Island of Qizhou is loosely based in GURPS. While advantages, disadvantages, and skills are determined the same way that is outlined in the GURPS lite PDF, some have been removed and many skills have been added. The point cost of stats has been slightly altered from GURPS 4E and build has been disregarded. Spells have also been changed. In addition, the skills learned upon character creation and level up can be used within the job system to help determine character wealth.
The general outline for stats is as follows:
Total Points/Unspent points: 0/0
HP: 00 FP: 00
ST: 00 DX: 00
IQ: 00 HT: 00
Will: 00 Perc: 00
Speed: 00 Move: 00
The main four stats are ST (strength), DX (dexterity), IQ (intelligence), and HT (health). At level 1, these all default to a value of 10; however, you may take away values and convert them into points that can be spent on other stat values, as long as no individual stat goes below 7 or above 13 at level 1. All other stats are all derived from the main four. Stat values cannot be decreased after level 1. For every level beyond level 1, characters are given 10 points, which can be spent to increase stat values.
Main Four Stats:
ST: it costs 10 points to increase 1 ST. Removing 1 ST at level 1 gives you 10 extra points.
DX: it costs 10 points to increase 1 DX. Removing 1 DX at level 1 gives you 10 extra points.
IQ: it costs 10 points to increase 1 IQ. Removing 1 IQ at level 1 gives you 10 extra points.
HT: it costs 10 points per to increase 1 HT. Removing 1 HT at level 1 gives you 10 extra points.
Remaining Stats:
HP: costs 2 points per 1 HP. Removing 1 HP at level 1 gives you 2 extra points. Unless augmented, by default HP is equal to ST. When augmenting during creation or on level up, HP cannot vary by more than ± 30% of ST.
Will: costs 5 points per 1 Will. Removing 1 Will at level 1 gives you 5 extra points. Unless augmented, by default Will is equal to IQ. When augmenting during creation or on level up, Will cannot be less than 4 or above 20.
Perception: costs 5 points per 1 Per. Removing 1 Per at level 1 gives you 5 extra points. Unless augmented, by default Per is equal to IQ. When augmenting during creation or on level up, Per cannot vary by more than ± 30% of IQ.
FP: costs 3 points per 1 FP. Removing 1 FP at level 1 gives you 3 extra points. Unless augmented, by default FP is equal to HT. When augmenting during creation or on level up, FP cannot vary by more than ± 30% of HT.
Basic Speed: costs 5 points per .25 Speed. Removing .25 Speed at level 1 gives you 5 extra points. Default speed is calculated by (HT*DX)/4. Speed cannot be augmented by more than ± 2.00.
Basic Move: costs 5 points per 1 yd/s. Removing 1 yd/s at level 1 gives you 5 extra points. Default move is equal to Basic Speed with the fractions removed.
Advantages and Disadvantages
At creation (and at creation only), players get 25 points to spend on advantages, but can get up to 40 extra points by picking disadvantages. They can have as many advantages as they can afford. Advantages and disadvantages are not the same as skills; skills are active things players can do which can be purchased upon level up, while advantages and disadvantages are passive traits that can only be selected upon character creation. Once chosen, advantages and disadvantages must be incorporated into a character's personality and backstory. For example, a character with the amnesia disadvantage would be penalized if the character did not actually have amnesia at some point during RP. Information as to how these advantages and disadvantages can be found at the bottom of the How To Play Journal:
How to play.This is basic stuff for everyone who's already participated in a campaign, but we thought it would be good to clarify what different spells mean/how different things affect the game numbers-wise, since some parts of GURPS aren't compatible with how we've been running things. This won't change anything retroactively, but all future campaigns should stick to these guidelines. Everything is based off of the dice roller here: http://www.rolz.org/group . Simply enter your name and use Island of Qizhou as the group.
