GURPS - Compendium 1..

Move Through Ice
10 points
Ice and snow present no obstacle to you! You can walk
through the thickest iceberg and the deepest snow drift as if they
didn't exist. No passage is opened behind you; observers just see
you "melt" into the ice and disappear. You will need
Penetrating Vision (see p. 63) to see where you're going for any
extended trips, though, and you will need an oxygen supply if
you plan on staying inside an iceberg for more than a few minutes.
Special enhancement: You may leave a tunnel behind you if
you choose. +40%.
Multiple Forms 5 points per form
+ special limitations
Some of the most interesting character conceptions from fiction
involve beings who have more than one form, each with a
different set of abilities. There is a 5-point cost per additional
form. This cost must be paid by the form with the highest point
total.
The points must be fairly evenly spread out over the individual
characters - no more than a 20% difference from the average.
Each form can have separate advantages, disadvantages (up to the
campaign limit) and quirks in addition to any unique powers.
Example: If a normal starting character for the campaign has
500 points, a PC with five forms could have, on the average,
100 points per form (500/5). This could vary by 20% (giving a
range of 80-120 points) as long as the total adds up to 500. So
the player could choose one form with 85 points, one with 115
points, two with 90 points, and one with 120 points.
In some cases, one form will not be aware that the other
forms exist! A character with Multiple Forms is a perfect candidate
for the Split Personality disadvantage (see p. B37). This
Split Personality disadvantage is bought by each form. Also, a
character with both Duplication (p. 53) and Multiple Forms
could be two different characters at the same time! (Unlike Split
Personality, Duplication only has to be bought by one of the
forms.)
Special limitations: Depending on how fast a PC can switch
between forms, special limitations apply. If it takes less than one
minute to switch, there is no point break. If it takes 1d minutes
to switch, this is a -20% limitation; 1d hours brings a -40% limitation.
If the GM prefers not to have variable switching times,
anything from one minute to 59 minutes is worth -20%; one
hour or more is worth -40%.
Shared Points: The above example assumes that you wish to
have several separate, unique forms. What if all your forms
share some of the same base skills, attributes, etc., and just have a
few different abilities? This limits the variety of abilities the
character can have, so it allows a point break.
You may declare a certain number of points to be "shared."
For example, all your forms have IQ 12 (20 points), DX 14 (45
points) and 8 points in the Lockpicking skill (total 73 points). In a
500-point campaign, this leaves you with 427 points. These 427
could then be divided among your Multiple Forms - but all of the
forms would start with IQ 12, DX 14 and 8 points in
Lockpicking before any of the 427 points were spent. This is
cheaper than buying those abilities separately for each form.
You may declare a maximum of 20% of your available point
total as shared points (e.g., in a 500-point campaign a maximum of
100 points can be shared). Only attributes and "normal"
advantages and skills can be shared. Nothing that requires an
Unusual Background can be shared.
Special enhancement: Absorptive Change. Normally, unless
both forms are identical in size and shape, clothing and equipment
must be removed before a change, or be destroyed by the change.
Even if the clothing isn't destroyed (a very tiny form might just
walk out of the undamaged clothing), it will probably have to be
abandoned or hidden after the change. Changing in armor or very
tough clothing can be harmful, or even fatal (the exact extent of
the damage taken, if any, must be determined by the GM based
on the strength of the armor and the size of the form's body).
This enhancement allows clothing and equipment to be
absorbed by the new form during a shape change. Thus, the clothing
worn by one form at the time of the change would simply vanish
when the other form manifested, and would return intact and in
place when the first form returned. +10% for No Encumbrance,
+20% for Light, +50% for Medium, or +100% for Heavy. If you
want it to apply to changes both ways, double the cost.
Note that items absorbed in an Absorptive Change are completely
inaccessible until the character changes back to the form
which was originally carrying them.
See also Transformation, p. 68.
Nictating Membrane
10 points/level
Your eyes are covered by a transparent lens. This allows you
to see normally under water, and helps protect your eyes from
sand, irritants and so on. Any time you are hit in the eyes with a
gaseous or liquid attack, the lens provides the eyes (only) PD 2,
DR 1 per level (maximum PD 6). The lens also adds +3 per
level to all HT rolls concerned with eye damage, and can be
opened and closed just like an eyelid.
Oxygen Storage
14 points
You can store oxygen (up to an hour's worth) like a whale or
other marine mammal. You never get "the bends" when diving
using your internally-stored oxygen. This is functionally equivalent
to Doesn't Breathe, but with a limited duration. See also Breath
Holding (p. 21).
Parabolic Hearing
4 points/level
This is the auditory equivalent of Telescopic Vision. You can
"zoom in" on a particular sound or area, and you have a filter to
sort out background noise from the desired sounds.
The table below shows how far away a normal human listener
must be from various sounds for them to have the same volume as
normal conversation at 1 hex (3 feet). Each level of Parabolic
Hearing doubles the distance at which you can clearly hear any
given sound.
Decibels Example Range (yards)
10 Leaves rustling 1/4
20 Quiet conversation 1/2
30 Normal conversation 1
40 Light traffic 2
50 Loud conversation 4
60 Noisy office 8
70 Normal traffic 16
80 "Quiet" rock band 32
90 Thunder; heavy traffic 64
100 Jet takeoff 128
110 Very loud rock band 256
120 Metallica 512
Example: A super with two levels of Parabolic Hearing could
hear normal conversation at 4 hexes, or leaves rustling at 1 hex.
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