GURPS - Compendium 1..

Minor Advantage: 5 points. The character is fated to play a
small part in a larger story, but this part will reflect to his credit. In
game terms, he is guaranteed one significant victory.
Minor disadvantage: -5 points. Again the character is fated to
play a small part in a larger story, but this time he will not
come off so well. He is guaranteed one tragic experience or one
embarrassing failure. These things should not cause the fated
character's death except in the most desperate and heroic of circumstances.
Major disadvantage: -10 points. The character is fated to
play a key role in a sorry turn of events. For instance, he might
be late with a message which could have saved the day . . . but he
blew it. Or he might have executed the only competent general in
a threatened province, causing its loss to barbarian invaders.
Still, the character will survive.
Great Disadvantage: -15 points. Death stalks the character.
Something out there has his name on it, and it knows where he
is, and it's getting closer all the time. He will either die, or be
ruined, and his fall will have terrible repercussions for others.
This level of Destiny is not suitable for every campaign! The
GM does not have to allow it, and if he does, he should plan on
letting the campaign take a radical turn, or simply end, when the
Destiny is fulfilled.
Working out a good Destiny - and making sure it comes to
pass - requires considerable ingenuity on the part of the GM.
Before you decide on a Destiny, be sure that it won't drag the
campaign off the rails.
If someone fulfills his Destiny and still lives, it is over -
although its repercussions might haunt him for years to come. A
disadvantageous Destiny must be bought off as soon as it is fulfilled
. . . although this may be automatic, if the outcome of the
Destiny costs the character riches or Allies worth equivalent
points.
If the character does not have enough points to buy off his
Destiny at the time it is fulfilled, he gains the Unluckiness disadvantage,
regardless of the level of the Destiny disadvantage
(or, the GM might assign a new bad Destiny to the PC). The
Unluckiness can then be bought off in the normal way. No extra
character points are earned for fulfilling an advantageous
Destiny.
Divination Talent
5 points
Characters with this advantage are able to learn a single divination
spell (pp. M55-57, G59-60) as if they were mages. This
advantage does not add to effective IQ for any purpose, nor does it
replace prerequisites, which must still be learned (but may not be
cast unless the diviner is in a high-mana area or is a mage). This
advantage may be purchased more than once, allowing the
character to be proficient with several methods of divination.
Divine Favor
Variable
You are a Holy Person, capable of petitioning your god for
miracles. This advantage has nothing to do with Clerical
Investment (p. 22), and must be bought separately if an ordained
priest wishes to have miraculous powers.
The cost of Divine Favor depends on the power of the deity
and the level of favor you have in the god's eyes. The base cost is
found by treating the deity as a Patron. Most gods will be 25-
point Patrons, while lesser deities will cost 20 points. Modify
this by the Frequency of Appearance multipliers (p. B23) to
reflect how capable the deity is of coming to the Holy Person's
aid.
The cost is modified again for higher or lower favor in the
god's eyes. For every +1 to affect the Reaction roll, add 5 points
to the cost of the advantage, up to a maximum of +25 points.
For every -1 to the Reaction roll, subtract 5 points from the cost of
the advantage.
Extra Life
25 points per life
For each Extra Life you purchase, you may come back from
death (see Resurrection, p. 64) once. In a cinematic campaign, an
Extra Life may be purchased with earned points, whether you had
this advantage initially or not. No matter how sure your foes were
that they killed you, you didn't really die! The details are
between the player and the GM.
You may not have both Extra Lives and Resurrection.
Faerie Empathy
10 points
The faerie folk do not find you threatening. In fact, they are
attracted to you (+3 reaction). You, in turn, are naturally in tune
with their customs and moods. This advantage does not prevent
mischievous or evil-minded faerie creatures from seeking to do
you harm, but it might (at the GM's option) make it easier for you to
detect and counter their plots. Compare Spirit Empathy, p. 46.
Note: This advantage is a modified form of the Faerie
Affinity advantage that originally appeared in GURPS Vampire
Companion.
Faith Healing
30 points
You can heal people without resorting to any kind of spell or
ritual, using your mystical influence to channel spiritual energy
into the body of a patient. You can heal up to HT/2 points of
damage on a successful Will roll. Each use of this power costs 5
Fatigue points. If you exceed your limits or are reduced to 0
Fatigue, you pass out. If you attempt to spend more Fatigue than
you have, you fall into a coma that lasts 1d hours for every
Fatigue point over your capacity that you spent.
Faith healing can cure disease and repair crippled limbs. You
cannot, however, replace missing limbs; you can restore a lame
leg to full use, but cannot regrow a severed one from thin air.
The roll to cure a disease is up to the GM; it could range from
+1 to cure the common cold to -15 to heal an AIDS sufferer.
The Fatigue cost to heal disease is equal to twice the penalty
applied to the Will roll (minimum of 1). Crippled limbs are
restored on a Will-5 roll, at the cost of 10 Fatigue. Halve this if
the crippling was not permanent (see p. B129).
These healing powers do not come directly from you, but
from spiritual entities such as angels, daemons, demons, and so
on. If you somehow alienate these supernatural allies, you will
temporarily lose your powers. Under some circumstances (if
you behave in a manner contrary to the spirits' interests or
moral codes, for example), the GM may require a reaction roll
before you can attempt a healing act. For instance, attempting to
heal an "unbeliever" or enemy of the mystical order may require a
Good or better reaction. If you have the Spirit Empathy advantage
(p. 46), your reaction rolls get a +3 bonus; friendly spirits are
more likely to overlook transgressions.
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