Cillian

You must regularly ingest a substance (e.g., a drug or magic potion), touch or carry an object (e.g., a holy shrine or magical amulet), or spend time in an environment (e.g., your coffin or your home country, planet, or plane) in order to survive. If you fail to do so, you start to lose HP and will eventually die.

Please use the "Note" section of your abilities page to detail how this ability works for you and how its point cost was calculated. To do this, you'll want to view the full text here: Dependency

A “quirk” is a minor feature that sets you aside from others. It has a negative point value, but it is not necessarily a disadvantage.  Sometimes, we don't have a feel for a character's personality until we do a scene or two with them.  As such, feel free to leave up to 3 of your quirks blank, but be sure to fill them in very soon once you get started.

 You may take up to five quirks at -1 point apiece . . . and if you do, you will have five more points to spend. These do not count against your disadvantage limit!  Quirks are just personality traits; the player is promising to add a bit of personality to the character, and in exchange, the character gets a few points. 

Use the "update" button to list what your (up to) 5 quirks are.  View the full text for more information. Quirk

You feel personally responsible for those who play a significant role in your life. This includes adventuring companions, employers, subordinates, allies, dependents, and those toward whom you have a Duty or a Sense of Duty. If anything bad happens to someone like this, you will be wracked by anxiety and guilt – even if there was nothing you could have done to avert the disaster.

If the mishap was not your fault, you will suffer the effects of Chronic Depression for (15 - Will) days, minimum one day. If the mishap was your fault, the effects of Chronic Depression will last (20 - Will) days, minimum two days, and you roll at SC-3.

Others may attempt to help you overcome your feelings of guilt by making applicable Influence rolls. The GM is free to modify their rolls, depending on how convincing they sounded. Roleplay it!  On a success, you come out of depression.  Each character can attempt once per day. Others may also spend Leverage on you to reduce the duration by one day for each point of Leverage applied, once per scene.

You hate talk and debate. You prefer action! When you are alone, you act first and think later. In a group, when your friends want to stop and discuss something, you should put in your two cents’ worth quickly – if at all – and then do something. Roleplay it! Make a self-control roll when-ever it would be wise to wait and ponder. If you fail, you must act.

You have an incapacitating supernatural reaction to an ordinarily innocuous substance. If you touch or breathe the substance, you must immediately make a HT roll. On a failure, you are at -5 to all skills and attributes for the next 10 minutes. If you ingest the substance, you are at -5 to attributes and -10 to all skills and Sense rolls for 10 minutes. Point value depends on the rarity of the substance; please use the "Note" section of your abilities page to detail how this ability works for you and how its point cost was calculated. To do this, you'll want to view the full text here: Revulsion

Click here to browse Disadvantages. When you have found one you like, come back to this page and click "Add Ability" above.

Your character can start with up to -50 of negative points, including Disadvantages and any negative adjustments you want to make to your stats. If a Disadvantage you choose has a variable point cost or features to select, please specify by clicking "Update" on the top right corner of the card.

Every time a backstory connection is made between you and someone else, you gain a character point.  You can initiate two connections, but there is no limit to how many people can initiate connections with you.

Use the "Note" of this ability to specify who initiated Backstory connections with you.

Every time a backstory connection is made between you and someone else, you gain a character point.  You can initiate two connections, but there is no limit to how many people can initiate connections with you.

Use the "Note" of this ability to specify who you initiated Backstory connections with. If someone you've connected with leaves the game, you can make a new one with someone else, in which case, you gain another point. 

Default: DX-5. 

This is the ability to climb mountains, rock walls, trees, the sides of buildings, etc. See Climbing (p. 349) for details.

Modifiers: +2 for Brachiator; +3 for Flexibility or +5 for Double-Jointed; +1 for Perfect Balance; a penalty equal to encumbrance level.

• Any skills you think you might use, add them here. 
• We recommend putting 1 point each into 10-15 skills, maybe more. 
• If there are skills you want to be good at, you can put 2, 4, 8, 12, etc. points into them.
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• Combat Skills (they function the same, but are separated for convenience)
• Each time you find a skill you like, come back to this page and click "Add Ability" to add it. 

For each skill chosen, please use the "Update" button to indicate how many points you would like to spend.  This will be 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, etc. points. 

Default: DX-5.

This is the ability to perform dances appropriate to your own culture, and to learn new dances quickly. Note that certain physical handicaps make this skill effectively impossible!

