--- title: GURPS Fallout Characteristics | daily.dev description: Tim Cain, one of the original Fallout developers, shares recently rediscovered design documents detailing the advantages, disadvantages, quirks, and skills... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/gurps-fallout-characteristics-nttlrq5zx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GURPS Fallout Characteristics | daily.dev og:description: Tim Cain, one of the original Fallout developers, shares recently rediscovered design documents detailing the advantages, disadvantages, quirks, and skills... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/gurps-fallout-characteristics-nttlrq5zx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nTtlRq5ZX.png og:image:alt: GURPS Fallout Characteristics og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GURPS Fallout Characteristics **[Cain on Games](https://daily.dev/sources/cainongames)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tim Cain, one of the original Fallout developers, shares recently rediscovered design documents detailing the advantages, disadvantages, quirks, and skills that were planned for the GURPS-based version of Fallout before the game switched to the SPECIAL system in early 1997. The full lists include combat traits, reputation systems tied to specific in-game factions, personality quirks, and a wide range of skills spanning combat, social, medical, and technical domains. These materials were thought lost when Interplay's archives were not preserved. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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