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Pro Long character creation creates a bond with your character
Spending a lot of time creating your character also helps with creating a bond with them. This way you will be more encouraged to keep them alive than going around doing dangerous things which would most likely end up killing them.
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Con Long character creation
The lion's share of the work in GURPS is front-loaded: characters are built on points, pieced together with attributes, advantages, disadvantages, quirks, skills, powers, spells, cybernetics, and whatever else your game requires. Expect to spend easily an hour or more creating your character.
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GURPS 4th Edition
2 years ago
GURPS is too granular and plodding. You can pass up to 3 rounds just to cast a spell or shoot a ranged weapon well. Boring.
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Extremely simulationistCon
Core rules need two booksCon
Long character creationCon
Rules too crunchyCon
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Extremely SimulationistGURPS 4th Edition
Recommended 5 years ago
GURPS may be a bit too "crunchy" for some people, but in my opinion it's the best genre-independent system around, giving players immense flexibility in character creation while only requiring a few basic game mechanics be learned. And the vast library of GURPS-specific worldbooks are excellen...
GURPS 4th Edition
Recommended 3 years ago
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GURPS 4th Edition
Recommended 3 years ago
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