[DF] Weekend Warrior - Quick Picks - Page 3

SCAR · 06-24-2011, 07:17 AM

There have been a few comments (recently and in the past), that GURPS DF is too complicated to just pickup and play.
One reason given, has been that even with the Templates, character generation is too slow.
Personally, I don't have any real difficulty in rattling through a DF template making the choices (especially if I've got a rough concept in mind, and the Customization Notes help with some broad options.). I have however seen players (who are perfectly capable of building characters from scratch in multiple other systems), take a couple of hours to struggle through the choices on a template.

So, an idea occured to me; create 3 or 4 pre-selected 'lenses', for each of: Advantages, Disadvantages and Skills, which meet the selection requirements. (Plus 3 or 4 additional lenses of Spell/Powers for those Templates which have them!)

So for a quick pick character:

Choose a Template. (or Roll randomly)
Select an Advantage Lens from a list of 3 or 4 options. (or Roll Randomly)
Select a Disadvantage Lens from a list of 3 or 4 options. (or Roll Randomly)
Select a Skill Lens from a list of 3 or 4 options. (or Roll Randomly)

If required/available, Select a Powers Lens from a list of 3 or 4 options. (or Roll Randomly)

With the upcoming DF:Loadouts, that should roundout Character Generation in about 10 minutes.

06-24-2011, 07:17 AM	#1
SCAR Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Yorkshire, UK	[DF] Weekend Warrior - Quick Picks There have been a few comments (recently and in the past), that GURPS DF is too complicated to just pickup and play. One reason given, has been that even with the Templates, character generation is too slow. Personally, I don't have any real difficulty in rattling through a DF template making the choices (especially if I've got a rough concept in mind, and the Customization Notes help with some broad options.). I have however seen players (who are perfectly capable of building characters from scratch in multiple other systems), take a couple of hours to struggle through the choices on a template. So, an idea occured to me; create 3 or 4 pre-selected 'lenses', for each of: Advantages, Disadvantages and Skills, which meet the selection requirements. (Plus 3 or 4 additional lenses of Spell/Powers for those Templates which have them!) So for a quick pick character: Choose a Template. (or Roll randomly) Select an Advantage Lens from a list of 3 or 4 options. (or Roll Randomly) Select a Disadvantage Lens from a list of 3 or 4 options. (or Roll Randomly) Select a Skill Lens from a list of 3 or 4 options. (or Roll Randomly) If required/available, Select a Powers Lens from a list of 3 or 4 options. (or Roll Randomly) With the upcoming DF:Loadouts, that should roundout Character Generation in about 10 minutes.