Modifiers: Cultural Familiarity modifiers (p. 23); -5 if the dance is unfamiliar (a dance is familiar once you have successfully performed it three times).

Default: DX

This skill represents trained jumping ability. When you attempt a difficult jump, roll against the higher of Jumping or DX. In addition, you may use half your Jumping skill (round down) instead of Basic Move when calculating jumping distance. See GURPS Rules > Physical Feats > Jumping. 

Default: DX-6.

This is the ability to perform gymnastic stunts, roll, take falls, etc. This can be handy on an adventure, as tightrope walking, human pyramids, and trapeze swinging all have useful applications. Each trick requires a separate skill roll, at whatever penalties the GM sees fit. If you are performing stunts on a moving vehicle or mount, roll against the lower of Acrobatics and the appropriate Driving or Riding skill.

You may substitute an Acrobatics roll for a DX roll in any attempt to jump, roll, avoid falling down, etc. As well, you may attempt an Acrobatic Dodge in combat – a jump or roll that avoids an attack in a flashy way. Finally, a successful Acrobatics roll will reduce the effective distance of any fall by five yards.

Default: HT-3.

This is the ability to impress those who are attracted to you or members of your sex. It has as much to do with attitude as it does with looks. If you are not willing to “vamp” someone to get what you want, you won’t have this skill – or want it.

You may substitute an Influence roll against Sex Appeal for any reaction roll made by someone who is attracted to members of your sex; see Influence Rolls (p. 359).

Usually, you may make only one attempt per “target,” although the GM might allow another attempt after a few weeks.

Against PCs: First, ask the other player if your character has done something that the target character could find attractive (please be generous with agreeing to this!).  If they say yes, then roll, and there is no opposing roll.  They may also opt to give you a +1 bonus to this roll if attraction is already there. If you succeed, they respond as they see fit, and you gain Leverage on them.  If it's a critical success, they also must choose one: 1) I give myself to you, 2) I promise something you want, 3) I get embarrassed or flustered and act awkward.

Modifiers: +2 for Voice (p. 97); -3 for Low Empathy (p. 142); -1 for Oblivious (p. 146); -1 to -4 for Shyness (p. 154); -2 for Stuttering (p. 157).

Default: HT-4.

This is the skill of socializing, partying, etc. A successful Carousing roll, under the right circumstances, gives you +2 on a request for aid or information, or just on a general reaction. A failed roll means you made a fool of yourself in some way; you get -2 on any reaction roll made by those you caroused with.

Default: HT-4.

This is the skill of swimming (on purpose or to keep afloat in emergencies) and lifesaving. Roll against the higher of Swimming or HT to avoid fatigue or injury due to aquatic misfortunes.

Defaults: IQ-5, Performance-2, or Public Speaking-5.

This is the ability to counterfeit moods, emotions, and voices, and to lie convincingly over a period of time. A successful Acting roll lets you pretend to feel something that you do not. The GM may also require an Acting roll whenever you try to fool someone, play dead in combat, etc.

Impersonation is a special type of acting. To impersonate someone, you must first successfully disguise yourself (see Disguise, p. 187) – unless your victims cannot see you!

Note that Acting is not the same Fast-Talk (the art of the “quick con”) or Performance (the skill of screen and stage acting).

Modifiers: +1 for every point of IQ you have over the person you are trying to fool (or the smartest one in the group), or -1 for every point of difference if your victim is smarter than you; -3 for Low Empathy (p. 142); -1 to -4 for Shyness (p. 154); -5 for Truthfulness (p. 159), but only if you are trying to deceive someone. For impersonation only: -5 if you are not well acquainted with your subject; -5 if those you wish to fool are acquaintances of the subject (-10 for close acquaintances).

Defaults: IQ-5 or Acting-5.

This is the skill of talking others into doing things against their better judgment. It is not taught (intentionally, that is) in school; you study it by working as a salesman, confidence man, lawyer, etc. In any situation that calls for a reaction roll, you may make an Influence roll against Fast-Talk instead; see Influence Rolls (p. 359). If you have Fast-Talk at level 20 or better, you get +2 on all reaction rolls where you’re allowed to talk!

Note that Fast-Talk differs from Acting (p. 174). In general, Fast-Talk is used to get someone to make a snap decision in your favor, while Acting is used for long-term dissimulation. However, there are situations in which the GM could allow a roll on either skill.

