GURPS - Can It Help?

[Kid Vorpal]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this one yet or not, but GURPS Bio-Tech is a good one for those futuristic and/or gadgeteer/scientist characters who like to have their toys internal (and biological) as opposed to mechanical in nature. It could also be used for any character who has powers stemming from genetic modification or engineering.

[corwyn]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this one yet or not, but GURPS Bio-Tech is a good one for those futuristic and/or gadgeteer/scientist characters who like to have their toys internal (and biological) as opposed to mechanical in nature. It could also be used for any character who has powers stemming from genetic modification or engineering.

I meant to mention earlier that I would reccommend any of the Tech books - David Pulver is one of my all time game writers.

[Witchblade]

That said, I'd like to find out if anyone's using GURPS supplements for M&M (yes, even GURPS Supers)?

As a GURPS junkie, I find that GURPS is actually more useful outside of it's own system than within. Don't read that wrong. I love GURPS. When I'm in the mood for some ultra-realistic gaming, GURPS is the first system I reach for. I have over 108 GURPS worldbooks and I'm always collecting others. However...

...I find that GURPS is imminently more useful when I'm using the worldbooks as reference material for other games. Several of the historical worldbooks, which I might never use in a GURPS game, have proved invaluable in the design of my homebrewed D&D world. For Mutants & Masterminds, theres a lot of good reference material to be found in Supers (and Supertemps and Superscum, if you're lucky enough to get your hands on them), Space (if your campaign takes you in this direction; I also own all four of the Space Atlas series), Cops (has some great info on police forces), Dinosaurs (every campaign needs the occasional dinosaur running amok), Monsters (chock-full of nasty-bad things that can menace the heroes), Robots (some really good design ideas in there), Ultra-Tech and Utra-Tech 2 (every master villain should have access to these books), Undead (tell me that you can't find a use for this in your campaign, and I'll question your ability to GM), and Time Travel (a staple of the super-hero genre).

[Witchblade]

It was published as sourcebook for Rifts and Heroes Unlimited. It was designated as Rifts Dimension book 4 and was printed back in 1998 (oh my God.)

You can probably find it in the bargin bin, though.

One of, along with Rifts Underseas, the few useful things to come from Palladium. Alright, I can't say that. It's just that I've never quite forgiven KS for giving me a simply brilliant setting and the absolute worst system ever devised! Actually, I have a few Palladium materials. Until I actually played a few games and realized just how bad the mechanics were, I bought into several of the supplements. If they were ever to let go their pride and produce a Rifts d20, they just might welcome me back into the fold.

Anywho, I find Scraypers to be pretty useful. I use Heroes Unlimited strictly to usurp ideas for neat powers, but Aliens Unlimited actually sees a good bit of use (space travel figures into my campaign a lot).

[bushido11]

For Rifts d20, you can actually find such documents in Kazaa (you'll need the core rulebooks for them, though). They have information on classes, races, mutations, prestige classes, and a bunch of other cool stuff. Or you can simply use M&M.

[Witchblade]

For Rifts d20, you can actually find such documents in Kazaa (you'll need the core rulebooks for them, though). They have information on classes, races, mutations, prestige classes, and a bunch of other cool stuff. Or you can simply use M&M.

I know, or I can make up my own stuff (I have for Nightbane), but the point is that I want to see something official from Palladium (which simply won't happen).

[Chris]

Gurps benchmarks also compare well for 'normal' stats of 1 to 20...


Mine's A Moscow Mule

[Argos]

I'm actually converting my GURPS Cyberworld/Supers game over to MnM, with the first session later this month.

The setting is extremely rich and one of the best SJ Games has published.

I don't have an issue with GURPS by itself, but GURPS Supers needs to be used in the way it was meant to be used - lower powered, extremely gritty and realistic settings. I wouldn't recommend anything above 250 points...after that, unless you really restrict things, the system for Supers breaks down. Just try a 1000 point Supers game...you either end up with PCs that can't be touched, or PC's that are awesome but taken out by a single hit. And the cinematic nature of Supers combat, even "realistic" Supers combat, is lost somewhere along the way.