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POWER-UPS

P ERKS

Written by SEAN PUNCH

Illustrated by DAN SMITH

An e23 Sourcebook for GURPS ®

STEVE JACKSON GAMES

Stock #37-0129

Version 1.0 – July, 2008

C ONTENTS

I NTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

What Perks Are Included? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

How Were They Named? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

How Are They Sorted? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

How Many Should I Allow? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

T HE P ERKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Appearance Perks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Combat Perks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Special Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Equipment Perks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Exotic Perks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Power Perks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Mental Perks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Physical Perks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Shticks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Skill Perks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Social Perks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Supernatural Perks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Unusual Background Perks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

I NDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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I NTRODUCTION

There’s nothing quite like getting a bunch of bite-sized

goodies for next to nothing – and perks fit the bill! As the Basic

Set explains, a perk is a minor advantage that costs only 1

point. Perks are penny candy for your PC.

Despite being small and inexpensive, perks are big on fla-

vor. Just a few can make an ordinary character concept extra-

ordinary. This is to a great extent because perks are open to

interpretation and rarely raise game-balance concerns, which

encourages players and GMs alike to cast aside rules and con-

sider personality.

GURPS Power-Ups 2: Perks is simply a big list of perks

that tries to hold true to all of these principles: flavor, flexibil-

ity, and variety. Everything here has been checked for game

balance. The GM must still exercise judgment, but we’ve made

every effort to keep things sensible.

Have fun!

160 of them!) are sorted by type. If you prefer alphabetical

order, see the index (p. 22).

H OW M ANY S HOULD

I A LLOW ?

The GM decides how many perks PCs can have. Perks are

minor traits, so it probably won’t break anything to set no limit.

Like quirks, however, perks are characterization aids above all,

and a character with scads of them risks coming across as scat-

tered. As well, while the individual perks are reasonably bal-

anced, it’s impossible to check every possible combination –

and unlimited access means greater odds of some unantici-

pated super-combo.

A suggested limit, then, is one perk per 25 starting charac-

ter points, excluding racial perks. This lets the typical 150-

point starting PC purchase up to six perks, which seems about

right next to five quirks. As always, the GM has the final say.

W HAT P ERKS A RE

I NCLUDED ?

Power-Ups 2: Perks incorporates every perk published for

GURPS as of spring 2008, including all the combat perks from

GURPS Martial Arts, making it the “one-stop perk source.”

But it isn’t just recycled material! It expands on the old perks,

makes them more generic, and mixes them 50/50 with brand-

new ones.

The future holds more perks, of course, and perhaps further

collections of perks. Until then, if you want a perk that isn’t

here, use what is here as your guide. Swapping the rule, skill,

or die roll that a perk modifies for another object of the same

general type will usually yield a perk that – with minor tweaks

– is balanced and sensible.

A BOUT THE A UTHOR

Sean “Dr. Kromm” Punch set out to become a particle

physicist in 1985, ended up the GURPS Line Editor in 1995,

and has engineered rules for almost every GURPS product

since. During the GURPS Third Edition era, he compiled both

GURPS Compendium volumes, developed GURPS Lite,

wrote GURPS Wizards and GURPS Undead, and edited or

revised over 20 other titles. With David Pulver, he produced the

GURPS Basic Set, Fourth Edition, in 2004. His latest creations

include GURPS Powers (with Phil Masters), GURPS Martial

Arts (with Peter Dell’Orto), and GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 1-

4. Sean has been a gamer since 1979. His non-gaming interests

include cinema and wine. He lives in Montréal, Québec with

his wife, Bonnie. They have two cats, Banshee and Zephyra,

and a noisy parrot, Circe.

H OW W ERE T HEY N AMED ?

Some perk names are utilitarian,

others are whimsical, and still oth-

ers have roots in the distant history

of GURPS. The names mostly don’t

matter as long as the players and

GM know the rules that accompany

each name. If you prefer functional

perk names – or fanciful ones –

then change the ones that don’t fit.

And if a particular player really

wants to rename a perk for his PC,

more power to him – he’s getting

into the spirit of things!

H OW A RE T HEY

S ORTED ?

Most people don’t especially like

huge lists, so the perks (more than

I NTRODUCTION

T HE P ERKS

A PPEARANCE P ERKS

These mundane perks shape your personal appearance. See

Exotic Perks (pp. 9-12) for superhuman alternatives, Clothing

Shticks (p. 14) for perks that influence how your clothing looks,

and Social Perks (pp. 17-18) for perks that affect how others

react to your social position rather than your looks.

