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Old 10-12-2016, 05:29 PM   #33
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Default Re: High/Ultra-Tech Versions of Low-Tech Armor

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Originally Posted by Flyndaran View Post
Skills that high end up making it less Low-Tech and more Fantasy-Tech.
Skill enough to stab someone in the armpit, definitely isn't unrealistic, as this does really happen (maybe mostly as a Telegraphic and/or All-Out Attack, but still it happens).
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Bare eyes are -9 with no armor, and auto-end any fight with anything remotely fleshy. It seems like it would be a very narrow set of circumstances where a player let alone PC would number crunch for optimal results in that -1 difference.
I'm not arguing that those times don't exist, of course. This being gurps, all sorts of games are possible and potentially fun.
The situation where a visor provides DR to the eyes. Targeting chinks in torso armor (-8) is easier than targeting gaps in eye armor (-10); -2 is significant enough to make a difference.

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