''GURPS Lite'' is a 32-page introduction to the rules of the ''
GURPS
The ''Generic Universal RolePlaying System'', or ''GURPS'', is a tabletop role-playing game system designed to allow for play in any game setting. It was created by Steve Jackson Games and first published in 1986 at a time when most such systems ...
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role-playing game based on the core rules in the
GURPS 4e Basic Set (mainly ''Characters'').
Contents
''GURPS Lite'' includes basic
character creation
Character creation (also character generation or character design) is the process of defining a game character or other character. Typically, a character's individual strengths and weaknesses are represented by a set of statistics. Games with a ...
with
advantages, disadvantages,
skill
A skill is the learned ability to act with determined results with good execution often within a given amount of time, energy, or both. Skills can often be divided into domain-general and domain-specific skills. For example, in the domain of w ...
s and equipment, as well as some rules for playing.
People are allowed to make unmodified copies of the document and distribute as they please, as long as they don't charge any more than the cost of reproduction and don't incorporate it into another product.
Publication history
''GURPS Lite'' was published in 1998 for ''GURPS'' third edition, and presents the game in a slim 32-page version, which allowed Steve Jackson Games the opportunity to produce standalone games which did not required the main rulebook.
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GURPS Discworld'' (1998) and ''GURPS WWII'' (2001) were the first books to include ''GURPS Lite'' in them, while later publications were labelled "Powered by ''GURPS''" without including "''GURPS''" in the book title.
Unlike the later 4E version, the 3E original included the Magery advantage and rules for casting spells in various mana zones (it is only possible to cast Magic in High Mana settings without Magery). It also included the 14 basic spells of Create Fire, Daze, Detect Magic, Fireball, Foolishness, Haste, Ignite Fire, Lend Health, Lend Strength, Light, Minor Healing, Shape Fire, Shield and Sleep. These magic options were removed in the following years' 4E version of Lite.
The current version of ''GURPS Lite'' is available, free of charge, as a
PDF from the
Steve Jackson Games website.
Reception
References
External links
GURPS Lite 4th Edition
GURPS 3rd edition
GURPS 4th edition
Lite
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 2004
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