GURPS Template Toolkit 2 Races

Contents
Introduction
	About GURPS
	Using This Book
	Publication History
	About the Author
1. Racial Templates and Meta-Traits
	What Are Racial Templates?
		Alternatives: Simplified Statistics
		Alternatives: No Statistics
			Patrons
			Enemies
			Contacts
		Alternatives: Unique Beings
		Character vs. Racial Templates
	What Are Races?
		Humanoids
		Aliens
		Toons
		Animals
		Chimerae
		Robots and Automata
		Vehicles
		Complexity of Computers
		Infomorphs
		Spirits
		The Undead
		Hybrids
	Meta-Traits
		Animated Character
		Bioroid
		Machine
		Mentality Meta-Traits
		Morphology Meta-Traits
			Organisms
			Vehicles and Other Machines
			Angeloid, Asteroid, Helminth, Scorpionoid, Serpentoid, and Tritonoid Hit Location Table
		Nanotechnology
		Spirit Meta-Traits
		Features and Taboo Traits
2. Basic Parameters
	Size and Weight Table
	Scale
		Realistic Scale
		Under the Hood: Full Realism
		Cinematic Scale
		Swarms
	Habitats
		Atmosphere
		Gravity
			Gravity Table
			Basic Move Table
		Mana and the Environment
		Illumination
		Radiation
		Temperature
			Table of Solvents
	Substance
		Density and Weight
			Density Table
			Densities of Materials
		Worked Example: Putting Together Scale, Gravity, and Density
		Composition
			Biochemical
			Technological
			Virtual and Illusory Beings
			Elemental
			Energy
			Postmortal
			Worked Example: Skeletal Bodies
3. Choosing Traits
	Conceptual Design
		Fitting the Race to the Campaign
		Sets of Races
		Perks and Quirks
		Lenses and Sub-Races
	Attributes, Secondary Characteristics, and Talents
	Physical Traits
		Sustenance
		Scale and Food
		The Senses
		Compound Eyes
		Communication
		Movement
		Manipulation
		Attack
		Defense
		Outward Form
	Mental Traits
		Consciousness
		Cognition
		Motivation and Behavior
			Chauvinism
			Concentration
			Curiosity
			Egoism
			Empathy
			Gregariousness
			Imagination
			Playfulness
			Suspicion
		Skills
		Magic
	Social Traits
		The Reference Culture
		Cultures, Languages, and Skills
		Reaction Modifiers
		Culturally Defined Traits
		Races and Powers
4. Races in Play
	How Much Do They Cost?
		Super-Races
	Modification
	Player-Designed Races
	Inventing Races
	Shapeshifting
		Transformational Abilities
		Under the Hood: Materialization
		Under the Hood: Elastic Skin
	Permanent Transformation
	Behavior and Mentality
		Roleplaying
		Worldbuilding
	Presentation
		Grace
Appendix A: New Traits
	Advantages
	New Advantages
	Under the Hood: Signals
	Perks
	Disadvantages
	Quirks
Appendix B: Examples
	Dayton-Wright DH-4 (Vehicle)
	Decabrach (Alien)
	Fly Demon (Embodied Spirit)
	Prosthetic Body (Robot)
	Raven (Animal)
Index