GURPS Hero Points

Success/Failure Table

Critical Success

Success

Failure

Critical Failure

Wound Severity Table

Flesh Wound Character has a 1pt wound, and 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 Point

• 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 Points

• 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 but 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 Points

• 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 Points

• 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 implausible 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”.