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=======================> GET ROMANCE.GURPS
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Getting File: SERVER:[GRASS]ROMANCE.GURPS;2
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GURPS Romance
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by
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Paul Beakley <ADPYB@ASUACVAX.BITNET>
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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Disclaimer: GURPS Romance is a satire. It has not been approved by SJG
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games or by Barbara Cartland.
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So it's time to pack away all those expensive GURPS supplements and drop
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by your local used bookstore. Buy used Romances by the cubic yard.
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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World Settings
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Historic Romance (ca. 100 pts.): this is the era of knights
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in shining armor, damsels in distress and dark, mysterious
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men from faraway lands. It's also White Woman Gets Lost in
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Colonial America and Meets Indian Hunk Who Looks Like Fabio
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With Black Hair. These campaigns can run either with or
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without magic (see new magic rules below). Standard Plot:
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Rich man attracted to young, low class girl. His parent's
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won't allow him to pursue her, so she masquerades as upper
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class. Secret is revealed, he loses his standing and joins
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true love forever after.
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Characters: Indian Brave (or Squaw), Colonist (female or
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male), Prince(ss), Rogue, Landed Noble, Peasant Girl/Boy,
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Clergyman, Explorer, Slave Boy/Girl, Nun, Mountain Man
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Prime-Time Soaps (150-250 pts.): high fashion, big bucks and
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interwoven secrets are the order of the day. Everybody is
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rich (they have to be, since all they do is scheme and jump
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from bed to bed), beautiful (to make up for their poor moral
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fiber), and very cosmopolitan (to provide exotic settings).
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Standard Plot: too convoluted to be outlined. Lots of
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improvisation. Usually involves women using sex for money,
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rich men using women for sex, everybody using sex for
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something other than pleasure.
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Characters: Independently Wealthy Person, Advertising
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Executive, CEO (Generic), Fashion Designer, Test Pilot,
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Politician, Movie/Rock Star, Entrepreneur (generic), Crime
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Lord, Professional Athelete, Renowned Artist, Model, Doctor
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Paperback Porn (cinematic campaign): none of that "Christian
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Romance" crap here; this is the Silhouette "Red Label" brand
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of housewife pornography. It's graphic, but not raw.
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Sensual, but not decadent. Standard Plot: fantastically
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incredible woman seeks out man that is good enough for her.
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Lots of sex in great locations, lots of NPC men used and
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abused along the way.
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Characters: as Prime Time Soaps, but with cinematic rules
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(see below).
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Paperback Porn Variant -- Filmed by the Mafia game, in which
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everybody is a lounge lizard, "pro", bored housewife or
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lucky stud. The action is fast and furious, with a minimum
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of plot to get in the way. Standard plot: woman (usually
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previously involved) has unsatisfying sex life, seeks
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several young hunks to experiment with like she never could
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before.
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Characters: Film Producer, Prostitute (male or female),
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Innocent Bystander, Hitchhiker, Housewife, Jailbait, Eternal
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Bride, Biker, the Boss, Boss' Secretary, Naughty Nurse,
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Playful Pirate
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Campaign Rating:
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G through XXX, the campaign must maintain strict guidelines in
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which to play. At the beginning of the game, the GM must clearly
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state to all players at what rating the game will be played.
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G: fairy tales, cartoons (except Japanimation, see below).
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See "Beauty and the Beast."
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PG: teen/young adult romances. Most television is PG or
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PG-13. See: Sweet Valley High, 90210, etc.
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PG-13: as above, with additional occasional swear words.
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Some brief forays into non-heterosexual relationships, some
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cross-racial relationships. See thirtysomething, Dallas,
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Falcon Crest.
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R: No apparent difference from NC-17, below. Less sex,
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perhaps, or maybe just more violence with less sex. Lots of
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swear words. Most "bestsellers" are rated R.
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NC-17: anatomical detail, some explicit description of
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various acts. Highest possible rating for Prime Time Soaps-
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level game.
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X: explanation of specific acts, with an emphasis on
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anatomical details. Lots of sound effects and a crappy
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soundtrack a must. Also any Japanimation flix like Cream
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Lemon: very graphic but "only cartoons."
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XXX: fetishistic closeups. Every splat, dribble and gush is
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labored over by the GM.
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Advantages, Realistic
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Animal Empathy: good advantage if your character has the
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disadvantage Sexual Deviant (bestiality). See below.
