Steve Jackson Games
SKU: SJG37-0382
Your Points Are Showing
In GURPS, character points are a meta-game construct – they exist at the gaming table, not in the game world. GURPS Power-Ups 5: Impulse Buys puts a toe over the line and proposes ways to use points in play that would be hard for characters (not just players!) to ignore. However, it doesn't go all the way and make points a real, measurable phenomenon in the setting.
Such an extreme take might suit GURPS Dungeon Fantasy, though! The series already takes a "kitchen sink" approach to fantasy, stealing ideas from every hack 'n' slash source imaginable. This includes those that unapologetically break the fourth wall, from the very old school to today's web comics.
Finer Points is for gamers who want to go there. It discusses explanations for what points are in the game world, how to measure them, ways for players to spend them to produce useful effects in play, and advanced concepts for GMs, including wishes and character point-draining and -spending monsters. It also comes with a version of the fate-bender from Pyramid #4/4: Fantasy/Magic II – a true expert in this stuff – revised to work smoothly with all the new rules.
