{"id":1105,"date":"2014-10-15T18:12:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T18:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2020-10-15T05:47:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T12:47:48","slug":"fate-points-in-gurps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/fate-points-in-gurps\/","title":{"rendered":"Fate Points in GURPS"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently posted about ways<\/a> to run GURPS in the style of Fate and made mention of the GURPS PDF Power-Ups 5: Impulse Buys<\/a>, saying “This would be the<\/em> book for GMs looking for\u00a0something like the Fate Points economy in a GURPS game.” A couple of folks have asked which options, specifically, I use from that book, and how they affect gameplay.<\/p>\n

My current game, the one this post discusses, is set in a modern day Los Angeles where the PCs strive to protect the city from all manner of Voodoo-inspired supernatural threats. They are larger-than-life heroes, with some minor magical ability, but not necessarily “superhuman” (though at this point, after almost two years of monthly games, they are 300-point characters).<\/p>\n

The following system has been in place for a bit over a year, with great success.<\/p>\n

Each PC begins a night of gaming with 3 “Story Points” (SP), represented by red glass beads. These are entirely separate from the Character Points (CP) used to advance the character, and are only occasionally given out in play — they are a finite resource and do not refresh except for between game sessions. We have altered the Luck advantage so that instead of<\/em>\u00a0allowing rerolls, it now gives +1 SP for 15 CP, +2 SP for 30 CP, and +3 SP for 60 CP (though, see Buying Success<\/strong>, below). Thus, a PC with the 60-point Ridiculous Luck advantage would begin the night with 6 SP instead of the usual 3.<\/p>\n

These Story Points can be used to activate the following options from the Power-Ups 5: Impulse Buys<\/em> PDF:<\/p>\n