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Hyborian Hero: GURPS Conversion
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CHARACTERISTICS
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- In GURPS, the attribute "scores range from 1 to 20. 1 is the lowest 
score permitted for a human. ... 10 represents the human average; 
anything from 8 to 12 is in the range considered "normal". Scores 
above 16 are definitely unusual; scores above 20 are superhuman!"

				(GURPS Basic Set, 3rd ed. revised p.13)

- Fantasy Hero gives us the formula:

	HERO Characteristic = (GURPS Attribute x2) - 10

					(Fantasy Hero p.246)

- Therefore, the non-superhuman maximum for HERO is: 

	30 ([20 x2] - 10 = 30).

	----	-----	-----
	HERO 	GURPS	NOTES
	----	-----	-----
	 1	 1
	 2	 2
	 3	 3
	 4	 4
	 5	 5
	 6	 6
	 7	 7
	 8	 8
	 9	 9
	10	10	Normal, Average Human 
	--	--	-----
	11
	12	11
	13
	14	12
	15
	16	13
	17
	18	14
	19
	20	15	Normal Characteristic Maxima (NCM)
	--	--	-----
	21
	22	16
	23
	24	17
	25
	26	18
	27
	28	19
	29
	30	20	Absolute Characteristic Maxima (ACM)
	----	-----	-----
	HERO 	GURPS	NOTES
	----	-----	-----

Feel free to stick strictly to the formula or to round the characteristic 
up or down by one point as you see fit for the particular character. 

FWIW, I generally prefer to convert to one of the standard HERO System 
breakpoints which are common to the officially written up HERO system 
characters: 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25, 28, 30. e.g., to convert
a GURPS attribute of 16 you have a strict conversion of 22, but 21 and 23
are more commonly seen HERO Characteristic values, so feel free to use 
either of them instead to give some variation and to better mesh with 
the conversion of the skills (see below). 


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SKILLS
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GURPS skills are quite similar to HERO skills in that they have the same
scale and probabilities since they are both based on a 3d6 roll.

	HERO Skill Levels = GURPS Skill - GURPS Ability

e.g., if a GURPS character has a DEX Skill of 19 and has a DEX of 15, 
they have +4 Skill Levels in addition to that from raw characteristic.


*********** EXAMPLES ************

Here are some strict conversions of various versions of Conan 
from GURPS Conan using the Fantasy Hero conversion system:

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		    GURPS Conan
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	Thief	Turan	Amra	Kozak	King
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STR	20	22/23	24/25	26	28
DEX	18	20	20/21	22/23	22/23
CON	18	18	20	22/23	22/23
BODY	14/18	14/18	15/20	16/22	16/22
INT	16/15	16/15	16/16	16/16	16/17
EGO	16/15	16/15	16/16	16/16	16/17

CSL	+1	+1	+3	+5	+7
CV	7	8	10	13	15

Thief: 	Age 15-18, ~6'0" 180 lbs. ~ Tower of the Elephant

Turan:	Age 22, ~6'3", 200 lbs. ~ Spider God

Amra:	Age 27, ~ Queen of the Black Coast

Kozak:	Age early 30s, 

King:	Age early 40s, after defeats Numedides 

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						     Updated 2001-12-16
						     by Jason Verbitsky
					       mailto:hierax@hierax.com
       http://www.hierax.com/hero/fantasy/hyborian/conversion/gurps.txt
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