GURPS 4th - Ghostbusters.pdf - SUCS

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ContentsContents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2About GURPS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Ghostbusting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4About the Authors .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Campaign in Brief .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Theme.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51. Paranormology 101.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6The Science of Ghostbusting.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9What Are Ghosts Made Of?. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9So What Are Ghosts?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9A Short History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Ghostbusters International.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Time Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112. Ghostbusters International .. . . . . . . . 14The Ghostbuster Franchise .. . . . . . . . . . . . 14Training Your Team.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Exclusive Territories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Starting Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Staffing & Scheduling.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Corporate Positions .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Franchisee Rights.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Work Orders.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Code of Conduct.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18The Use of Mascots.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Ghostbusting For Big Bucks .. . . . . . . . 193. Characters.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Character Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Ghostbusting Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Monsters as Characters .. . . . . . . . . . . . 22Character Design .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Character Hooks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Secret Advantages and Disadvantages 24Ghostbuster NPCs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Iconic Characters .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Peter Venkman.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Ray Stantz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Egon Spengler .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Winston Zeddemore.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Slimer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344. Ghosts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Ghost Classification .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Classes .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37Depreciated Terms.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38The Spirit Cabinet .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Spirit Meta-trait .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Apparition.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Poltergeist.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Intelligent or Mindless? .. . . . . . . . . . . . 39Genius Loci. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Revenant.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Shade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Elemental.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Restoring Fatigue.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Devil-Beast.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Outsider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Other Ghostly Abilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Malevolent Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Ghostly Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Animated Objects.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Ghostly Skills to GURPS Skills .. . . . . . 46Ghostbusting vs. Monster Hunting.. . . . . . 47More Monsters .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475. Busting Ghosts .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48The Prehistory of Ghostbusting.. . . . . . . . . 48Ghostbusting Methods.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Ghostly Motives .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Ghostly Spoor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506. Equipment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Ghostbusting Gear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Proton Packs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Ghost Traps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Ecto-Containment Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54GURPS System Design ❚ STEVE JACKSONManaging Editor ❚ ANDREW HACKARDGURPS Line Editor ❚ SEAN PUNCHProduction Manager ❚ WIL UPCHURCHArt Director ❚ STEVE JACKSONPage Design ❚ PHILIP REEDProduction Artists ❚ JUSTIN DE WITT and ALEX FERNANDEZPrepress Checkers ❚ MONICA STEPHENSand WIL UPCHURCHPrint Buyer ❚ MONICA STEPHENSMarketing Director ❚ PAUL CHAPMANSales Manager ❚ ROSS JEPSONErrata Coordinator ❚ ANDY VETROMILEGURPS FAQ Maintainer ❚ STÉPHANE THÉRIAULTAll original Ghostbusters images and logos are copyright of their respective companies: Ghostbusters is ©1984 Columbia Pictures. The Real Ghostbusters is ©1986Columbia Pictures Television and DIC Productions. Ghostbusters II is ©1989 Columbia Pictures. Extreme Ghostbusters is ©1997 Columbia Pictures Television and AdelaideProductions. All Rights Reserved. GURPS, Warehouse 23, and the all-seeing pyramid are registered trademarks of Steve Jackson Games Incorporated. Pyramid and the namesof all products published by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated are registered trademarks or trademarks of Steve Jackson Games Incorporated, or used under license.Trademarks and copyrights are cited in this document without permission. This usage is not meant in any way to challenge the rightful ownership of said trademarks/copyrights. All copyrights are acknowledged and remain the property of the owners. This game is for entertainment only.Contents
PKE Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55Ecto-Goggles .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Slime Blowers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Flight Suits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Khaki versus Tacky.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Anti-Slime Suit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59PKE Badge.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Atmospheric Ionization Analyzer.. . . . . . . 59Aura Video-Analyzer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Ghostbusting Equipment Chart. . . . . . 59Conventional Gear .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Useful Gear.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Unconventional Gear .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Common Wards.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Uncommon Weapons.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Silver Weapons.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Creating Gear .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Occult Readings.