I muse on Higher Purposes and how they can be expanded to include more things.
Higher Purpose is one of the more interesting player-definable traits in GURPS. Originally, it was meant to give a game-mechanical bonus to characters whose raison d'etre was something specific like "Guard the King's Bloodline." In supplements like GURPS Horror or GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 1: Adventurers it was further expanded to give a bonus when fighting ...