Re: (TFT) Experience for skills

[Joel BoardgameRpger <joel.siragher@gmail.com>]

The rules for combat are outlined in the gurps compendium. I use to play
gurps untill the compendium came out and killed my teatering perception of
GURPS.

Aside from the combat rules, I also had a problem with the scaling dex
skills which got out of kilter ones some one started buying up his dex. In
Gurps 3 its not hard to have a 16 to hit skill right out of the box. In
Gurps 4 they fixed the problem, but then I have no interest in paying to
rebuild my gurps game library. I have so many damn gurps books now,
(including gurps bunnies and burrows signed by author) that have a whole
file drawer just for gurps books.  For a modest fee, any one of you is
welcome to my stock of gurps stuff :)
I try to ignore some rules, and keep what makes sense, but sometimes that
unbalences combat.

I do have a bit of OCD about game rules.


I have a Reptile man in my group that does 2x Str when fighting with his
claws.   Thats a big advantage as he has 1d+1 STR.

Dagger warfare:  I guess i am a bit biased with bigger is better.  I forget
that peeps that weld daggers can  do decent damage if they put their mind
to it.

Its my general opinion how ever that they guy with the dagger is great for
nickle and diming his opponent to death, which really isnt that bad for
TFT, as every single hp counts.


On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 4:57 PM, PvK <pvk@oz.net> wrote:

> 43 steps? You mean, that there are so many rules scattered everywhere?
>
> I make it easy to play by memorizing the rules and translating it for
> players who don't know them. Since I am a pretty analytical/mathematical
> wargamer/programmer type person and I've played them for many years, on top
> of zzhaving played TFT and complex wargames for many years, it's not hard
> for me and I can do most of it in my head quickly without talking about
> anything. Most of the possible details don't apply to most situations, so
> it's not like I need to run down a long list of considerations every turn.
> I just think about what is happening, and know what rules apply, and there
> aren't that many of them for any particular situation. It ends up being not
> much more work than running TFT for me, and I like it much more since it is
> more detailed and there are so many more options, and the combat details
> tend to be more vivid and wild.
>
> Reading this email list and playing in Rick's TFT game though have shown
> me that it's not for everyone and that even long-time veteran players may
> prefer TFT. Certainly GURPS does have many details that can end up being
> irrelevant wastes of most of the time, if you let them. But an experienced
> GM doesn't need to waste time with them.
>
> The exception would be creating detailed characters with all of their
> skills and so on. That does take longer than in TFT, because there are many
> more choices and most of them have levels as well as have/don't-have. Hmm,
> exactly how good _is_ this character with a knife? Has he practiced
> throwing a knife? With an axe? Axe throwing? With running? With swimming?
> Horsemanship? First aid? etc. Though having done a lot of that means I can
> improvise probable/balanced values for characters I'm inventing on the spot
> as a GM, too.
>
> PvK
>
> --- joel.siragher@gmail.com wrote:
>
> ...
>
> Im an open minded person.  Can you think of a way to get rid of the 43
> steps of combat in gurps?
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