Steve Jackson Games GURPS Basic Set: Characters | Roleplaying System | 4th Edition

GURPS (Generic Universal RolePlaying System) is renowned as the most flexible roleplaying system ever created, allowing you to adventure in virtually any world you can imagine. This volume, GURPS Basic Set: Characters, provides everything necessary for character creation within this comprehensive ruleset.

Key Features/Benefits

• The most flexible roleplaying system available, supporting adventures in any imagined world.
• Simplifies the Game Master's role with carefully organized, indexed, and cross-referenced rules.
• Fourth Edition is based on 16 years of gamer feedback from the Third Edition, resulting in a faster and easier-to-play system.
• Allows creation of characters using any type of weaponry (clubs to lasers), magic, martial arts, psionics, or superpowers.
• Includes over 400 advantages and disadvantages, and over 350 skills, spells, and techniques for detailed customization.
• Provides one set of clear, comprehensive rules to cover any campaign background, eliminating the need to switch game systems.
• This book is Book 1 of the two-volume Basic Set and is sufficient for play.

Specifications

• Brand: Steve Jackson Games
• Edition: 4th ed.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Manufacturer Recommended Age: 14 years and up
• Number of Game Players: 2 (Minimum)
• Dimensions: 279 x 213 x 25mm (Approx. 27.94 x 21.34 x 2.54 cm)
• Weight: 1157g (Approx. 1.16 kg)
• Model Number: SJG-01-0001

Contents Note

This product is GURPS Basic Set: Characters (Book 1). It is the companion book to GURPS Basic Set: Campaigns. Together, the two volumes provide everything needed to run or play a GURPS campaign, though this volume alone is necessary for play.

Build the exact character you envision—from fictional heroes to original creations—using the robust ruleset provided in this essential Fourth Edition guide.