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But why?
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I think it's better to think of all the add-ons and supplements as GM inspiration, rather than hard and fast rules. Most everything in GURPS is set up to arrive at a skill roll or attribute modifier; so even if you don't remember a particular rule for a particular edge case, you can generally eyeball it and come up with a modifier pretty close to what's in the books. The books give a *lot* of guidance on how to reach that modifier, though; and give you enough information to feel comfortable coming up with your own modifiers outside of what they outline. I feel like that's a lot of what GURPS brings to the table - a simple system, with an internally consistent set of guides about how easy or hard a given action might be.
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"Yeah, but neither does the damage I take!" _\*proceeds to do nothing but play on his phone for the session\*_ - The Hypothetical Fighter I Now Hate Also, you have an incredibly appropriate username for this conversation. Have you taken steps along the Path of the Muscle Wizard? (Swipe typing autocorrect turned "steps" into "steroids" three times in a row. I think my phone is becoming sentient.)No steroids, only muscle magic
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I just want to point out, with GURPS templates, players can absolutely get a character ready to go pretty quickly without missing crucial skills or abilities. GURPS's Dungeon Fantasy line comes with a set of templates that mirror D&D's character classes; you follow the guide for your preferred archetype and put together a character that has what *you* want. If you want to mix and match between them, you just invest the points and pick it up; it even has some guidance on what likely will and won't synergize well. And if that's still too granular, the Delvers to Grow add-on lets you just select "packs" of upgrades, worth 25 character points each, and tailored to specific templates. This lets you roll up basic characters in about 20 minutes (10 if you know what you're doing!)
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Pathfinder 2.0 sidestepped this issue by having class-specific feats instead of subclasses. Just pick which features you want dude, no need to be silly about it. And you get a new choice of class specific feats often.Mutants and Masterminds (and I think GURPS) sidesteps it entirely by having point buy with all the abilities and stats. You don't even have classes.
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No I want to see a programming language with multiclassing. Not just inheritance or Interfaces, but properly being able to make an object from any two classes.
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Warlock: I promised my soul in exchange for great power. Rogue: To which great power? Warlock: All of them. Let them fight over it when I am dead.Rogue: Waitasec, how many boons do you have?! Warlock: I dunno, a bunch. I lost count.
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Remember the one rule of D&D everybody forgets, no matter how much Gygax emphasized it: if you don't like a rule, don't use it in your campaign. In my game I allow any and all classes.
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Fiend: Look, I'll take what I can get. Can I get the legs? I'll take the legs. She can have the top part. Archfey: Did you just call the head the "top part"? That is so fucked up.
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Mutants and Masterminds (and I think GURPS) sidesteps it entirely by having point buy with all the abilities and stats. You don't even have classes.Sometimes restrictions breed creativity, though.
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I just want to point out, with GURPS templates, players can absolutely get a character ready to go pretty quickly without missing crucial skills or abilities. GURPS's Dungeon Fantasy line comes with a set of templates that mirror D&D's character classes; you follow the guide for your preferred archetype and put together a character that has what *you* want. If you want to mix and match between them, you just invest the points and pick it up; it even has some guidance on what likely will and won't synergize well. And if that's still too granular, the Delvers to Grow add-on lets you just select "packs" of upgrades, worth 25 character points each, and tailored to specific templates. This lets you roll up basic characters in about 20 minutes (10 if you know what you're doing!)You *could* do that, but then you have players who don't really know what their Traits do. My preferred method is to sit down with each player with GCS open and go through step by step: Basic Attributes, Advantages central to their character concept, Skills central to their character concept, then fill in some extras until they run out of points. I'm comfortable enough with the major options to walk them through it pretty quickly, although unless someone has a very clear idea of what they want to play, that can still take well over half an hour. Choosing everything forces the player to at least be aware of what abilities they have. With templates, they still need to familiarize themselves with the included Traits, and then inevitably fiddle with things a bit to get closer to their vision. Accounting for that, I don't think they have much time unless you're playing a very generic character and rely on the GM to keep track of your abilities.
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Or Pathfinder for Savage Worlds, which is Savage Worlds with Pathfinder classes converted into Edges (limited to one per rank).
No shade to people who do like either (my wife likes macs and my brother likes D&D!) They just both feel so constraining to me, and it feels like that's kind of the point?