GURPS - Compendium 1..

ATHLETIC SKILLS
Body Sense (Physical/Hard) Defaults to DX-6 or
Acrobatics-3
This is the ability to adjust quickly after blinking, teleporting
or any similar sort of magical or psionic "instant movement."
Roll at -2 if you are changing facing, -5 if you are going from
vertical to horizontal or vice versa. Note that you cannot change
physical position during a teleport - only orientation. (Yes, you
can use Teleport to get up in one turn if knocked prone - but it's
not easy!)
A successful roll allows you to act normally on your next
turn. A failed roll means disorientation - no actions except
defense are possible for one turn. A critical failure means you
fall down, physically stunned.
Modifiers: +3 for Absolute Direction or 3D Spatial Sense (p.
31).
Bulldancing (Physical/Hard)
See p. 128 under Animal Skills.
Defaults to Acrobatics-5
Flight (Winged)
This is the Flight skill for beings who possess Flight with the
Winged limitation. It defaults to DX for races that can fly naturally,
and to DX-4 for beings (such as winged supers or wizards
using the Shapeshift (Giant Eagle) spell) who somehow gain the
ability to sprout wings and fly unnaturally.
Flying Races and the Flight Skill
For creatures that can fly naturally - whether they fly via a
magic spell, psionic levitation or wings - flight is as effortless as
walking is for land-bound creatures. However, in the same way
that land-bound creatures have to be taught to execute tactical
movement or complex acrobatics, flying creat ures must train in
order to fight while airborne or to carry out complex aerial
maneuvers. This ability is covered by the Flight skill.
Note that since the Flight skill defaults to DX for flying
races, they effectively get 2 points in the Flight skill for free and
can buy their skill up from this default (see p. B44).
Combat/Weapon Sport (Variable)
See p. 133 under Combat/Weapon Skills.
Default varies
Hiking (Physical/Average)
See p. 152 under Outdoor Skills.
No default
Darts (Physical/Easy) Defaults to DX-4 or Throwing
See p. 146 under Hobby Skills.
Equestrian Acrobatics (Physical/Hard) Defaults to
Acrobatics-3 or Riding-3
Prerequisite: Riding
See p. 128 under Animal Skills.
Flight (Physical/Average)
Default varies
These rules differ slightly from those originally presented on p.
B242 and under the Levitation skill in GURPS Psionics.
This is the skill to use a non-technological flight power well,
for acrobatics, tight turns and so on. The Flight skill requires
specialization (see p. B43) in a particular mode of flight. Each
specialization of the Flight skill defaults to every other at -2. In
all cases, the Perfect Balance advantage (p. 63) gives +1 to the
Flight skill, and the 3D Spatial Sense advantage (p. 31) gives +2.
Specializations of the Flight Skill:
Flight (Gliding)
This is the Flight skill for winged beings who possess Flight
with the Gliding limitation. It defaults to DX for races that can
glide naturally, and to DX-4 for beings (such as supers or wiz -
ards) who somehow gain the ability to glide unnaturally.
Flight (Unwinged)
This is the Flight skill for beings whose flight involves some
means other than wings - be that an air jet, a magic spell, a psi
talent or generic "super" Flight. It defaults to DX for races that
can fly this way naturally. For a psi using the PK Levitation
skill or for a wizard using the Flight or Hawk Flight spell, it
defaults to DX-4; however, such flyers receive a bonus equal to
1/8 their skill with the psi ability or spell being used. These
skills mostly represent the ability to activate the power, but give a
slight bonus for controlling that power as well. In all other cases,
this skill defaults to a flat DX-4.
Inertialess Agility (Physical/Hard) No default
This is the ability to handle yourself under "free" (inertialess)
conditions. It is handled identically to the Free Fall skill; see p.
B48. Inertialess drives are pure space opera - this is not a realis tic
skill!
Juggling (Physical/Easy)
Defaults to
Sleight of Hand-3
Basic Juggling is extremely easy to learn. The juggler rolls at
base level to keep three balanced objects in the air, or two balanced
objects with one hand. More complicated tricks simply
require more extreme penalties:
Each extra object is a -3 to skill. Unbalanced objects are -2 to
skill. Unmatched objects are -1 to -6, depending on how close
they are in weight. Various maneuvers each have their own
penalty, starting at -2 for a simple under-the-leg pass. Juggling
full shot glasses without spilling anything is about -12! Penalties
are doubled for any trick which the juggler has not previously
rehearsed for a number of hours equal to the base penalty of the
trick.
Team Juggling is a separate P/E skill, but the two skills
default to each other at -2.
A juggler must make a skill roll whenever he tries a new
maneuver or trick, or every 15 seconds, whichever comes first. If
he fails the roll, he will drop as many objects as he failed by. On
a critical failure the juggler overreaches himself. He drops all of
the objects and must make an immediate unmodified DX roll or
fall down. If he's juggling dangerous objects (knives, torches,
bowling balls), he will take damage from one or more of the
objects on a critical failure (GM should roll the number of objects
that cause damage randomly). No active defense is possible, but
PD and DR protect normally. Damage is equal to thrust damage
for the juggler's ST -2, taken to either the left or right hand
(choose randomly) or any other body part used in the act
(including feet, forearms, the mouth, the top of the head or the
back of the neck).
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