- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Steve Jackson Games,U.S.; illustrated edition edition (Dec 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1556342330
- ISBN-13: 978-1556342332
- Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.2 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 406,435 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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If you like robots you will love this book. If you are good at mathematics you will be able to use this book to produce your own robots. GURPS:Robots has the same engaging writing style I have come to expect from the GURPS line. This time however, the subject matter is highly technical and the writer pulls no punches in the design chapter. The robot creation rules are highly complex but rewarding if you can handle them. All in all a great read.
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Great book, complex rules
6 Jan 2003
This is a great GURPS book to use as a guide in futuristic campaigns. Adds new rules, new features and some do not appear in Compendium I. Teaches how to make any type of robot your imagination desires.
But nothing is perfect...
Did you ever think GURPS' rules are complex? Well, think twice before reading this book. There is an entire new chapter to cover new rules for size and shape, power matrix, type of body (humanoid, submarines, "snake" types, etc.). Oh and don't forget your calculator to build a new PC or NPC. I like rules, they make the game very realistic, but I have to say that after the second character the rules become a pain...
Thank to the Gods of roleplay, there is an example of making a robot character: A dangerous female robot that serves as bodyguard.
Complex.
12 Jun 2007
The original purpose of GURPS was to be simple and realistic. This supplement is quite realistic, but not at all simple. You will need a calculator to create any bot in a reasonable time, and you will need to go over the stats for mistakes. That being said, they do offer a good selection of pre-generated bots, including two warriors and a evil man-eating bio-bot. My advice is to only create actual stats for major characters and anything entering into battle. Just treat anything else as a skill and a set of tools. I mean really, do you really need the exact stats of a robot janitor-especially when creation of said stats will take 1-2 hours?
Like robots? Well, this book is for you
28 Aug 2005
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This book has everything you need to design robots, either as NPC or as player characters. From tiny microbots to huge warbots. You can also use the book to design cyborgs, androids and biomorphs. Need GURPS Basic Set to play - this is just a supplement. Cool bibliography of novels, nonfiction, movies, plays, comics, manga and anime that have to do with the subject or come close to it.
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