GURPS 4E Core Ruleset

[seycyrus]

Ronke,

I'm not sure I follow MoonWizard's explanation of the way things are handled in the 3.5 ruleset, but to me it seems that your method of just holding down ctrl while you click on an effect is the most straightforward. I hope that it will work for both PCs and NPCs?

[YAKO SOMEDAKY]

Ronnke can be sure that I'll wait for his update, I'll wait for something from who knows what he's doing

[ronnke]

Ronke,

I'm not sure I follow MoonWizard's explanation of the way things are handled in the 3.5 ruleset, but to me it seems that your method of just holding down ctrl while you click on an effect is the most straightforward. I hope that it will work for both PCs and NPCs?

I know what MoonWizard was explaining. It's not quite what we are after for GURPS, but it did help our implementation. Thanks MW. In the name of standardisation across rulesets, I've used the ****+Effect instead of Ctrl. Also, it works for PCs and NPCs.

[seycyrus]

Ronnke,

Do you anticipate that we will just be able to replace the current ruleset with the new one, or is this one of those deal where I should start exporting things in anticipation of having to start a new campaign?

[ronnke]

Ronnke,

Do you anticipate that we will just be able to replace the current ruleset with the new one, or is this one of those deal where I should start exporting things in anticipation of having to start a new campaign?

You will be able to replace the ruleset, no need to export or anything like that. Your campaign files will automatically update to the new release.

[ronnke]

A new minor update his been posted and also the new GURPS Theme created by Gigermann. I will release another update most likely early next week.

Effects
Effect <blank> | <blank> *The effect never expires.
Effect <blank> | <sec/min/hr/day> *The effect expires at the beginning of the character's next turn.
Effect <number> | <sec/min> *The effect expires at the end of the character's turn, after the specified duration.
Effect <number> | <hr/day> *The effect does not expire but the duration is noted in the combat tracker.

Note: The duration of an effect applied to the current/active character, is not tracked until the characters next turn. If the effect is applied to the non-active character, then the duration tracking begins immediately. If pressing SHIFT when an effect is applied, the effect is instead applied to the Actor's targets.

[seycyrus]

For the second case, I believe the syntax is <number> | <blank>, is it not?

And by the way, it looks awesome. Both the ruleset and the theme!

[ronnke]

For the second case, I believe the syntax is <number> | <blank>, is it not?

That would have the same result as: Effect <number> | <sec>.

[seycyrus]

That would have the same result as: Effect <number> | <sec>.

Yes, I was mistaken.

Out of curiosity, what are the instances in which #2 would occur, as opposed to #3?

[ronnke]

Yes, I was mistaken.

Out of curiosity, what are the instances in which #2 would occur, as opposed to #3?

See the bits in bold.

#2 Effect <blank> | <sec/min/hr/day> *The effect expires at the beginning of the character's next turn.
#3 Effect <number> | <sec/min> *The effect expires at the end of the character's turn, after the specified duration.