To join a game:
Message the mod in charge. Once they add your name to the roster, change your color to the area the campaign is in and RP your character entering the scene. Player order is determined by the character's Basic Speed stat. If two characters have the same Basic Speed, roll a d20 to determine who goes first. The mod decides on an objective, and it is up to the players to complete the objective without dying. Players who make it to the end are rewarded with EXP
The advantages we're keeping from GURPS are:
Absolute direction: 5
3d Spatial sense: 10
Acute sense (per sense): 5
Alertness: 5
Combat reflexes: 15
Composed: 5
Unfazeable: 15
Deep sleeper: 5
Disease resistant: 5
Immunity: 10
Double jointed: 5
Eidetic memory: 30
Fit: 5
Very fit: 15
Hard to kill: 5
High pain threshold: 10
Less sleep: 5
Luck: 5
Manual dexterity: 5
Rapid healing: 5
Very rapid healing: 15
Resistant to poison: 5
Sensitive: 5
Empathy: 15
Single-minded: 5
Strong will: 5
The disadvantages we're keeping from GURPS are:
Amnesia: -10
Bad temper: -10
Bloodlust: -10
Bully: -10
Callous: -5
Chummy: -5
Compulsive behavior: -15
Cowardice: -10
Fanaticism: -15
Greed: -15
Honesty: -10
Impulsiveness: -10
Intolerance: -5
Jealousy: -10
Laziness: -10
Low empathy: -15
Miserliness: -10
Pacifism: -15
Phobias: -5
Sense of duty: -10
Stubbornness: -5
Truthfulness: -5
Weak will: -10
Workaholic: -5
A full-color front and back picture of the character must be provided. If you cannot draw, you may ask a friend to draw your character for you as long as you have the artist's consent and credit them in your description. You may not use any image without the artist's consent (eg., no pictures ripped off of Google or stolen from other groups). If you do not have a friend to draw your character for you, you may use the bases prepared by the mods.
Female:
*A Male base can be provided upon request or you may edit the female base to suit a masculine figure.
Dice Roll Information provided on the How To Play Journal-
How to play.This is basic stuff for everyone who's already participated in a campaign, but we thought it would be good to clarify what different spells mean/how different things affect the game numbers-wise, since some parts of GURPS aren't compatible with how we've been running things. This won't change anything retroactively, but all future campaigns should stick to these guidelines. Everything is based off of the dice roller here: http://www.rolz.org/group . Simply enter your name and use Island of Qizhou as the group.
To join a game:
Message the mod in charge. Once they add your name to the roster, change your color to the area the campaign is in and RP your character entering the scene. Player order is determined by the character's Basic Speed stat. If two characters have the same Basic Speed, roll a d20 to determine who goes first. The mod decides on an objective, and it is up to the players to complete the objective without dying. Players who make it to the end are rewarded with EXP
THE FOLLOWING MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE DEVIATION DESCRIPTION FOR THE CHARACTER APPLICATION TO BE ACCEPTED:
Name:
Level:
Total Points/Unspent points: 0/0
HP: 00 FP: 00
ST: 00 DX: 00
IQ: 00 HT: 00
Will: 00 Perc: 00
Speed: 00 Move: 00
Gender:
Age:
Birthday:
Race:
Orientation:
Occupation level:
Advantages:
• (Cost) Advantage: effect
Disadvantages:
• (Negative Cost) Disadvantage: effect
Weight: How much the character weighs. If you are not familiar with the anatomy, here is a chart with weight ranges: www.changingshape.com/calculat…
Height: How tall the character is.
Skills: Used/Total
○ Barehanded hit: This is does not cost, use to save roll
•*(Cost) Skill: The star represents 'occupation related', add the effect of the skill here.
• (Cost) Skill: Add the effect of the skill here.
Players are given 50 skill points upon character creation and 25 skill points for every subsequent level. Spells are included as skills and cost skill points to learn. Please update their skills as they gain them.]
Magic:
(Cost) Spell (Element?) Level ?: (Stat based on) Roll here
• describe the ability
Liked Gifts:
• I like this
Disliked Gifts:
• But not this
Personality: Trait | Trait | Trait | Add as many traits as you want.
Describe personality and quirks.
Origin:
Culture:
Culture is good.
Life History:
So is life.
Before arrival:
A look into life before the island.
Extras:
• Something Equipped: Effect to rolls/Defense/Attack/ect.
• More Equipment: Effect to rolls/Defense/Attack/ect.
Preferred RP Style:
- Chatroom:
- Comments:
- Google docs:
- Notes:
- Paragraph:
- Script:
- Skype:
- Questions? Ask.