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Appearance: essential to a proper Romance; see Descriptive
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Advantages below
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Bisexual: advantage only if female -- disadvantage if male!
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Charisma: especially useful if you don't have any
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Descriptive Advantages to rely on. Buy enough Charisma
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and you might end up with a Psychic Luv Wave (below).
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Double Jointed: +1 to all Acrobatic rolls related to Erotic
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Arts (below)
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Empathy: So you can tell if he/she is really in love, or
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just toying with your emotions.
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High Pain Threshold: hmmm...
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Immune to Disease: Specifically, social diseases, 'cause
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nobody wants a fella with a social disease.
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Infertile: (unless it's vital to the "plot" to live happily
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ever after and squirt out dozens of spawn off-screen).
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Luck: gotta have it. Special limitation: lucky only while
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being seductive. A complete clutz otherwise. 8/level.
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Voice: be sure to describe it as "husky" or "strong and
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reassuring" for male characters, "breathy" or "liquid" for
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female characters. Descriptive Advantage: alluring foreign
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accent (skill in the language itself not necessary)
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Descriptive Advantages
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5 points per advantage, each of which confers a +1 reaction
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with the target demographic (opposite -- or same -- sex, as
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defined by the player)
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Hair (long, flowing, golden, fiery red, jet black)
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Eyes (deep, piercing, soulful, sad)
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Special cinematic advantage: Bedroom Eyes: +1 to all
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Hypnosis and Sex Appeal rolls.
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Body Parts (heaving bosom, manly chest, long legs, tight
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butt)
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Demeanor (sultry, vivacious, mysterious, intense, radiant,
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rugged, sensitive, strong-but-silent, macho, bitchy)
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Descriptive quirks -- anything not worth a measurable
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reaction bonus, but good to throw out during an interaction
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for character points later. Examples might include Luscious
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Red Lips, Always Wears Stiletto Heels With Fishnet
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Stockings, Pierced Nipple(s)
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Advantages, Cinematic
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Alcohol-proof/Drug-Proof: No matter how hard you abuse
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your body, you never pay for it in the morning. Drink like a
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fish, snort tons of coke at parties, you just get more
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incredible. Disadvantage: Delusion that you believe you get
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more incredible on booze and drugs.
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Delicate Constitution: faint at will, especially at the
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sight of mice or blood, or during confrontations or other
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emotionally difficult times. Double value for male PCs.
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Enlarged appendages (specifically tongue & penis).
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Enhancement: variable at will (i.e. "Stretching").
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Extra Fatigue: useful both for straight sex as well as the
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endurance required to withstand the moronic plots demanded
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of the characters in a Romance game.
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Full Coordination: per Supers/Aliens, but applied toward
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Erotic Arts, below. Provides for multiple "actions" per
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turn, against single or multiple "targets" (wink wink, nudge
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nudge).
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Hair/Makeup Always Perfect: out of bed, out of the pool,
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on a wind-blown mountainside, you always look like you
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"just stepped out of a salon."
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Permanent Tan:
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"Psychic Luv Wave" (pronounced "Sahkik LOOV Wave"):
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Inexplicably, the opposite sex is sexually attracted to you.
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No matter how gross you may act & look, you never have a
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problem finding a partner. Ever.
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Limitation: Always On (-5 pts.): you attract the female
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bus driver, the lady behind the donut counter, and so
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on. For women, constantly hit upon by priests, male
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relatives, bookish professors. Very inconvenient.
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Trained by a Master: prerequisite for all cinematic "Erotic
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Arts" maneuvers. Also allows impressive bragging rights.
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Transsexual: sex organs of both sexes.
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Disadvantages, Realistic
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Addiction/Alcoholism: only completely debilitating
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addictions are counted as "disadvantages" in a Romance
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game.
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Can't Commit: variation on "Cowardice". An emotional
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child.
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Compulsive Flirt: especially effective when combined with
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Can't Commit (above)
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Delusions: most popular is "believes penis has a name and
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pursues independent motives."
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Dependents: children, sick/insane relatives (also possibly
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combined with Secret), beloved horse (see Equus or
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Catherine the Great)
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Disinherited: the Wealth advantage, except you can't get to
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it without a long legal battle. Essentially the disadvantage
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of "Poor" but can be bought off with character points.