Modifiers: +2 for Voice (p. 97); -3 for Low Empathy (p. 142); -1 for Oblivious (p. 146); -1 to -4 for Shyness (p. 154); -2 for Stuttering (p. 157); -5 for Truthfulness (p. 159). The GM may ask you for details of the story you are using, rather than just let you say, “I’m using Fast-Talk.” Your approach and the plausibility of the story may further modify the roll, at the GM’s discretion.

Default: IQ-4.
This skill represents familiarity with the people, places, and politics of a given region. You usually have Area Knowledge only for the area you consider your “home base.”

Defaults: IQ-5, Finance-6, or Market Analysis-4.

This is the skill of buying, selling, and trading retail and wholesale goods. It involves bargaining, salesmanship, and an understanding of trade practices. It covers all types of merchandise, but many merchants have an optional specialty (p. 169) in a single class of goods.

Make a skill roll to judge the value of any piece of common goods, find out where any commodity is bought and sold, find the local fair market value of any commodity, etc.

When two merchants haggle, the GM may settle it with a Quick Contest. The winner adds or subtracts 10% of fair value, depending on whether he was trying to sell or buy.

If you have this skill at any level, you get +1 on reaction rolls when buying or selling. If you have this skill at level 20 or better, you get +2.

Modifiers: -3 for Gullibility (p. 137); -3 for Low Empathy (p. 142); -1 to -4 for Shyness (p. 154). -3 for illegal goods, unless you have Streetwise at 12+ or specialize in such goods; -2 in an unfamiliar area, until you have had time to familiarize yourself with local market conditions; Cultural Familiarity modifiers (p. 23). These last two modifiers “stack,” and frequently occur together.

Michael is...

• You can think of the disadvantages that come with this template as "prerequisites" for the archangel's faith in you. If your character ever develops in such a way that you lose those disadvantages... it won't be pretty. 
• It costs 35 points to apply this template. 

• Magery 0 + Sorcery 1

  You have innate magic in your blood. The type is your choice!
• Language Talent

  You have a knack for languages. When you learn a language at a comprehension level above None, you automatically function at the next higher level.
• Darkvision

  You can see perfectly well even without any light whatsoever, but you can only see in color if there's light. 
• Aura of Apparently Evil

  Functions  and  detects  as  Evil,  regardless  of  true morality, whether this helps (“Enter, Son of Lucifer!”) or hinders  (“Only  injures  beings  of  true  Evil”).
• Spirit Empathy

  You are in tune with spirits, and receive the benefits of Empathy when dealing with them. You can get a feeling for the general intentions of any spirit you encounter by making a successful IQ roll. As well, your Influence skills (Diplomacy, Sex Appeal, etc.) work normally on spirits, which sets you aside from most mortals. Spirit Empathy does not prevent evil or mischievous spirits from seeking to harm you, but at the GM’s option, it might make it easier to detect and counter their plots.
• Fit

  You get +1 to all HT rolls (to stay conscious, avoid death, resist disease or poison, etc.). This does not improve your HT attribute or HT based skills! You also recover FP at twice the normal rate.
• Lecherousness

  You have an unusually strong desire for romance. Make a self-control roll whenever in more than the briefest contact with an appealing member of the sex you find attractive. If they are very attractive, give yourself -5.  If they are drop-dead gorgeous beyond belief, give yourself -10. If you fail, you must make a “pass,” using whatever wiles and skills you can bring to bear.
• Supernatural Features

  Your body temperature runs high, and you're always warm to the touch. Other than that, the look of your supernatural features is up to you, but it should be subtle, and you should be able to pass for human unless someone takes a closer look. Perhaps you have a subtle glow to your eyes, or a halo, that can only be seen in darkness or very dim light. If you want to appear more supernatural than that, you may take an additional Supernatural Features disadvantage.
• Frightens Animals

  Animals react to you with fear and aggression. Horses do not permit you to ride them, dogs shy away from you or attack savagely, and your mere scent is enough to panic most creatures. You get -4 on all reaction rolls made by animals. Anyone who sees how animals react to you – and those with Animal Empathy – reacts to you at -1. Note that guards or police with guard animals, “sniffer” dogs, etc. decide how to deal with you based on the animal’s reaction roll, not their own! Observers get +1 on all rolls to deduce your secret!
• Weakness (blessed areas)

  If you ever find yourself in an area that is blessed or of high sanctity to Good gods, you take 1d damage per minute.
• Social Stigma -or- Secret

  This depends on how obviously demonic you are.  If you can pass for human, take Secret.  If not, take Social Stigma.
• Numbers

  DR+1, DX+1
• Compelled by True Name