Impulse Buys

These are the official rules options from GURPS Power-Ups 5: Impulse Buys in use.

Paying Fate's Price

These points are considered to be persistent and/or cumulative across Sessions, and do not regenerate per Session (except Luck Points, as specified).

Plot Points

This is the standard type. Effects are as indicated below on this page.

• Bonus Points, Starting Points, Sacrifice, Friends, Debt

Karma Points

Paragon vs Renegade; see Karma Points

Luck Points

Characters with Luck gain 2PP per level instead of the listed effects.

Specialty Points

• Tactics rolls may grant PP specific to the tactical situation
• Planning rolls may grant PP specific to retroactive preparedness

Buying Success

• Critical failure to failure: 2 points*
• Failure to success: 1 point*
• Upgrade margin of success: 1 point
• Success to critical success: 2 points*

Buying Failure

• Critical success to success: 2 points*
• Success to failure: 1 point*
• Failure to critical failure: 2 points*

Cursing Mooks

• Enemy failure to critical failure: 2 points
• Buying Effect or Defense vs. Effect
• Per two dice set to 1 or 6: 1 point
• Per die for exact table result: 1 point

One-Use Perks

• Immunity to (Specific Disease/Hazard), Low Rejection Threshold, or No Nuisance Rolls: 1 point/use; not Rules Exemption

(*) Costs are cumulative. Nuisance rolls, or similar situations don't count; @GMD.

Player Guidance

• Minor change: 1 point
• Moderate change: 2 points
• Major change: 3 points
• After critical success: -1 point*
• Fleeting change: -1 point*

Trading Points for Money

• Per 10% of campaign average starting cash (w/ suitable excuse): 1 point

Favors in Play

• NPC is present and renders aid: 0.8 x base cost of Ally, Contact, Contact Group, or Patron, rounded up
• NPC appears and renders aid: 1.6 x base cost of Ally, Contact, Contact Group, or Patron, rounded up

One-Use Perks

• Brotherhood, Disposable Identity, Doodad, Friend, Honest Face, or Standard Operating Procedure: 1 point/use

(*) Added to cost of change. Minimum cost is 1 point.

Survival

• Deflect disadvantage: 0.5 x size of disadvantage cost, rounded up
• Flesh wound: 1 point per ¼ HP, minimum 1 HP (unless injury is already under ¼ HP)
• Keep Dependent alive: 0.5 x size of Dependent cost, rounded up
• Miraculous recovery: 25 points
• Resurrect Ally: Ally cost
• Second wind: 1 point per ¼ FP, minimum 1 FP (unless loss is already under ¼ FP)

One-Use Perks

• Dramatic Death: 1 point/use

Amazing Feats

Not available for the following campaigns: S³M

• Opt-in option (cinematic or optional combat rule—may include cinematic bow damage): 1 point/use, @GMD

One-Use Perks

• Controllable Disadvantage, Rest in Pieces, or normally off-limits combat perk: 1 point/use, @GMD