This is it-the key that unlocks the riches of GURPS (Generic
Universal Role Playing System) and gives you a wealth of
information on how to create your character and fine-tune your
play. Produced in partnership with Steve Jackson Games, the game's
creator, GURPS For Dummies is the ideal companion to GURPS Basic
Set, 4th Edition that explains the rules. It gives you insight into
the choices you'll make in everything from creating a fun, dynamic
character using the allotted number of points, to playing in an
adventure, to becoming a GM. Whether you want to be an Amazon
princess or a stalwart warrior, an old-fashioned swashbuckler or a
modern investigator, a tough cop or a cat burglar, a sorcerer
casting spells or a cosmic ranger, fighting lawlessness in the
asteroids, this guide will help you: * Determine your character's
basic attributes: IQ, DX (dexterity), ST (strength) and HT
(health)* Figure out your character's secondary characteristics*
Choose advantages (including powers and perks) and disadvantages
(including quirks and disadvantages with a self-control roll
modifier)* Optimize your points by using talents* Select your
skills based on functional area or the campaign setting* Enhance
your character with spells, magic items, magic staves, and
powerstones* Strategically purchase equipment for different
characters, tech levels, and campaign types* Create and manage a
character sheet, write a character background, keep a character
log, and more-all with samples* Choose good combat techniques and
play with your character If you want to become a GM, this guide
gets you going with advice on creating the adventure, managing the
character creation process, managing combat, and interpreting the
rules. There's even a handy Cheat Sheet tear-out GM screen in the
front of the book. There are tips throughout, plus advice on how
to:* Create your very own GURPS universe for your campaign, whether
it's dungeon-crawl, high-adventure, combat-focused, puzzle-focused,
or masquerade-type* Provide a basic write-up of the world for your
players, including technology level, supernatural and supernormal
abilities and powers, races, setting, character templates, cultural
and social information, and limitations* Create an electronic
combat grid, a battle log, a tactical map, and more-with samples*
Do mapping, planning, and plotting* Create memorable NPC (nonplayer
characters), both good guys and bad guys GURPS For Dummies helps
you create more detailed, exciting, and interesting characters and
take your game to the next level. That's important whether you're
saving a princess or saving the planet...searching for hidden
treasure or for secrets to eliminate disease...fighting crime or
combating armies of evil robots...casting spells in medieval
castles or destroying terrorist cells in modern day milieus. With
GURPS, the only limitation is your imagination.
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