard about RPG games and thought my nephew and niece would love to play some, so I dedided to read about RPG and prepare an adventure to play with them. I found out GURPS and liked it from the start. Now I am preparing an adventure, but I have run into some problems.
Basically I want to include Psionic powers in the adventure.
I bought the 2 Basic Set and the Psionic Powers Books. I read the Psionics chapter in the Basic Set, and I thought I understood it, but when I started to read the Psionics Book, things turned confused.
In the Basic Set, all Psionic Powers are associated to Advantages, but in Psionics they are associated to an Advantage and then to certain skills. That's when I got confused. I remembered reading about Talents in the Advantages Section of the Basic Set, so I went back to it and found out that Talents were pretty much handled the same way (an Advantage turned into a Talent and with some skills associated), however I failed to figure out how to use them.
I looked into the Iconic Characters section and found some characters with Talents/Psionic powers (Dai and Louis), however the Psionic powers were just advantages and had no associated skills (as mentioned in the Psionics chapter). Talents, on the other hand (I assume) had the skills associated, but non of them were in the skill list. My guess is that the Talent included all of the skills and that's why they were not written in the skill section (am I right about this?), however when I saw William Headley's Character Sheet, I noticed he has Talent (Healer) 1, and some of the skills associated to the Talent were in the skill list (Diagnose, First Aid, Pharmacy, Physician, and Psychology).
Now I am not sure I understand how Talents work (do all of the associated skills to a talent are acquired automatically, or you have to buy the desired associated skills?) or how Psionics work (Can they either be associated to a single Advantage as in the Psionics chapter of the Basic Set, or can they also work as a Talent, which by the way I am not sure I understand the way they work)?
Any help would be appreciated and once again, I apologize if this is a very basic concept that I just failed to catch.

04-29-2010, 11:35 PM	#1
Hanzorigami Join Date: Feb 2010	Talents vs Psionics Hi, I am new at GURPS, so I apologize in advance if this is a very basic question. I heard about RPG games and thought my nephew and niece would love to play some, so I dedided to read about RPG and prepare an adventure to play with them. I found out GURPS and liked it from the start. Now I am preparing an adventure, but I have run into some problems. Basically I want to include Psionic powers in the adventure. I bought the 2 Basic Set and the Psionic Powers Books. I read the Psionics chapter in the Basic Set, and I thought I understood it, but when I started to read the Psionics Book, things turned confused. In the Basic Set, all Psionic Powers are associated to Advantages, but in Psionics they are associated to an Advantage and then to certain skills. That's when I got confused. I remembered reading about Talents in the Advantages Section of the Basic Set, so I went back to it and found out that Talents were pretty much handled the same way (an Advantage turned into a Talent and with some skills associated), however I failed to figure out how to use them. I looked into the Iconic Characters section and found some characters with Talents/Psionic powers (Dai and Louis), however the Psionic powers were just advantages and had no associated skills (as mentioned in the Psionics chapter). Talents, on the other hand (I assume) had the skills associated, but non of them were in the skill list. My guess is that the Talent included all of the skills and that's why they were not written in the skill section (am I right about this?), however when I saw William Headley's Character Sheet, I noticed he has Talent (Healer) 1, and some of the skills associated to the Talent were in the skill list (Diagnose, First Aid, Pharmacy, Physician, and Psychology). Now I am not sure I understand how Talents work (do all of the associated skills to a talent are acquired automatically, or you have to buy the desired associated skills?) or how Psionics work (Can they either be associated to a single Advantage as in the Psionics chapter of the Basic Set, or can they also work as a Talent, which by the way I am not sure I understand the way they work)? Any help would be appreciated and once again, I apologize if this is a very basic concept that I just failed to catch.