GURPS 4th edition. Powers

Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Building Powers
	What Is a Power?
		Anatomy of a Power
	Choosing Abilities
		Attacks
		Defenses
		Movement Abilities
		Mental Abilities
		Physical Transformations
	Evaluating Power Modifiers
		Countermeasures
		Required Disadvantages
		Channeled Energies
		Other Factors
		Finalizing the Modifier
		Sample Modifiers
	Pricing Talents
	Relationships Between Powers
		Powers With Similar Sources
		Power vs. Power
		Powers, Great and Small
	Adding and Improving Powers
		Starting Out With Powers
		Adding and Improving Powers in Play
2. Building Abilities
	Advantages
		Existing Advantages
		New Advantages
	Modifiers
		Selecting Modifiers
		New Enhancements
		New Limitations
	Special Effects
		"Functional" Special Effects
		Cosmetic Effects
		Minor Benefits and Drawbacks
	Finishing Up
		Naming Your Ability
	Special Cases
		Multiple-Choice Problems
		Emulating Fictional Abilities
		Absolutes
3. Examples
	Sample Powers
		Air
		Animal Control
		Anti-Magic
		Antipsi
		Anti-Super
		Astral Projection
		Bioenergy
		Body Alteration
		Body Control
		Chaos
		Cold/Ice
		Cosmic
		Darkness
		Death
		Dimension Travel
		Divine
		Earth
		Electricity
		Electrokinesis
		ESP
		Evil
		Force Constructs
		Good
		Gravity
		Healing
		Heat/Fire
		Illusion
		Kinetic Energy
		Life
		Light
		Machine Telepathy
		Magic
		Magnetism
		Matter Control
		Order
		Plant Control
		Probability Alteration
		Psychokinesis
		Radiation
		Sound/Vibration
		Spirit Control
		Telepathy
		Teleportation
		Time Mastery
		Vampirism
		Water
		Weather Control
	Sample Abilities
		Attacks
		Defenses
		Movement Abilities
		Mental Abilities
		Physical Transformations
4. Powers in Action
	Turning Abilities Off and On
		"Switchability"
		Voluntary Activation and Deactivation
		Involuntary Deactivation
		Losing Control
	Success Rolls for Abilities
		The Role of Talent
		Multiple Feats
		Repeated Attempts
		Extra Effort
	Using Abilities with Skills
		Skills Enhancing Abilities
		Abilities Enhancing Skills
	Detecting Abilities
		Obvious Effects
		Subtle Effects
	Superhuman Abilities in Combat
		Attacking
		Defending with Powers
		Resisting with Abilities
	Stunts
		Combining Powers
		Temporary Enhancements
		Using Abilities at Default
	Source-Specific Rules
		Biological Powers
		Chi Powers
		Cosmic Powers
		Divine Powers
		Elemental Powers
		Magical Powers
		Moral Powers
		Nature Powers
		Psionic Powers
		Spirit Powers
		Super-Powers
5. Power Games
	Origins
		Biological Powers
		Chi Powers
		Cosmic Powers
		Divine Powers
		High-Tech Powers
		Magic Powers
		Psionic Powers
		Spirit Powers
		Super Powers
	Characters
		Power Level
		Possible Origins
		What's Allowed
		Unusual Backgrounds
		Balancing Powers
		Powers vs. Other Abilities
		Gaming With Powers vs. Power-Gaming
		Constraints
	Adventures
		Powers as Plots
		Meaningful Challenges
		Plot-Stoppers
		Running Adventures
		Meaningful Rewards
	Campaigns
		Background
		Style
		Prevalence of Powers
		Secrecy
6. Empowered Genres
	Mythic Fantasy
		By the Book: Mythic Fantasy
		Subgenres
		Mythic Fantasy Genre Conventions
		Mythic Origins
		Mythic Fantasy Antagonists
		Mythic Magic
		Mythic Fantasy Adventures
	Modern Adventures
		By the Book: Modern Adventure
		Subgenres
		Modern Adventure Genre Conventions
		Origins for Modern Action Heroes
		Modern Antagonists
		Modern Adventures
	Secret Powers
		By the Book: Secret Powers
		Subgenres
		Secret Powers Genre Conventions
		Secret Power Origins
		Secret Power Antagonists
		Secret Power Adventures
	Psionics
		By the Book: Psionics
		Subgenres
		Psionics Genre Conventions
		Psionic Origins
		Psionic Antagonists
		Psionic Adventures
	Futuristic SF
		By the Book: Futurisitic SF
		Subgenres
		SF Genre Conventions
		Origins for SF Heroes
		SF Antagonists
		SF Adventures
	Supers
		By the Book: Supers
		Subgenres
		Supers Genre Conventions
		Super Origins
		Types of Supers
		Super Antagonists
		Super Teams
		Super Adventures
Glossary
Index