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Gooseberry Mods ([personal profile] goosemods) wrote in [community profile] goose_ooc2017-01-14 12:18 pm
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[identity profile] firstposition.insanejournal.com 2017-01-14 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I played Star Wars GURPS but my GM is going out of town tomorrow and had to get his kids up in the morning for the drive so we ended the session at a responsible 11:00 :(
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[personal profile] quinning 2017-01-14 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
NOOOOO THAT IS SAD

how do you like the system? my partner's spent an inordinate amount of time reading GURPS manuals but never played, and he's been digging the idea of a star wars sidegame for a while.

[identity profile] firstposition.insanejournal.com 2017-01-14 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm very love/hate on GURPS. for a good idea of what it's like.... GURPS is Rafael's favorite system.

It's very complex and rules heavy, which sometimes makes it frustrating because god there's just too much detail. Like... if you want to be able to repair electronics you have to specialize and buy each type of electronic repair individually. Or if you want to have a character with wings, you have to determine wingspan, type of flight, your weight and how big your wings need to be to lift you, how much space you need to land and take off, if you have hollow bones you now have a weakness where it's easier for you to break a bone. IT'S INTENSE.

However the customization is awesome. You can really build any type of character you can dream of. No templates, no restrictions. There are rules for building your own abilities from scratch. Which to me, makes all the kind of weighty over-rulesy-ness of it worthwhile.

And on a neutral not-good-or-bad note, it's more.... realistic/gritty? Like, D&D is super fantastical and flashy and characters feel more robust. GURPS makes things feel really grounded and it works well for grittier settings where it's harder to kill people and magic is more difficult.

AND THOSE ARE MY FEELINGS ON GURPS
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