Template

A Template is designed to speed up the character creation process by offering a partly filled out character sheet. They preset a combination of Attributes, Advantages, Disadvantages, and Skills that would be a realistic start for whatever type of character the player was trying to make. 
There are two types of templates in character creation - Character Templates and Racial Templates , though there are the related concepts Meta-Traits and Lens
==Additional Material==
* Template Toolkit 1: Characters
* Template Toolkit 2: Races
==Kromm Quotes==
Sean Punch has commented on templates in the following posts on the SJG GURPS Forums:
* On the purpose of dividing skills in templates into primary, secondary, and background
* More on the primary/secondary/background division
* On deciding what goes in a template
* On what must be accounted for to differentiate a racial template from human
* On the market appeal of templates
==External links==
GURPS Official Template List
==References==
*Basic Set pg 258-263
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