Editing GURPS Attributes

'''Attributes''' are the basic characteristics of a GURPS character.

==Basic Attributes==
* [https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/Strength] [ST] (10 points +- = 1 ST)
* [https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/Dexterity] [DX] (20 points +- = 1 DX)
* [https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/Intelligence] [IQ] (20 points +- = 1 IQ)
* [[Health]] [HT] (10 points +- = 1 HT)

==Secondary Characteristics==
Defined on the next few pages, along with information on Size Modifiers, Wealth, [[Tech Level]]s, and other basic statistics.

* [https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/Hit Points] [HP]: normally equivalent to ST (±2 points per ±1 HP)
* [https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/Will]: normally equivalent to IQ (±5 points ±1 Will)
* [https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/Perception] (Per): normally equivalent to IQ (±5 points ±1 Perception)
* [https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/Fatigue Points] [FP]: normally equivalent to HT (±3 points ±1 FP).
* [https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/Basic Speed]: normally (HT+DX)/4 (±5 points per ±0.25 Speed)
* [https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/Basic Move]: normally Basic Speed less all fractions (±5 points per ±1 yard/second)

==Special Limitations==

===Strength===
*[https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/No Fine Manipulators] (-40%)
*[https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/Size Modifier] (-10% x Size Modifier; max -80%)

===Dexterity===
*[https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/No Fine Manipulators] (-40%)

==Meaning of attributes==

The below table assumes a human. For nonhumans, read each point above or below the human norm of 10 as a 10% deviation from the racial norm instead.

{|class="wikitable" border="1"
! Attribute Score || general meaning || details
|-
|6 or less
|Crippling
|An attribute this bad severely constrains a lifestyle.
|-
|7
|Poor
|Your limitations are immediately obvious to anyone who meets you. This is the lowest score you can have and still pass for “ablebodied.”
|-
|8 or 9
|Below average
|Such scores are limiting, but within the human norm. The GM may forbid attributes below 8 to active adventurers.
|-
|10
|Average
|Most humans get by just fine with a score of 10.
|-
|11 or 12
|Above average
|These scores are superior, but within the human norm
|-
|13 or 14
|Exceptional
|Such an attribute is immediately apparent – as bulging muscles, feline grace, witty dialog, or glowing health – to those who meet the person
|-
|15 or 16
|Amazing
|An attribute this high draws constant comment and probably guides the person's career choices
|-
|17 or 18.
|Legendary
|historical “bests” and remarkable fictional heroes
|-
|19 or 20
|Mythic
|astounding even among great heroes in fiction and folklore
|-
|21+
|Superhuman
|off-limits to humans, barely suitable for great heroes, okay for deities
|-
|}

FAQ: [http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/faq/FAQ4-3.html#SS3.1.5 What do attribute levels of zero mean?]

==Attributes outside the Below-Above average range==
[https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/GURPS Who's Who 1] and [https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/GURPS Who's Who 2] stat several people outside the Below-Above average range in their Attributes.  Due to changes between 3e and 4e regarding ST, HT, HP, and FP only DX and IQ are listed below.
===Exceptional Attribute (13-14)===
*DX 13: King David; William Marshal; Mozart; Lola Montez; Sir Richard Burton; Nikola Tesla
*IQ 13: Akhenaten; Cyrus the Great; Ch'in Shih Huang Ti; Justinian I; Theodora; Sei Shonagon
*DX 14: Shaka Zulu, Roger de Flor; John Wesley Hardin
===Amazing Attribute (15-16)===
*DX 15: Harry Houdini
*IQ 15: Benjamin Franklin; Nikola Tesla; Albert Einstein; Maimonides; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
*IQ 16: Cardinal Richilieu; Archimedes; St. Augustine of Hippo; John von Neumann
===Legendary Attribute (17-18)===
*IQ 17: [https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/Aristotle]
*IQ 18: [https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/Leonardo Da Vinci]; Sir Isaac Newton


==References==
*[https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/Basic Set: Characters] pg 14
*[https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/GURPS Lite] pg 4
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