GURPS 4 Babylon 5
Character Creation: Flavour Skills
Character creation options that add colour
These skills are unlikely to be useful and cost quarter.
Academic Skills
| Ref | Name | Level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| B193 | Expert Skill (Egyptology, Hydrology, Thanatology) | IQ/H |
Artistic Skills
| B179 | Artist† | IQ/H | |
| B184 | Combat Art† | DX/ Varies | |
| B192 | Erotic Art | DX/A | |
| B195 | Fire Eating | DX/A | |
| B198 | Group Performance† | IQ/A | |
| B203 | Jeweller/TL | IQ/H | |
| B205 | Leatherworking | DX/E | |
| B222 | Stage Combat | DX/A |
Athletic Skills
| B182 | Breath Control | HT/H | |
| B184 | Combat Sport† | DX/ Varies | |
| B200 | Hiking | HT/A | Buy a vehicle. |
| B203 | Jumping | DX/E | |
| B220 | Skating | HT/H | |
| B221 | Skiing | HT/H | |
| B222 | Sports† | DX/A |
Combat Skills
| B192 | Battlesuit/TL | DX/A | This restricted to advanced militaries. Use Vacc Suit instead. |
Cultural Skills
| Ref | Name | Level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR4.19 | Geopolitics+ (Antareans, Balosian, Cascor, Ch'Lonas, Corillani, Deneth, Descari, Golians, Grome, Hurr, Hyach, Ipsha, Kor-Lyan, Koulani, Llort, Lumati, Markab, Moradi, Sh'lassan, Tal-Kona'Sha, Thrakallan, Tikar, Tokani, Torta, Yolu) | IQ/A | |
| HR4.19 | Humanities+ (Antareans, Balosian, Cascor, Ch'Lonas, Corillani, Deneth, Descari, Golians, Grome, Hurr, Hyach, Ipsha, Kor-Lyan, Koulani, Llort, Lumati, Markab, Moradi, Sh'lassan, Tal-Kona'Sha, Thrakallan, Tikar, Tokani, Torta, Yolu) | IQ/H | |
| HR4.19 | Law+ (Antareans, Balosian, Cascor, Ch'Lonas, Corillani, Deneth, Descari, Golians, Grome, Hurr, Hyach, Ipsha, Kor-Lyan, Koulani, Llort, Lumati, Markab, Moradi, Sh'lassan, Tal-Kona'Sha, Thrakallan, Tikar, Tokani, Torta, Yolu) | IQ/H |
Exploration and Vehicle Skills
| B174 | Airshipman/TL | IQ/A | |
| B180 | Boating/TL† | DX/A | |
| B183 | Cartography | IQ/A | |
| B192 | Diving Suit/TL | DX/A | |
| B188 | Driving (Construction Equipment, Halftrack, Heavy Wheeled, Hovercraft, Locomotive, Mecha, Tracked) | DX/A | Mecha is only found in advanced nations. |
| B195 | Fishing | Per/E | |
| B211 | NBC Suit/TL | DX/A | Made obsolete by vacc suits. |
| HR4.15 | Pilot (Contragravity, Flight Pack, Heavy Airplane, High-Performance Airplane, Lighter-Than-Air, Lightsail or Low-Performance Spacecraft) | DX/A | |
| B216 | Prospecting/TL | IQ/A | |
| B217 | Riding† | DX/A | |
| B185 | Seamanship/TL | IQ/E | |
| B220 | Shiphandling/TL† | IQ/H | |
| B222 | Strategy (Land or Naval) | IQ/H | |
| B223 | Submarine† | DX/A | |
| B223 | Submariner/TL | IQ/E | |
| B224 | Teamster† | IQ/A |
Investigative and Criminal Skills
| B185 | Counterfeiting/TL | IQ/H | |
| B212 | Occultism | IQ/A |
Medical Skills
| B192 | Esoteric Medicine | Per/H | Deemed no better than First Aid. |
| B213 | Pharmacy/TL (Herbal) | IQ/H |
Miscellaneous Skills
| B175 | Animal Handling | IQ/A | |
| B185 | Connoisseur (any other) | IQ/A | Any other speciality is a tiny niche. |
| B194 | Falconry | IQ/A | |
| B194 | Farming/TL | IQ/A | |
| B197 | Freight Handling | IQ/A | |
| B197 | Games† | IQ/E | With each race having its own set of games, few will be interested in yours. |
| B197 | Gardening | IQ/E | |
| B212 | Packing | IQ/A | |
| B215 | Professional Skill† | DX/A or IQ/A |
Social Skills
| B196 | Fortune-Telling | IQ/A | |
| B212 | Panhandling | IQ/E | |
| B215 | Politics | IQ/A | |
| B217 | Religious Ritual† | IQ/H | |
| B218 | Savoir-Faire (Dojo or Servant) | IQ/E |
Technical Skills
| B183 | Carpentry | IQ/E | |
| B189 | Electronics Operation/TL (Sonar) | IQ/A | |
| B207 | Masonry | IQ/E | |
| HR4.19 | Smith+/TL | IQ/A |