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Originally Posted by Peter Knutsen
Also makes it a lot easier to provide non-GM-dependent answers to questions about what various spells, powers and permanent magics do to horses.
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Yes, but Peter, your quest for non-GM-dependent ways of doing things strikes me as, well, a personal obsession of yours that has nothing to do with good gaming. You're like Lord Vetinari wanting to read music off the printed page because letting musicians get involved just spoils it . . . or a fan of a book who objects to any hint of a film director's having a personal vision.
Role-playing games are a participatory art in which the GM is the principal creator. Their individual utilization of the game rules and the game setting (if there is one) ADDS VALUE to the game for their players. A good game book is one that facilitates the GM's personal creativity. It's a springboard, not a monorail. And GURPS Low-Tech, like all GURPS books, is intended to provide that sort of resource to GMs.
Bill Stoddard