REALITY AND GURPS DISCWORLD
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My involvement with GURPS Discworld now being limited to waiting,
fielding the odd last-minute query from the publishers, and running the
occasional demo, I am able to turn my mind to such tiresome questions
as what people are going to *do* with it. The following are some
educated predictions (in the usual format).

On joining a GURPS Discworld game:
- Real Men will play Barbarian Heroes.
- Real Roleplayers will play Witches.
- Munchkins will try and play Troll Wizards, argue with the GM, mumble
  about the points system being unfair, and finally play Mercenaries.
- Loonies will play Guerilla Mimes.

Ask them for their role-models, and...
- Real Men will choose Carrot, Casanunda, and Granny Weatherwax.
- Real Roleplayers will choose Susan Sto Helit, Rincewind, and Granny
  Weatherwax.
- Munchkins will choose Cohen, Detritus, and Lilly Weatherwax.
- Loonies will choose the Bursar, Rincewind, and Granny Weatherwax.

When the GM admits that, setting notwithstanding, this game may be a bit
combat-heavy...
- Real Men will play Barbarian Heroes.
- Real Roleplayers will play Assassins.
- Munchkins will play Trolls.
- Loonies will play Mediums. ("Just because we killed them shouldn't
  stop us talking to them.")

When the GM hastily back-pedals and says that, actually, there'll be
lots of role-playing and social interaction:
- Real Men will play Barbarian Heroes.
- Real Roleplayers will play Watchmen.
- Munchkins will play Trolls.
- Loonies will play Zoons.

When they choose to play non-humans:
- Real Men will play Dwarves.
- Real Roleplayers will play Elfkin.
- Munchkins will play Trolls.
- Loonies will play Gnomes.

Ask them about their character's place of origin, and...
- Real Men will choose The Hublands.
- Real Roleplayers will choose Genua.
- Munchkins will choose Dumanifestin... Oh, alright, how about the
  Agatean Empire (you know, with all the gold)...
- Loonies will choose the Tezuman Empire.

Looking at the new Advantages:
- Real Men will go for Voice of Command.
- Real Roleplayers will go for Inspiration Magnet.
- Munchkins will go for Recognized Divinity.
- Loonies will go for Sapient Pearwood Property.

Looking at the new Skills:
- Real Men will go for Shouting at Foreigners.
- Real Roleplayers will go for Fools' Lore.
- Munchkins will go for Discworld Alchemy (and try to make gunpowder).
- Loonies will go for Astrozoology.

Picking from the Jobs Table:
- Real Men will want to be Watchmen.
- Real Roleplayers will want to be Village Witches.
- Munchkins will want to be Mad Wizards.
- Loonies will want to be Street Mimes.

If they have to take up religion:
- Real Men will worship Blind Io.
- Real Roleplayers will worship The Lady (carefully).
- Munchkins will worship The Lady (less carefully).
- Loonies will worship the Hogfather.

Ask them what sort of campaign they want to play, and...
- Real Men will say "The last of the Barbarian Heroes."
- Real Roleplayers will say "Oh, let's start a witches' coven, or join
  a new city watch, or something."
- Munchkins will ask "Where's the dungeon?"
- Loonies will say "Let's start a revolution in Ankh-Morpork."