Hero Points - Cinematic Luck Point Rules for GURPS 4e

This is simple, but less prone to abuse than the simple "chip for a reroll" rules we have used in many of our games. Each player gets three chips and can earn additional chips by doing awesome things... a bit like Bennies in Savage Worlds. They are spent to modify the results of skill rolls and injuries, allowing the PC's to have some plot armor without being invincible. 

Success/Failure Table

Critical Success

Success

Failure

Critical Failure

 

Wound Severity Table

Flesh Wound Character has a 1pt wound, and is largely unaffected.

Minor Wound Character is at 1/2HT or better, and is still conscious.

Serious Wound Character is between 1/2HT and 0HT, and is probably not conscious.

Incapacitating Wound Character is at -HT, and unconscious.

Lethal Wound Character is instantly dead or dying within minutes.

 

One Chip

• Shift results of your own skill roll one space (ex. - failure to a success)

• Shift results of your own wound status one space (ex - lethal wound to incapacitating wound)

Two Chips

• Shift results of your own skill roll two spaces (ex. - critical failure to a success)

• Shift results of someone else’s skill roll one space (ex. - failure to a success)

• Shift results of your own wound status two spaces (ex - lethal wound to serious wound)

• One fortuitous and plausible coincidence, described by player at GM’s discretion, as per “Serendipity”, in GURPS Basic p83. Examples include things like “the guard you have to convince happens to be an old school chum”, “there happened to be a fire escape by the window”, or “the mook just happened to be carrying the same ammunition you needed”.

Three Chips

• Shift results of your own skill roll three spaces (ex. - critical failure to a critical success)

• Shift results of someone else’s skill roll two spaces (ex. - critical failure to a success)

• Shift results of your own wound status three spaces (ex - lethal wound to minor wound)

Four Chips

• Shift results of someone else’s skill roll three spaces (ex. - critical failure to a critical success)

• Shift results of your own wound status four  spaces (ex - lethal wound to flesh wound)

One fortuitous but unlikely coincidence, described by player at GM’s discretion, as per “Serendipity”, in GURPS Basic p83. Examples include things like “there is a working car in the garage of the abandoned office building”, “there just happens to be a retired nuclear technician living in this town after all”.