GURPS Fourth Edition Traits Sorter

Welcome to the GURPS Fourth Edition Trait Sorter. This utility will help you organize advantages, disadvantages, and skills into categories that suit your campaign.

First, choose the trait list to be sorted from the links below. Then browse the list, clicking on the appropriate button for each trait.

There is a checkbox to the right of each trait. This is the "non-standard" signifier. Clicking on this box will mark the trait with an asterisk for further comments (more on that later).

You'll notice that some traits default to "Allowed" and some to "Forbidden" (the exotic and supernatural). These defaults assume that most mundane traits, such as Absolute Direction and Truthfulness, will be available, while most exotic and supernatural traits, such as Speak with Animals and Unhealing, won't. It saves a huge amount of clicking for most GMs. In future versions of the Sorter, we plan on implementing a variety of defaults.

Once you have chosen the categories for all the traits, hit the Submit button. The Sorter will generate a list, organized by the headings you've selected for each trait.

This list can be copied into a word processor for easy manipulation (such as changing a heading from "Not Recommended" to "Requires Unusual Background [10]," or adding comments to the non-standard traits, like "Insomniac is worth -20 points"). Or it can be printed directly from most web browsers.

We hope you find this tool useful. Big thanks go to Roberto Hoyle for dealing with a never-ending stream of changes, reversals, and nitpicking. Discussions of the Sorter should take place on the GURPS portion of our webforums. Bug reports should go to webmaster@sjgames.com

Advantages Disadvantages Skills

Skills

 Required   Recommended   Allowed   Not Recommended   Forbidden  Skills
Accounting
Acrobatics
Acting
Administration
Aerobatics
Airshipman/TL
Alchemy/TL
Animal Handling
Anthropology
Aquabatics
Archaeology
Architecture/TL
Area Knowledge
Armoury/TL
Artillery/TL
Artist
Astronomy/TL
Autohypnosis
Axe/Mace
Battlesuit/TL
Beam Weapons/TL
Bicycling
Bioengineering/TL
Biology/TL
Blind Fighting
Blowpipe
Boating/TL
Body Control
Body Language
Body Sense
Bolas
Bow
Boxing
Brain Hacking
Brainwashing/TL
Brawling
Breaking Blow
Breath Control
Broadsword
Camouflage
Captivate
Carousing
Carpentry
Cartography
Chemistry/TL
Climbing
Cloak
Combat Art Sport
Computer Hacking/TL
Computer Operation/TL
Computer Programming/TL
Connoisseur
Cooking
Counterfeiting/TL
Crewman/TL
Criminology/TL
Crossbow
Cryptography/TL
Current Affairs/TL
Dancing
Detect Lies
Diagnosis/TL
Diplomacy
Disguise/TL
Diving Suit/TL
Dreaming
Driving/TL
Dropping
Economics
Electrician/TL
Electronics Operation/TL
Electronics Repair/TL
Engineer/TL
Enthrallment
Environment Suit/TL
Erotic Art
Escape
Esoteric Medicine
Exorcism
Expert Skill
Explosives/TL
Falconry
Farming/TL
Fast-Draw
Fast-Talk
Filch
Finance
Fire Eating
First Aid/TL
Fishing
Flail
Flight HT
Flying Leap
Force Sword
Force Whip
Forced Entry
Forensics/TL
Forgery/TL
Fortune-Telling
Forward Observer/TL
Free Fall
Freight Handling/TL
Gambling
Games
Gardening
Garrote
Geography/TL
Geology/TL
Gesture
Group Performance
Gunner/TL
Guns/TL
Hazardous Materials/TL
Heraldry
Herb Lore/TL
Hidden Lore
Hiking
History
Hobby Skill
Holdout
Housekeeping
Hypnotism
Immovable Stance
Innate Attack
Intelligence Analysis/TL
Interrogation
Intimidation
Invisibility Art
Jeweler/TL
Jitte/Sai
Judo
Jumping
Karate
Kiai
Knife
Knot-Tying
Kusari
Lance
Lasso
Law
Leadership
Leatherworking
Lifting HT
Light Walk
Linguistics
Lip Reading
Liquid Projector/TL
Literature
Lockpicking/TL
Machinist/TL
Main-Gauche
Makeup/TL
Market Analysis
Masonry
Mathematics/TL
Mechanic/TL
Meditation
Melee Weapon
Mental Strength
Merchant
Metallurgy/TL
Meteorology/TL
Mimicry
Mind Block
Monowire Whip
Mount
Musical Composition
Musical Influence
Musical Instrument
Naturalist
Navigation/TL
NBC Suit/TL
Net
Observation
Occultism
Packing
Paleontology/TL
Panhandling
Parachuting/TL
Parry Missile Weapons
Performance
Persuade
Pharmacy/TL
Philosophy
Photography/TL
Physician/TL
Physics/TL
Physiology/TL
Pickpocket
Piloting/TL
Poetry
Poisons/TL
Polearm
Politics
Power Blow
Pressure Points
Pressure Secrets
Professional Skill
Propaganda/TL
Prospecting/TL
Psychology
Public Speaking
Push
Rapier
Religious Ritual
Research/TL
Riding
Ritual Magic
Running
Saber
Savoir-Faire
Scrounging
Scuba/TL
Seamanship/TL
Search
Sewing/TL
Sex Appeal
Shadowing
Shield
Shiphandling/TL
Shortsword
Singing
Skating
Skiing
Sleight of Hand
Sling
Smallsword
Smith/TL
Smuggling
Sociology
Soldier/TL
Spacer/TL
Spear Thrower
Spear
Speed-Reading
Sports
Staff
Stage Combat
Stealth
Strategy
Streetwise
Submarine/TL
Submariner/TL
Suggest
Sumo Wrestling
Surgery/TL
Survival
Sway Emotions
Swimming
Symbol Drawing
Tactics
Teaching
Teamster
Thaumatology
Theology
Throwing
Throwing Art
Thrown Weapon
Tonfa
Tracking
Traps/TL
Two-Handed Axe/Mace
Two-Handed Flail
Two-Handed Sword
Typing
Urban Survival
Vacc Suit/TL
Ventriloquism
Veterinary/TL
Weather Sense
Weird Science
Whip
Wrestling
Writing
Zen Archery


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