Classic Features†

You have some well-defined set of features in spades. You

might be markedly pale or tan, the epitome of blondes or red-

heads, or a muscleman – or perhaps you have idealized Chi-

nese or Irish or Orcish looks. Whenever you interact with an

NPC who fancies those looks – due to a quirk, GM fiat, or a

note in a published adventure – you function as one Appear-

ance level higher, cumulative with any specified reaction

bonus. For instance, if you’re a Classic Redhead with Average

looks, an NPC with the quirk “Prefers redheads (+2 reactions)”

would react to you at +2 for his quirk and another +1 because

you count as Attractive.

Forgettable Face

You blend in. Your face is hard to pick out or remember.

You get +1 to Shadowing in crowds, while others have -1 to

rolls made to recognize you from a lineup or mug shots – or

even to recall meeting you!

You can’t have both Forgettable Face and Distinctive Fea-

tures (p. B165). Unnatural Features (p. B22), and Appearance

above Attractive or below Unattractive, are likewise off-limits,

except when this perk is actually an exotic ability.

Honest Face

You simply look honest, reliable, or generally harmless.

This has nothing to do with your reputation among those

who know you, or how virtuous you really are! People who

don’t know you will tend to pick you as the one to confide in

– or not to pick you, if they’re looking for a potential crimi-

nal or troublemaker. You won’t be spot-checked by customs

agents and the like unless they have another reason to sus-

pect you, or unless they’re truly choosing at random. You

have +1 to trained Acting skill for the sole purpose of “acting

innocent.”

Passing Appearance†

Regardless of your true ethnicity, race, or sex, your looks

never trigger bigoted NPCs’ biases or Intolerance disadvan-

tages (although your words might!). Moreover, if someone like

you would normally have a Social Stigma in your setting, you

lack that Stigma – and if the Stigma is racial, this perk acts as

a small Unusual Background that lets you buy it off at the

usual cost.

There’s something special

about your looks.

You must specialize by type of looks. Two common

examples:

Androgynous: With minimal effort, you can ensure that

you’re mistaken for whatever sex is convenient. Above-average

Appearance with the Androgynous modifier (p. B21) means

you don’t need this perk.

Passing Complexion: Your ethnicity isn’t readily apparent to

onlookers.

At the GM’s discretion, this perk is cinematic or even exotic

if there’s no believable way to explain others mistaking your

appearance.

Photogenic

You look great in posed, still photographs. Anyone looking

at your picture reacts as if your Appearance were one level

higher (if you already have Transcendent looks, you get

another +1 to reactions). To look good in moving pictures, buy

full-fledged Appearance.

Special Properties

This work uses three symbols to indicate special

properties of perks:

* – The perk is cinematic and only suits larger-than-life

heroes. If it affects combat, the GM should restrict it

to warriors who have Gunslinger (p. B58), Trained by

a Master (p. B93), or Weapon Master (p. B99).

† – The perk requires specialization by advantage, piece

of equipment, rule, skill, task, technique, etc.,

depending on exactly how it works. Read the descrip-

tion and pick a suitable specialty. The perk has no

effect outside that one narrow area.

‡ – The perk comes in levels, exactly like an advantage

that comes in levels. Each level is effectively its own

perk and costs 1 point, but for compactness’ sake,

write it on your character sheet only once, along with

level and total point cost; e.g., Courtesy Rank 3 [3].

C OMBAT P ERKS

These are minor advantages for veteran warriors. Regard-

less of the campaign’s limit on perks, it’s recommended that

the GM limit fighters to one combat perk per 20 points in com-

bat, military, and/or police skills, and then allow one extra perk

per 10 points spent on the skills and techniques of a combative

character template, fighting style, or similar abilities package

that offers combat perks. Combat-effective perks from other

categories – notably Shticks (pp. 14-15), Skill Perks (pp. 15-17),

and Unusual Background Perks (pp. 20-21) – count as combat

perks for this purpose.

T HE P ERKS

For further details, see GURPS High-Tech (which discusses

firearms-related perks) and GURPS Martial Arts (which

defines “fighting styles”).

Acrobatic Feints

You’ve practiced using gymnastics to catch enemies off-

guard. You may use your Acrobatics skill to feint and may

improve the Feint (Acrobatics) technique. The GM may allow

similar perks for other noncombat skills: Dancing Feints for

Dancing, Sexy Feints for Sex Appeal, and so on.

Acrobatic Kicks

You’ve learned to kick as a natural extension of flips, jumps,

and spins. Roll against Acrobatics-2 to hit with a kick. Kicking

techniques can likewise default to Acrobatics. Acrobatic kicks

don’t receive Brawling or Karate damage bonuses, however.

As with Acrobatic Feints, above, other skills may have

related perks; e.g., Dancing Kicks for Dancing.

Akimbo*†

You’re not restricted by having two hands full of weapons.

You can open doors, reload, and so forth without putting any-

thing down. This doesn’t help you fight using a weapon in

either hand – take Ambidexterity (p. B39), Dual-Weapon

Attack (p. B230), and/or Off-Hand Weapon Training (pp. 16-

17) for that. You must specialize by one-handed weapon skill.

