Modular Abilities

Cost: Variable

Modular Abilities is an exotic mental physical Advantage that gives you a pool of character points that you can reallocate under certain conditions.

Cost

Per-slot cost:

• Short list: [4]
• Lengthy catalog: [5]
• Nearly anything: [6]
• Anything: [7]

Cost per point:

• Rearranging points is costly, slow, and subject to external interference: [2]
• Any two of costly, slow, and subject to external interference: [3]
• Any one of costly, slow, and subject to external interference: [4]
• Rearranging points has no limitations: [5]

Examples

• Book-Learned Wisdom: [5] base + [2] per point of abilities
• Computer Brain: [6] base + [4] per point of abilities
  • Chip Slots: [5] base + [3] per point of abilities
• Super-Memorization: [5] base + [3] per point of abilities
• Cosmic Power: [10] per point of abilities
  • Slotted Cosmic Power: [7] base + [5] per point of abilities
• Telepathic Learning: [5] base + [4] per point of abilities can be used to make Borrow Skill

Supers:

• Grimoire (modifier): [5] base + [3] per point of abilities
• Reconfigurable Mechanisms: [6] base + [4] per point of abilities for internal mechanisms, or [3] per

point of base for external mechanisms.

• Spirit Trapping: [6] base + [4] per point of abilities

Special Enhancements

• Physical (+50%)
• Social (+50% for any mental or social ability. To add any ability, combine Social, +50% with Physical, +100%)

Special Limitations

• Limited: Mental Only, Physical Only, and Social Only aren’t allowed
  • Versatile focus that amounts to a special effect, -5%; Any ordinary variety of matter or energy, -10%; Anything more specialized, -15%)
  • Trait limited: Advantages Only or Skills Only (includes techniques) (-10%); broad class of advantages (-20%); medium-sized class of related (-30%); subset of a medium-sized class (-40%); One specific trait that allows specialization but not modification (-50%)
• Spells Only (-20%): cannot be combined with Physical
• Virtual: (-50%)

Alternatives

• Control
• Create
• Morph
• Wild Talent

References

• Basic Set pg 71
• GURPS Powers pg 27, 62-4