GURPS Rules I Don't Use, Replace, or Revise (or at Least Consider Doing So)

    Nobody's perfect, not even GURPS. There are a few rules that I think are actually pretty bad as written and should really be revised. I'm not including optional rules that I don't ever use, or even obscure traits that I just haven't seen a use for (but acknowledge there might be). I'm also not going to cover rules that saw a significant revision in later works (e.g. GURPS High-Tech's treatment of hiking, GURPS Gun Fu's revision of Gunslinger, or GURPS Horror's rules for mental stun). Instead these are all general rules that I think just don't work as intended and don't have a good fix in print. I'll cover three of them here, but there are more, so I may revisit this topic in the future.

GURPS Vehicle Stat Line: M2 Bradley

Over on the GURPS Discord, Kalzazz said:

I admit I always want to use military things which for some reason lack stats

I think a Iowa Class Battleship, Bradley IFV or M1 Abrams are all cool things My urban fantasy suffers greatly from 'all tanks are T72s' I sorta justify that as possibly the US has rules saying street gangs and dark cults of Great C'thulhu should not buy Abrams tanks

 

Which is a common sort of complaint in GURPS 4e, especially from players used to 3e's GURPS Vehicles. 

After Action Report, EZO: Research Base Chomsky

On February 23rd and 24th I ran my escape scenario Exclusion Zone Operations: Research Base Chomsky at the post-apocalyptic event Juggers of the Wasteland Winter Games IV in Victorville CA.

EZO: Research Base Chomsky: Sedation Protocols

As I said in my last post, Exclusion Zone Operations: Research Base Chomsky (the live action escape scenario I'll be running at Juggers of the Wasteland: Winter Games IV) is a non-combat mission. That doesn't mean it lacks a conflict resolution system though!

Exclusion Zone Operations: Research Base Chomsky

Or the Thing I've Been Working on Since November

Due to onsite security concerns, no weapons, writing implements or communications devices are to be brought into Research Base Chomsky. You may leave these in the custody of LACOM prior to your Operation Chess Wizard brief or leave them in a secure location of your choosing.

All information concerning Operation Chess Wizard is Top Secret. Do not share anything you learn during the mission with anyone. 

For those of you who might have wondered if I fell off a cliff, I'm now able to tell you why most of my other projects have been on hold for the last three months: I've been hard at work on an escape scenario for Juggers of the Wasteland Winter Games IV a post-apocalyptic themed event near Victorville, CA February 24th-25th.

Planet Mercenary and DFRPG

I've gotten my copies of Planet Mercenary and the pdfs of the Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game . I'm reading them, and I'll try to review both here soon.

"Pointless Slaying and Looting" Example Character

Over on the GURPS forums Kalzazz asked:

Pointless Slaying and Looting [by Sean Punch, Pyramid #3/72: Alternate Dungeons p. 4] seems pretty cool, but I've gotten lost every time I've tried to use it and just gone back to doing it the boring way

I think an example showing the process of a character being made through it would have helped (like the UT armor design article for instance)