Armor Familiarity†‡

You’re accustomed to fighting in armor. This perk comes in

levels. Each level lets you ignore -1 in encumbrance penalties

to attack or parry with Judo, Karate, or a fencing skill. For

instance, two levels mean you have no penalty up to Medium

encumbrance, -1 at Heavy, and -2 at Extra-Heavy. You must

specialize by skill: Armor Familiarity (Judo), Armor Familiar-

ity (Rapier), etc.

Armorer’s Gift†

You’ve practiced assembly and disassembly drills on a

firearm until you can do it in your sleep. Roll against the rele-

vant Armoury, Beam Weapons, Gunner, Guns, or Liquid Pro-

jector specialty to accomplish this in record time: 10 seconds

for a handgun, 30 for a long arm (e.g., rifle), or 60 for a sup-

port weapon (e.g., rocket launcher). Conditions are unimpor-

tant – you can do this upside down, blindfolded, underwater,

etc. You also get +2 on rolls to clear malfunctions (p. B407).

You must specialize by weapon skill.

Biting Mastery

You’ve learned a highly developed body of effective bites for

close-quarters use. You may roll against Karate to attack with

a bite and add its damage bonus to biting damage.

Clinch†

You’ve integrated limited grappling moves into your Box-

ing, Brawling, or Karate skill – choose one. Whenever you

grapple a standing opponent’s head, neck, or torso (only), use

your striking skill for the attack roll. This is rarely worth the

point if you already know a grappling skill!

Combat Vaulting*†

You can use a pole weapon to aid balance and make impres-

sive vaults in combat. To benefit from this perk, you must first

take a Ready maneuver to grip your weapon properly. After

that, you may either add (Reach - 1) to combat uses of Acrobat-

ics and Jumping, or add Reach to vertical or horizontal

Jumping distance – choose each turn. Returning to a fighting

grip requires another Ready; learn Form Mastery (below) to

make this a free action after a stunt. You must specialize by

Reach 2+ pole weapon: Combat Vaulting (Halberd), Combat

Vaulting (Long Spear), Combat Vaulting (Quarterstaff), etc.

Cotton Stomach*

You’ve learned to catch attackers’ hands and feet using your

abdominal muscles (or rolls of fat!). Once per turn, you can

attempt a standard unarmed parry against a punch or a kick to

your torso, but using your body instead of a limb. Success lets

you use a follow-up technique capable of trapping an attacker

– e.g., Arm Lock – “hands-free.”

This is a cinematic combat version of Hands-Free (p. 16).

Dirty Fighting

You’re talented at fighting dishonestly. You get +1 on suc-

cess rolls for Dirty Tricks (p. B405) and similar improvised

combat deceptions. The GM may extend this bonus to any

feint or attack made before combat begins, or the first illegal

blow you make under formal tournament conditions, if he

feels that it represents a real “sucker punch” rather than a free

combat bonus.

Drunken Fighting*

You’ve mastered the mythical art of fighting while intoxi-

cated (see pp. B439-440). When you’re tipsy or drunk (p.

B428), treat the -1 or -2 to DX as a +1 or +2 bonus in a fight.

Penalties to IQ and self-control rolls apply normally!

Dual Ready†

You can use a single Ready maneuver to draw a weapon

with either hand. Specialize by weapon combination in left

hand/right hand order; e.g., Dual Ready (Axe/Pick) lets you

ready an axe in your left hand and a pick in your right. This is

mostly redundant if you can Fast-Draw those weapons – but

not every weapon allows Fast-Draw.

Exotic Weapon Training†

Certain weapons have a built-in skill penalty due to their

unusual balance relative to other weapons used with the same

skill. You’ve trained enough with such a weapon that you no

longer suffer this penalty. You must specialize by weapon; e.g.,

Exotic Weapon Training (Three-Part Staff) to avoid -1 to Two-

Handed Flail skill for the three-part staff (see GURPS Martial

Arts ).

This is a combat form of Exotic Equipment Training (p. 9).

Focused Fury*

Unlike most fighters, you can combine Mighty Blows (p.

B357) with All-Out Attack (Strong), improving its damage

bonus to the higher of +2 per die or a flat +3. You can also do

this with the Committed Attack (Strong) maneuver from

GURPS Martial Arts, raising its damage bonus to the better of

+1 per die or a flat +2. Either use costs 1 FP per attack.

Form Mastery†

When using a weapon that works with multiple skills, you

must normally specify the skill you’re using once, at the start of

your turn. You’ve practiced fluid shifts between forms and can

change skills repeatedly, during your turn . For instance, you

could start your turn using a spear with the Staff skill, switch

to the Spear skill to attack, and then return to Staff for parry-

ing. You must specialize by weapon: Form Mastery (Naginata),

Form Mastery (Spear), etc.

T HE P ERKS

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