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Enemies: jealous ex-lovers, overprotective parents or
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siblings, conniving relatives, secret psychotic admirer.
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Fetishist: one particular body part, piece of clothing, or
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other physical attribute. Basically a compulsive behavior.
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Hopeless Romantic: constantly falling in love, and usually
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with the wrong people. Essentially a compulsive behavior.
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Impotent/Frigid: possibly also a Secret. However, some
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Fetishists (see above) may actually be attracted to this
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type.
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Impulsive: actually conveys a +1 reaction to some women,
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who just love a "crazy, impulsive fool."
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Inhibited: character lives by a strict moral code which
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prohibits him/her from some behavior.
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Low social class:
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Manic-Depressive:
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Misogynist/Misandryst: specialized Intolerance targeted at
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the opposite sex.
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Narcissist: Character is more interested in him/herself, and
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will, under normal circumstances, forego outside
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relationships.
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Obsession: an advanced form of "Fetishist," the Obsessed
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character will do everything in his/her power to win the
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love and affection of another.
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Pregnant: also a good secret, if you're pregnant with your
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secret lover's child. Or your uncle's.
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Shyness: however, this may attract some interest from
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suitors.
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Secret: the staple of most Romances. The GM should
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carefully combine all players' secrets into a complex web.
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Ex. 1: waitress leads a double life, going out on the town
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in her only beaded dress to meet her beau, a powerful oil
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magnate. Her Secret, of course, is her plain-Jane waitress
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life. What will happen should the man of her dreams find
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out?
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Ex. 2: secret multiple relationships. What happens if Jane
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finds out about Matt's relationship to Mary, who's been
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seeing George, who is too busy most nights with his gay
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lover Randy to see her?
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Ex. 3: Past Life: a special, complex kind of Secret,
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involving old (but not forgotten) flames, crimes, unpaid
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debts, and so on.
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Sexual Deviant -- pedophile, sadist, bi/homosexual (male
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only -- advantage if female), masochist, nymphomania
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(actually an advantage in a cinematic campaign), bestiality.
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Necrophilia, Gerbilphilia. Or, anything not heterosexual
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(depending on the rating of the campaign, this can be a
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highly variable disadvantage).
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Social Disease: 'cause nobody wants a fella with a social
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disease. (See upcoming GURPS West Side Story)
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Uninhibited: a true hedonist, the character will try
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ANYTHING at least once.
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Disadvantages, Cinematic
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Clumsy in Bed: watch out for those elbows and knees!
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Excessive Body Hair: double value if female.
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Poorly Endowed (Male: anything under 8", the "average";
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female: anything less than 36" chest, again the "average")
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Skills, Realistic
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Erotic Arts (P/H, based on HT, defaults to Sex Appeal -4)
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Maneuvers, Realistic: all maneuvers get a +2 if Acrobatics
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12+.
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Fellatio (+1 if Breath Control 12+).
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Descriptive Advantage, Cinematic: Can suck
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chrome from trailer hitch.
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Cunnilingus (bonus as above)
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Descriptive Advantage, Cinematic: Can lick
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own eyebrows.
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Pearl Jam
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Exotic Knots
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Discipline (based on Interrogation, or Intimidation)
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Coprolalia (+1 if Linguistics 12+)
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Masturbation, Male (additional Cinematic
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specialization in "Doing the Chester,"
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Jackhammer, Off-Hand Specialization)
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Masturbation, Female (additional Cinematic
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enhancement, "With Long Fingernails")
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Sex Toy Mechanic
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Fake Orgasms
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Manuevers, Cinematic
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Venus Butterfly (H) (based on Cunnilingus -2)
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"The One Hour Orgasm"
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Deep Throat (based on Fellatio -2)
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Painless Anal Sex (yeah, right)
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Convincing, Screaming Fake Orgasms
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Animal Handling: see Animal Empathy above.
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Bard: very important for delivering sweeping soliloquies,
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proposing marriage, making death threats to Enemies, and
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Final Confrontations.
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Cooking: Always wins over the girls. "You mean he can
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cook, too?" Additional specialization in Fine Wines and
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French Cooking
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Fast Talk: whatever it takes...
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Hypnotism: Ditto.
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Savoir-Faire: specialty, High Society
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Sex Appeal: (duh)
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Skills, Cinematic
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Bodice Ripping
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Meaning-laden Gestures/Body Language
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