updates

Peering inside the old GULLIVER for GURPS 3e, I was struck by a tidbit that should have made it into COSH, the system for modifying and building combat skills in 3e. The old GULLIVER nicely details some throwing skills for use in sports, not combat, generally handing them a hefty distance bonus in exchange for encumbrance penalties, a Ready requirement, and a big TH penalty. (Yes, a TH penalty. Track-and-field javelin, hammer, discus, and so on never require the thrower to actually hit something. What the heck? Let's get some man-sized targets out there, and go Spartan on the next Olympiad!)

If this sort of thing piques your rarified interests, break out the COSH page along with a copy of GULLIVER LITE for 3e (see links above), and read along: Read more...

Ahoy! Many thanks to all those in the past who have contributed to or commented on GLAIVE, a low-tech weapon design system for GURPS 3e.

I recently received a couple of inquiries about updating the project for 4e, along with 4e-flavored updates for the spreadsheet aid originally created by Ryan Williams. An updated spreadsheet alone doesn't make the project fully 4e-ready, but sure goes a long way toward it!

The spreadsheets are posted for readers' benefit. Along with them come the obvious questions:

Is there a need to update all of GLAIVE for 4e? Is there any interest? What form would it even take?

There's a new forum topic for anyone interested in discussing.

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Simple first steps toward 4e compatibility

Here are some comments made in the SJG GURPS forums, on updates required to bring the GLAIVE weapon creation system up to 4e speed:

http://www.gamesdiner.com/gurps/glaive.htm#Top

* Treat any reference to "Load ST" as "BL/2".
* The "unbalance modifier" should probably be changed, in light of the way 4e unbalanced weapons have become faster. Change from x1/x2/x3, to x1/x1.5/x2.
* Some missile weapons rules may need tweaking, if 4e weapon stats vary much from 3e.
* The bow rules state that they'd work better under "quad ST" -- which 4e now provides.

No, no plans yet to actually rewrite GLAIVE.