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Equipment List.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Pack Units.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687. Vehicles.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Ecto-1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Ecto-2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Ecto-3.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Non-Ectos.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Alternate Ectomobiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Ghostbusting Vehicles Chart .. . . . . . . . 758. Ghostbuster HQ.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Choosing A Site.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76The Hood .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Map: GB HQ - Basment & 1st Floor. . . . 78Map: GB HQ - 2nd & 3rd Floors. . . . . . . 789. Planning A Campaign.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Ghostbusting Campaigns.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Campaign Length.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Narrative Structures.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Boundaries.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83High-Powered Horror.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Running Horror.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Fright Checks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Multiple Fright Checks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Cumulative Effects of Fear.. . . . . . . . . . 88Cowards Die a Thousand Deaths .. . . . 89Fright, Awe and Confusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Fright, Awe and Confusion Table.. . . . . 90Disadvantages from Fright Checks .. . . 9110. Adventures.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Creating Adventures.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Basic Structure.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92General Elements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92It’s Only the Wind.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Adventure Scenarios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95The Sump Thing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95A Gross of Gremlins.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95The Disappeared.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96The Little House in the Wood. . . . . . . . 96The Atheist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97The Inheritance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97And the Rain Came Down.. . . . . . . . . . 98The Wreck of ’53.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98The Vampire Brief.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Running Adventures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102The Water Ghost.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Timing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Rewarding the Players.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105The Elephants’ Graveyard. . . . . . . . . . 105Looking for the Holy Grail.. . . . . . . . . 105By the Light of the Silvery Moon.. . . . 105Appendix I: Other Planes .. . . . . . . . . . 106Astral Plane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Boogieman’s Realm.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Dream Worlds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Ecto-containment Unit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Ethereal Plane.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Flip Side Dimension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Appendix II. Player Handouts .. . . . . . . . 110Business Cards.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Certificate of Merit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Customer Bill of Rights.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Customer Invoice.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Damage Release Form.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Entity Analysis Form.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116EPA Operating Permit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117EPA Temporary Permit .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118Franchise License.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Franchise Contract.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120GBI Standard Will.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Job Application Form.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Personnel Record.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124Work Order.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Glossary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Bibliography .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Non-fiction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Fiction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Comics .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Filmography.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Television.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Index.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138About GURPSSteve Jackson Games is committed to full support of the GURPS system.Our address is SJ Games, Box 18957, Austin, TX 78760. Please include a selfaddressed,stamped envelope (SASE) any time you write us! We can also bereached by e-mail: info@sjgames.com. Resources include:Pyramid (www.sjgames.com/pyramid/). Our online magazine includesnew GURPS rules and articles. It also covers the d20 system, Ars Magica,BESM, Call of Cthulhu, and many more top games – and other Steve JacksonGames releases like Illuminati, Car Wars, Transhuman Space, and more.Pyramid subscribers also get opportunities to playtest new GURPS books!New supplements and adventures. GURPS continues to grow, and we’llbe happy to let you know what’s new. For a current catalog, send us alegal-sized or 9”x12” SASE – please use two stamps! – or just visit www.warehouse23.com.e23. Our e-publishing division offers GURPS adventures, play aids, andsupport not available anywhere else! Just head over to e23.sjgames.com.Errata. Everyone makes mistakes, including us – but we do our best tofix our errors. Up-to-date errata sheets for all GURPS releases, are availableon our web site – see below.Internet. Visit us on the World Wide Web at www.sjgames.com for errata,updates, Q&A, free web forums, and much more.Bibliographies. Many of our books have extensive bibliographies, and we’reputting them online – with links to let you buy the books that interest you! Goto any book’s web page and look for the “Bibliography” link.GURPSnet. This e-mail list hosts much of the online discussion of GURPS.To join, point your web browser to mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l/.Rules and statistics in this book are specifically for the GURPS BasicSet, Fourth Edition. Page references that begin with B refer to thatbook, not this one. Page references that begin with PO refer to GURPSPowers, other page references can be found on the updated web list at:http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/abbrevs.htmlContents
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