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    Introduce Action Points

    GURPS already uses one-second actions and penalizes things like rapid strikes, which makes an action-point system as you describe it less useful. However, if you'd like to have some resource management in the blow-by-blow of combat, I use the Last Gasp in my GURPS samurai game. The Last Gasp...
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    Trying out new systems

    You can hyperspecialize, certainly, and it's something of a problem with mages, but in practice, a hyperspecialized character is easy to defeat. For example, one fighter might invest all of his points into Broadsword-40, but at that point, if he's ever without a broadsword, he's a wasted...
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    Trying out new systems

    No actual GURPS fans around here? Then I'll bite: If you want to get a glimpse of how GURPS works, look up GURPS Lite (I can't post a link, it seems, because I haven't posted enough yet). It's free, and it'll give you an idea how it works. If you want to invest more deeply, and you're a fan...
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    The ONE Hit Point World

    It's not much of an exaggeration to say that the real world pretty much operates on that principle, depending on how you scale "one point of damage." One would argue that you get ridiculous results like household pets killing people... but sometimes household pets, stubbed toes and tripping...
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    Why is it a bad thing to optimise?

    I'm relatively new to the EN World forums (Hello!), and it's interesting how different the culture of the boards here are. When the OP discusses an optimized character, people immediately launch into a discussion of how mechanical balance is important. Given the amount of D&D I see around...
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    New Marvel RPG!

    I think I've played every Marvel game that's ever come out, so it'd probably be bad luck to break my streak now. But honestly, this sounds like it would be just about perfect for my Supers needs!
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