The Zincan Slate

Winners are those people who make a habit of doing the things losers are uncomfortable doing.
— Ed Foreman

Last night I ran the GURPS Fourth Edition rules for the first time. It was a training session where the characters ran a confidence course. It helped all of us become more familiar with the new rules and raised a few good questions.

• Can a grenade be aimed and lobed at a specific target, such as a bucket? I believe that a character can gain a +3 bonus over a three second period of aiming.
• Can a character use the All-Out Attack: Determined maneuver to gain a +4 to their Takedown or Pin Maneuver? From what I’ve read they can. I might post this question over at the Steve Jackson Forums to clarify this.
• I should have added a section on the course to get some experience in using the Rapid-fire rules. They don’t seem to be difficult, but I do want to try them out.

Overall I feel that the training went well. The next training session will be more mental than physical. The characters will need to learn what their duties will be once they reach the extra-solar colony-landing site. After that we’ll be ready to jump into the game and launch the colony ship towards the planet known as Colony B.