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Re: Attributes: ST and Speed
Yeah, I know. Nothing realy works but "trial and like it or not".
I think i just wanted to show it to someone who is inclined to give it a thought. :-)
The good thing about GURPS is, that you can simply buy the speed you think approviate for your character. (You may have to persuade your gm.)
Sometimes I cant help myself and have to wonder.
What is a realistic relation between running and jumping, for example. Your jumping hight (meant is the vertical movement of your center of gravity, not the distance between you and the ground) is about proportional to the square of your velocity when your feet leave the ground. But running is not simply a series of forward jumps. Or ist is, but just not simpel. Strength is an issue for running unless the table for mass is finetuned to making this not so. Is it? I think the answer is bound to be "more or less".
By the way: If you say +5 ST doubles lift ability and +10 ST doubles damage, than you can have booth, logST and lift proportional square damage.